Enjoy some Violin Volleyball from our December 5th Oddly Noted performance!
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Czardas by Vittorio Monti
Sketch from the Second Annual Live Performance: Comedy Recital, December 5, 2015. Heralded as the next generation of Victor Borges, Oddly Noted is committed to breaking down the barriers associated with high art classical music.
“Orchestra ensemble students were treated to a special master class featuring St. Mary’s Academy alumna Hannah Leland ’06.
Leland received her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance and currently plays for the Tucson Symphony, the Arizona Opera Orchestra, and the Phoenix Symphony.
The master class helped the SMA Trio with their violin, oboe and piano pieces. It was a great opportunity for students to learn from a professional musician who also went to St. Mary’s Academy!”
“Even as Brahms moved into Romantic harmonies and phrasing, he espoused Classical style. The structure is precise, while the harmonies grow richer. In the hands of a chamber orchestra, the phrases are cleaner and the precision is easier to hear than usual. The second movement had a beautiful stillness and simplicity, even in its heavier sections.”
“Mr. Holtan led a skillful, highly polished performance. It was at once obvious that these musicians brought considerable talents to this work, and had refined their interpretation from continued performances. The relatively small forces of this ensemble lent a sense of intimacy and immediacy, in contrast with the bombast of some performances by larger forces. It was a sound on a scale that I was unaccustomed to hearing, but one I found to be compelling in its nuance.”
Hannah officially graduated from Arizona State University today with her Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance degree! Congratulations Dr. Leland!
