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Spring String Tour
Members of The Ohio Valley
Symphony made a tour of all ten Gallia
County Elementary schools with an "Introduction to
Strings" program
courtesy of the Music Performance Trust Fund and the Ann
Carson Dater
Endowment. Celebrating March as "Music in our Schools"
month, the group
presented a 45 minute program covering the different
styles of string
techniques by performing a variety of music styles.
Each musician had a chance to demonstrate their
instrument alone as
well as within the ensemble. Tone colors and production,
basic physics
of music (including harmonics and wave lengths),
contrasting live
acoustic music vs. electronic music (and explaining the
basic premise
of MPTF), fiddle tunes (American and Romanian Gypsy
music) were all
topics that were covered. A hands on segment of the
program included
selecting children from the audience to take a turn
playing small sized
violins, cello and bass to get a taste of making music
with an actual
instrument in their hands.
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This young man is getting some tips
on playing the violin from Ariel Artistic Director, Lora Lynn Snow during
The Ohio Valley Symphony's Spring String Tour to celebrate March as
"Music in our Schools" Month. |
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One young man shows his delight in
learning to play a violin during The Ohio Valley Symphony's Spring
String tour in the Gallia County Schools this past week. |
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Children from the audience get a
chance to try out an actual instrument in front of their peers during the Ohio Valley Symphony
Spring String Tour of the Gallia County Schools. This concert was
to help celebrate March as "Music in Our Schools" Month by performing live
professional music for over 3,000 elementary children in the county. |
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This concert was
made possible by the Music Performance Trust
Fund and the Ann Carson Dater Endowment.
Musicians shown left to right are Cristinel
Bacanu and Laura Geier, Local #179, Lora Lynn
Snow, Ariel Founder and Artistic Director,
Locals # 362-691 and 136, Desiree Miller, Local
# 179, Patrik De Los Santos, Local # 60-471 and
Maria Kindt, Local # 179. |
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For additional information about string classes and
lessons, contact Lora Lynn Snow.
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