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The German pianist and composer, Carl Bohm, really knew how to write a good tune! This is a fine example of a Sarabande — a slow, stately dance with 3 beats in a bar.
Johann Vierdank was a composer of the early 1600s. His Capriccio II features some wonderfully antiphonal, delightfully conversational interplay between the two parts.
Welcome to Week 9! Check back soon for links to class content.
7pm UTC - Violin Course A and B Practice Session with Simon (90min)
Topics to be confirmed
9.30pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Simon (30min+)
5pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Marisol (1hr)
7pm UTC - Violin Fundamentals Session 1 & 2 with Simon (120min)
Live from our London school. In the UK? Join us in person!
4.30pm UTC - Children's Course B Practice Session (30min)
Singing, Pitch and Finger Placements
6pm-10pm UTC - Practice Sessions
6pm UTC Level 1 [Fundamentals & Course A]
6.45pm UTC Level 1 [Course B]
To include: Topics to be confirmed
7.30pm UTC Level 2 [Course C]
8.15pm UTC Level 3 [Course D]
To include: Topics to be confirmed
9pm UTC - Ensembles Playthrough (1hr)
Preview: to be confirmed
Playthrough (if time): Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1, Marche Militaire, Chant de Veslemøy, An Elven Adventure
2pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Caroline (1hr)
9am UTC - Adult Course A Instructional class (90min) with Marisol and Simon
G, D and A major scales and arpeggios, Finger Placement, Frère Jacques, Jungle Footprints (slurred), Performance Practice and Concert Preparation
10.30am UTC - Adult Course B Instructional class (90min) with Simon
Rigaudon, Peasant's March, Fiddler on the Loose, Waltzing Matilda, Boney Stegosaurus, Performance Practice and Concert Preparation
10.30am UTC - Children's Course A Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
11.15am UTC - Children's Course B Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
12.30pm UTC - Adult Course C Instructional class (90min) with Simon and David
Intonation, Performance Practice, Opposites Attract, Cradle Song, To The Greenwood, Barn Dance, Poor Old Battered Broomstick, Doom and Gloom, The Tale of the Sad, Slow Worm, Chanson Triste, Rumbango
12.30pm UTC - early afternoon Workshops will start again after the Easter break
2.15pm UTC - Adult Course D Instructional class (90min) with David
Intonation, Performance Practice, Intonation Exercises TBC, Dvořák Humoresque, Salutations, Fiddler on the Loose, Rieding Violin Concerto, 1st Movement, Dominant Seventh Gallop
3pm UTC - early afternoon Workshops will start again after the Easter break
4.15pm UTC - Ensembles (90min) with David and Simon
New Music: To be confirmed
Playthrough: Danse Macabre, Pastime with Good Company, He's a Pirate, Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1, Marche Militaire, Chant de Veslemøy, An Elven Adventure
7pm UTC - Live Music Event / Jam Session - ViolinSchool Live at the Grosvenor (45min)
music to be confirmed
*We will introduce new workshops and events gradually over the next few weeks
In the UK? Come and enjoy our new live music series in London!
John Stanley was an 18th century English composer and organist. Here's our arrangement of one of his particularly triumphant organ voluntaries for violin and piano.
This set of variations for three violins by Aleksey Yanshinov is a real bag of treats … there are loads of different techniques, styles and moods to get stuck into!
This lovely, lilting, flowing, yearning, dancing Medieval/Renaissance Ronde - written by that mysterious composer ‘Anon.’! - is exclusively arranged for two violins.
Welcome to Week 8! Check back soon for links to class content.
Sorry there are NO classes or clinics today as Simon is away.
There WILL be an open Course A / B session next week (Tuesday 15th March)
4pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Marisol (1hr)
4.30pm UTC - Children's Course B Practice Session (30min)
Singing, Pitch and Finger Placements
There are no Fundamentals or Course A practice sessions today, however clinic time with Simon is available on request to any Course A learners. Please email [email protected] to request a time.
