It was a beautiful, warm, sunny afternoon at the Wayne County Fair on Sunday, September 7th. Fiddlers from all over the state of Ohio and the Midwest had gathered for the annual fiddler's contest, most forming small groups outside to practice or just plain jam. Perry, the show's usual "ringleader" - emcee and director of the contest year after year - wasn't present, as he |
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For all you Wooster-area fans, be sure to pick up a copy of next week's (Monday, Aug. 11th) AND the week after's (Monday, Aug. 18th) Wooster Weekly News. Next week's issue will have a bit about my upcoming recital with Peter at St. Mary's church in Wooster (keep reading for more details). The week after that, I will be a feature story!
In other news... Last Sunday, Peter Douglas and I gave our second in a series of 'Four Seasons' recitals, entitled "The Joy Of Spring". The program consisted of: J.S. Bach: E Major Violin Concerto (all movements) Mozart: Rondo Concertante in B-flat Major - with cadenzas I wrote myself, yay! Ginastera: Piano Sonata (first movement) Schubert: Am Bach im Fruhling (By the Brook in Spring) Wieniawski: Legende Vivaldi: Concerto in E Major, "Spring" (all movements) Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 for Violin and Piano, "Spring" (first movement) There was a small but wonderful crowd gathered in the Church of the Epiphany in Euclid, and it was an amazing afternoon for everyone - myself and the audience alike. It was a reminder that it's not just flowers and more sunshine that make spring joyful, but music, too. |
Krista Solarsis a recent graduate of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music with a Master's Degree in Violin Performance... (read more) Archives
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