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Master Class with Brian Lewis
MAY 2021Posted Date: May 07 2021
VOLUME I ISSUE 2 MTSA held its first online masterclass on Sunday, April 11, 2021. I, along with many other teachers, have been teaching online for more than a year now, and before Covid, I’d had little experience with it. The students played beautifully and throughout this session there were countless creative ways in which we’ve all adjusted to the platform. Brian Lewis taught 6 masterclasses for repertoire in Book 3 and above. I liked the way Brian instructed changes to bow speed and weight, using earlier Suzuki repertoire to make his point. For the Bach Double, in the first class, he focused on bow speed and opening the arm faster from the elbow. The end result is more energy, as Brian demonstrated, and better articulation on the eighth notes. To demonstrate this point, Brian had the students play Twinkle with very short bow strokes, moving all the way from frog to tip between pitches. Thus, the down bow at the frog on open A - in tempo -... |
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Brian Lewis Presents Lesser-Known Works for Violin and Piano
Posted Date: July 16 2019
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2019 Music Camp in Awajishima
Posted Date: May 16 2019
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Music Camp in Awajishima
Posted Date: February 01 2019
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Brian Lewis on expressive and Bravura playing
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Brian Lewis teaches Kreisler's 'Gitana'
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Brian Lewis on the Barber Violin Concerto
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Brian Lewis on Teaching Individuality in the Music of Fritz Kreisler
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Pedagogy Class with Brian Lewis: The Musical Gems of Josef Suk
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Brian Lewis: Teaching Versatility: The Music of Fritz Kreisler
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Brian Lewis: Canons and Music for Four Violins
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Pedagogy Class with Brian Lewis: Information Through Sounds
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Menuhin Competition 2014: Jurors Brian Lewis, Ilya Gringolts and Olivier Charlier Give Master Classes
Posted Date: July 28 2018
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Suzuki Strings Cedar City hosts celebrated violinist
Posted Date: July 06 2018
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Violinists Gear Up for the Menuhin Competition in Austin
Posted Date: April 01 2016
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Master Class with Brian Lewis at SAA Conference 2012
Posted Date: April 01 2016
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Newest teachers of music getting guidance from a master
November 1, 2010Posted Date: April 01 2016
Yale School of Music students hoping to inspire musical passion in younger generations are getting some guidance this year from an acclaimed violinist and music educator. Brian Lewis, who is also widely recognized as a leader in music education, is on campus as the Class of '57 Visiting Professor of Music Education at the School of Music for the 2010-2011 academic year. He is teaching a course in community engagement and working with students who participate in the Music in Schools Initiative, which supports public school music and the training of young artist/teachers to help ensure that music is a birthright for all children. "We are fortunate that Brian has agreed to work with our graduate students in developing their skills as teachers," says Robert Blocker, the Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music. "Our students must understand... |
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Colours of Music Festival: Violinist sharing his art at festival
COLOURS OF MUSIC FESTIVAL: Violinist sharing his art at festivalPosted Date: April 01 2016
By Susan Doolan - Special to the Examiner Posted 2 months ago Brian Lewis is living the life he dreamed of as a kid. It's one of the reasons he likes to pass on his knowledge to young musicians and he will be conducting several workshops at local high schools when he is in Barrie for Colours of Music. The Texas-based classical musician is this year's violinist-in-residence. He will be making an appearance at numerous concerns over the next few day including Friday's opening, with the Ames Piano Quartet. "A lot of the music I have already performed but it's always fun to add some new pieces you don't know because it keeps artists fresh and, being able to bring music that may not be known completely to audiences around the world," he said. "So I'm very excited." This is... |
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MOSC opens 47th season with guest violinist
By Georgia TemplePosted Date: April 01 2016
Entertainment Editor | 0 comments When violinist Brian Lewis's great-grandmother fled the Russian Revolution, she could bring only one item with her. She arrived in the United States at Galveston carrying her violin. "My family has my great-grandmother's violin," said Lewis, who performs here Saturday, Sept. 12, with the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra as part of the organization's continuing Texas Artist Series. "It's not the finest violin, but it means so much to me. It's part of my family's history. It's such a great thing to look back and see where you family came from. "My great-grandmother came through the great state of Texas on her way to Kansas City where there were Russian and Polish settlements. And my great-grandparents lived about 10 miles from each other, one in Russia and one in Poland, and they never met until they got to Kansas... |
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Virtuoso violinist returns to honor teacher
Lewis' mother, Alice Joy Lewis, was herself an accomplished violinist and teacher. But she wanted her son to learn from another instructor - in part to avoid conflicts - and was interested in the teaching method developed by famed Japanese violin teacher Shinichi Suzuki, which Allen still uses with the 20 students in her studio.Posted Date: April 01 2016
Starting in 1972 and continuing for 10 years, Alice Joy Lewis drove her son twice a week to Allen's house - once for a private lesson, once for a group lesson. Special to the Journal-World A young Brian Lewis takes a bow during a recital. Lewis, now 37 and a virtuoso violin player, has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and released seven solo CDs. He'll honor his former teacher, Eleanor Allen, during a concert Sunday at the First Baptist Church in... |
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Secret of the Stradivarius Found by Texas Chemist
Secret of the Stradivarius Found by Texas ChemistPosted Date: April 01 2016
By Greg Flakus College Station, Texas 09 March 2009 Joseph Nagyvary A scientist in Texas believes he has found the secret of the Stradivarius and other highly prized violins made about 300 years ago in northern Italy. He thinks chemical treatment of the wood with preservatives did the trick, but some music lovers find that hard to accept. Retired Texas A & M University chemistry professor Joseph Nagyvary wanted to play the violin as a child, but World War II and the communist takeover of his native Hungary dashed that dream. After he left Hungary, he studied chemistry and also learned how to make his own violins. Examining violins across northern... |
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Violinista estadounidense Brian Lewis en Santiago
Posted Date: November 07 2011
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