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'El Sistema' creator: inspiring kids through music

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To many music students throughout Venezuela, Jose Antonio Abreu is a mentor and a hero. The bespectacled 72-year-old founded a unique music teaching program known as El Sistema nearly four decades ago, dreaming of giving poor kids the opportunity to …
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Pint-sized mariachis learn music of Mexico in New York

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"This is my first year," the young boy from the Bronx said during a break in his lessons at the Mariachi Academy of New York. "I like to both sing and to play the guitar," Xcaret said at the music school which holds kids' classes three times a week in …
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Arts and entertainment calendar for Feb. 23

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KUCHLER CONCERTO in D major VIOLIN

This is short piece of Kuchler’s concert;) I’ve been playing violin for 2 years and i’ve never studyed in music school or had private violin lessons before ;) i hope you enjoy :)

Victoria’s First Recital at 3 Years Old

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Youth symphony gives Burmeister an outlet for expression

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She saw the violins and decided that was what she wanted to play. Suzuki Method lessons started at age 5, and years of private lessons from Allison Ostrander of Eau Claire followed. “When I played it all the time, it became like a part of me,” she said …
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Violin virtuoso Joshua Bell 'excited' about Jacksonville performance

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Violinist Joshua Bell, 44, began violin lessons when he was 4 years old after he tried to make his own instrument. Where: The Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 W. Water St. By Charlie Patton When violin virtuoso Joshua Bell takes the …
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Local violin enthusiast shares love through teaching

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It was a way to drum up some interest and get children excited and involved in music, she said. Phillips just wanted to play the violin and go home. She obsessed over the instrument for years, asking her parents for lessons until they finally said yes.
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Harmony Hope helps kids fighting cancer

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”I think part of the reason she likes the violin is because on one of our hospital stays there was a young lady that came and played music for us,” said Leah's mother Marisel. Leah's leukemia is in remission and she's enjoying the lessons.
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Coffee With … John Schreiber of NJPAC

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I played the clarinet, the violin, the piano. I just had no ear—I couldn't play well. Luckily, when I got older and I got into the business, I was able to travel with and work with all sorts of wonderful musicians and I realized it was better that …
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Music reviews

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CN Chandrasekharan (violin), J Vaidyanathan (mridanga) and Dayananda Mohithe (ghata) gave admirable support. Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat presented an interesting Music programme on Friday. The concert on “Compositions of Mysore composers of the 20th …
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With Enough Bandwidth, Many Join the Band

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Parents are also driving the shift to webcam music lessons. After Susan Patterson grew tired of taking her 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, 45 minutes each way for violin lessons, she e-mailed 15 violin teachers with Web sites. “There were some that were …
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Lori Watson Scottish Borders fiddle

Here’s a clip of borders fiddle player Lori Watson playing an example of beautiful borders playing. This is from Lori’s online Borders fiddle course at ayepod.net. Check it out at www.ayepod.net

Pre-K violinists hone skills that can aid in math, reading
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By DAVID BREEN Maybe none of them will grow up to be the next Itzhak Perlman, but a group of Osceola County, Fla., pre-K students are getting a head start on their education through violin lessons. About 80 at-risk kids have embarked on the music …
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Orkidstra, take a bow
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Parents with the means and the interest can enrol their children in private music lessons, but that's not an option for many students in inner-city schools whose families live on modest incomes. The three founders of Orkidstra were inspired after …
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Mozart vs. the Gangstas: How Classical Music Is Changing Young Lives
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