Way back last spring, when we were writing and editing copy for the big Season Brochure, I was charged with creating the titles for the three editions of The Thalia Follies: A Political Cabaret that we were planning for the season: one in late October, not long before Election Day; the second in late February, a month after Inauguration Day; and the third in early June.
All posts from January, 2009
America Reborn?
By Isaiah ShefferPublished on January 26, 2009
An Introduction from Michi
By Michi WianckoPublished on January 13, 2009
Michi Wiancko submitted this blog in conjunction with her participation in the event Violinist Michi Wiancko & Electric Violist Martha Mooke.
Being asked to write a blog for my upcoming concert has given me a rare opportunity to sit still and reflect. To begin, I’ve decided to write about a question that was posed to me: “How do you balance the different demands of classical repertoire and new work?” This happens to be a question that scrolls through my mind on a daily basis.
An Introduction from Martha
By Martha MookePublished on January 12, 2009
Martha Mooke submitted this blog in conjunction with her participation in the event Violinist Michi Wiancko & Electric Violist Martha Mooke.
Whenever I’m asked about how I balance my life as a traditionally trained violist and being an electric 5-string violist/composer/improviser and clinician, I pause for a moment, because I’ve long since reconciled my various “guises” into one entity. Over the years I’ve encountered some curious looks from orchestral colleagues when I take out my “acoustic” viola with a pickup built into the bridge of the instrument. Or if someone had heard that I play electric viola, after the initial shock of hearing the word electric to describe a viola (no viola joke there!) it was assumed I was a jazz or rock musician.