6.45pm-10pm UTC - Practice Sessions
6.45pm UTC Level 1 [Course B]
7.30pm UTC Level 2 [Course C]
G, D and A Harmonic Minors, A, E & B Harmonic Minor, Minor Incidents, Doom and Gloom, The Tale of the Sad, Slow Worm
8.15pm UTC Level 3 [Course D]
Scales and Arpeggios in 2nd Position, Second Opinions, Wait a Second, Second to None
9pm UTC - Ensembles Playthrough (1hr)
New! Preview: The Mad Lover by John Eccles
Playthrough (if time): He's a Pirate, Pastime with Good Company, Danse Macabre, Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1
2pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Caroline (1hr)
9am UTC - Adult Course A Instructional class (90min) with Marisol and Simon
G, D and A major arpeggios,
10.30am UTC - Adult Course B Instructional class (90min) with Simon
Topics to be confirmed
10.30am UTC - Children's Course A Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
11.15am UTC - Children's Course B Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
12.30pm UTC - Adult Course C Instructional class (90min) with Simon and David
Topics to be confirmed
N.B. Afternoon Workshops will restart in the Summer Term
2.15pm UTC - Adult Course D Instructional class (90min) with David
Topics to be confirmed
N.B. Afternoon Workshops will restart in the Summer Term
4.15pm UTC - Ensembles (90min) with David and Simon
New Music: to be confirmed
Playthrough: To include some of -- Danse Macabre, Pastime with Good Company, He's a Pirate, Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1, Marche Militaire, Chant de Veslemøy, An Elven Adventure
7pm UTC - Live Music Event / Jam Session - ViolinSchool Live at the Grosvenor (45min)
Music to be confirmed
N.B. Afternoon Workshops will restart in the Summer Term
In the UK? Come and enjoy our new live music series in London!
A fun, 3-movement piece for strings with some great melodies!
Largo' is the opening aria from the 1738 opera, Serse, by Handel. It's sung by Xerxes I of Persia as he admires the lovely, sweet shade of a plane tree!
This fabulous fantasia by Leo Portnoff features passionate melodies, a rip-roaring Russian dance, and plenty of different patterns and techniques for the bowing arm.
Probably virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini's most famous tune! The main theme of Caprice No.24 is joyful and exciting, and played using the hooked bowing technique.
Hone your hooked bowing with these effervescent exercises! Practise these jaunty zigzaggy arpeggio patterns in G, A, Bb, and C major, and soon you'll be hooked!
This sunny, chirpy melody by Charles Auguste de Bériot is great for practising 3rd position. That’s probably why it’s in the 3rd position bit of his Méthode de Violon!
You'll need to divide the bow with mathematical precision to conquer these exercises. ViolinSchool strongly recommends using a mirror to get a good perspective!
Bénoni Lagye’s Danse Espagnole captures the spirit of Spain with its vibrant, insistent rhythm patterns. Use energetic, incisive bowing to really make the piece dance!
This rousing melody by Henry Purcell was written to accompany the dramatic and tragic late 17th century play, Abdelazer. You'll need agile fingers to play this one!
Welcome to Week 7! Check back soon for links to class content.
7pm UTC - Violin Course A with Simon (90min)
Topics to be confirmed
9.30pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Simon (30min+)
No Clinics today
7pm UTC - Violin Fundamentals Session 1 & 2 with Simon (120min)
Live from our London school. In the UK? Join us in person!
