All Together Now, Part 2 – Marine Band Edition
In yesterday’s post, I shared examples of 4-Way's students learning to play together in small groups, the musical version of a conversation. Music imitates speech in many ways, but today I want to share an example of a conversation only possible with music. This...
All Together Now, Part 1
Playing chamber music is the most satisfying kind of music-making - it's a great conversation with notes instead of words. Working in groups also brings people closer together. The picture above is a nice example, as Marie helps Tara with her bowhold. Yesterday, in...
Getting A Word In
Today's video is a reminder of how simple classical music really is. To understand it, you only need to know one thing - that Bach had 20 children. That's all there is to it. In the Courante from the G major Suite, Bach gives us a musical conversation that any parent...
First Day of (After) School
Yesterday, 4-Way began our education program! After a quick snack, we started playing. Led by our amazing violin teacher, Trista Emmons, by the end of the afternoon we had the kids playing simple duets together, and had some pretty impressive bowholds to show off,...
Just One More Thing
Today, part 2 of my new video series on the Bach solo cello suites, featuring the G major Allemande. After Bach's relentless use of one motif in the famous Prelude, he shifts gears completely and uses several different ideas, going from one to the next very...
#GivingTuesday
For a long time, I've wanted to share my take on the Bach cello suites with a wider audience, so I've decided to make a series of videos - each one will cover one movement. No better place to start than the beginning, with the most famous of Bach's pieces for...