1520's and 1620's: Doubling Choirs
During the first 200 years of the viola's existence, it was doing mostly what it was invented to do: doubling vocal parts. Now, more than 500 years later, many believe the viola is still the…
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During the first 200 years of the viola's existence, it was doing mostly what it was invented to do: doubling vocal parts. Now, more than 500 years later, many believe the viola is still the…
Read moreMar 20 2021
Originally posted on 1/31/20 as 'Artist-in-Residence' for the American Viola Society:
People seem to like an agreed-upon authority to magnify their already pre-existing opinions.
Whether cherry-picking from the Constitution or the bible, it's not merely their own little opinion now---…
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Originally posted on 1/10/20 as 'Artist-in-Residence' for the American Viola Society:
No, there's no punchline. It can sometimes be tricky to define where the line is, and in a sense, there's a low bar to claiming any of it. Once…
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