4.30pm UTC - Children's Course B Practice Session (30min)
Singing, Pitch and Finger Placements
5pm UTC - Violin Fundamentals (1hr)
Topics to be confirmed
6pm-10pm UTC - Practice Sessions
6pm UTC Level 1 [Course A]
6.45pm UTC Level 1 [Course B]
To include: Topics to be confirmed
7.30pm UTC Level 2 [Course C]
8.15pm UTC Level 3 [Course D]
To include: Topics to be confirmed
9pm UTC - Ensembles Playthrough (1hr)
Preview: Danse Macabre
Playthrough (if time): Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1, Marche Militaire, Chant de Veslemøy, An Elven Adventure
2pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Caroline (1hr)
5pm UTC - Violin Clinic with Marisol (1hr)
9am UTC - Adult Course A Instructional class (90min) with Marisol and Simon
Topics to be confirmed
10.30am UTC - Adult Course B Instructional class (90min) with Simon
Topics to be confirmed
10.30am UTC - Children's Course A Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
11.15am UTC - Children's Course B Instructional class (45min) with Marisol
Topics to be confirmed
12.30pm UTC - Adult Course C Instructional class (90min) with Simon and David
Types of Minor Scale, G, D and A Harmonic Minors, A, E & B Harmonic Minor, Minor Incidents, Doom and Gloom, The Tale of the Sad, Slow Worm, The Irish Washerwoman (or Library version here)
12.30pm UTC - *early afternoon Workshops will start soon
2.15pm UTC - Adult Course D Instructional class (90min) with David
Second Position, Scales and Arpeggios in 2nd Position, Wait a Second, Second to None, Second Opinions, Second Chances
3pm UTC - Workshop (60min) with Simon
Topics to be confirmed Sorry there will be no workshop today. You are invited to join Course D (Second position)
4.15pm UTC - Ensembles (90min) with David and Simon
New Music: Danse Macabre, Pastime with Good Company, He's a Pirate
Playthrough: Allegro in D by Handel, Mazas Duet No.1, Marche Militaire, Chant de Veslemøy, An Elven Adventure
7pm UTC - Live Music Event / Jam Session - ViolinSchool Live at the Grosvenor (45min)
Music to include: The Easy Winners with Simon Hewitt Jones (violin) and David Worswick (piano)
*We will introduce new workshops and events gradually over the next few weeks
In the UK? Come and enjoy our new live music series in London!
Did you know, the London school is now hosting live music every Saturday evening during term time? From 7pm each Saturday evening during term time, live at The Grosvenor in Central London, our new live music venue!
Each week, there's live music from a featured violinist, pianist or guitarist. It's followed by a jam session where the violinists from ViolinSchool's Courses and Ensembles have the opportunity to join in and play!
After our Ensembles, Classes and Workshops finish at Pimlico Academy at 6pm, we move across to The Grosvenor Pub in Pimlico, where jam sessions and live music performances take place from 7pm to late.
There's no ticket required, and everyone is welcome! Entry is by donation. There's a well stocked bar, and food is now available until 9pm. No booking necessary, just turn up!
The Grosvenor, 79 Grosvenor Rd, Pimlico, London SW1V 3LA
It's free to get in, and an optional suggested donation (£10, £15 or £20) can be made at the bar. Food and drink are available all evening, too!
Saturday 26th February - Jam Session with Oliver Lallement, Piano
Saturday 5th March - Simon Hewitt Jones (violin) and David Worswick (piano)
Saturday 12th March - To Be Announced
Saturday 19th March - To Be Announced
Saturday 26th March - To Be Announced
also
The ViolinSchool Easter Show will take place on Saturday 2nd April - venue and ticketing information to be announced! Come and join us for a musical celebration featuring beautiful violin music from around the world!
Johann Vierdank was a German violinist, cornettist and composer of the early 1600s. His Capriccio I features some delightfully imitative interplay between the 2 parts.
Louise Farrenc (1804-75) was a piano teacher at the Paris Conservatoire for over 30 years. Her Étude in A minor is a mysterious siciliana with lots of dotted rhythms.
William Crawford Honeyman was a violinist, orchestral leader and teacher. He was also, under his pseudonym, James McGovan, a writer of police detective novels!
This graceful piece is inspired by the Ländler folk dances of German-speaking Europe. Hop and stamp your way through ... you could even try a bit of yodelling too!
Bear Dance is great for practising rapid string crossings and quick, short, energetic bow strokes! It's not so great for downstairs neighbours, as you'll see...!
