My daughter, Beach Jacket, has decided to start offering her services as a violinist in the Atlanta metro area after receiving offers to play in weddings there. Because there are so many members of this board from the Atlanta area, I thought I'd post the following. You can pm her if you're interested or know someone who would be interested in taking advantage of her services.
Beach Jacket began playing the violin at the age of seven. She studied under Ms. Kerren Berz, current concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and whose work can be heard on albums by Outkast, Destiny's Child, Pink, Sinead O'Connor, and others. From the age of eleven until she moved to Cambridge to attend MIT, Beach Jacket studied under Professor Patricio Cobos, retired chairman of the violin department at Columbus State University, current conductor of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, and current associate concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. When she was a participant in the Georgia Governor?s Honors Program, she also studied under Professor Manual Diaz, chairman of the viola department at Columbus State University and principal violist for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. She made her debut at the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra at age eleven and was a member of the orchestra from age eleven until she left for college. She has performed in a string quartet at parties honoring former President Jimmy Carter, as well as at many other parties, weddings, graduations, church services, etc. She is currently a student at Georgia Tech and is available to provide her services as a violinist in the Atlanta metro area.
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beats on hoodAuthor
Bravo, Beachrunner! Bravo!Thanks. We saw the collection tonight. One of my favorites is a Salvidore Dali of Abraham Lincoln. Love the Romare Bearden stuff after seeing the Romare Bearden exhibition at the High Museum in ATL in 2005.
Hopefully since it is summer you will have the time to practice, practice, practice.
I'd love to do a hip-hop solo in the midst of all of the classical stuff. LOL.
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Thanks. We saw the collection tonight. One of my favorites is a Salvidore Dali of Abraham Lincoln. Love the Romare Bearden stuff after seeing the Romare Bearden exhibition at the High Museum in ATL in 2005.I LOVE Dali. There is his museum in St. Petersburg. Pretty cool stuff. Other than Dali, I'm pretty illiterate about most art.
I'd love to do a hip-hop solo in the midst of all of the classical stuff. LOL.
And speaking of a hip-hop solo, my son is learning the 1st movement of Haydn's concerto in C maj. and thinks he should be able to add-lib & free form the cadenza in the middle. I think NOT. You musicians do have a creative mind of your own, no doubt! ;-)
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I LOVE Dali. There is his museum in St. Petersburg. Pretty cool stuff. Other than Dali, I'm pretty illiterate about most art.The Dali piece is neat. Up close, you look at it at you see a small square with Lincoln in it. Then when you step back about 20 feet, the entire composition is a portrait of Lincoln. How cool is that? I minored in art history at Tulane, so art is one of my loves. That's why Goedel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid is my favorite book -- it explores the relationship between my loves -- math, computer science, art, and music.
And speaking of a hip-hop solo, my son is learning the 1st movement of Haydn's concerto in C maj. and thinks he should be able to add-lib & free form the cadenza in the middle. I think NOT. You musicians do have a creative mind of your own, no doubt! ;-)
Your son is right. A cadenza is an opportunity for an artist to do whatever creative interlude s/he desires. Any time I've backed up an artist doing a cadenza, we just wait until s/he does his/her "thang" until we pick up to the pre-written music.
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The Dali piece is neat. Up close, you look at it at you see a small square with Lincoln in it. Then when you step back about 20 feet, the entire composition is a portrait of Lincoln. How cool is that? I minored in art history at Tulane, so art is one of my loves. That's why Goedel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid is my favorite book -- it explores the relationship between my loves -- math, computer science, art, and music.Yes, I just hope he knows what he's doing and probably shouldn't mix styles and periods. I'll let him and his prof. figure that out! It is now beyond my control or my limited input anymore.
Your son is right. A cadenza is an opportunity for an artist to do whatever creative interlude s/he desires. Any time I've backed up an artist doing a cadenza, we just wait until s/he does his/her "thang" until we pick up to the pre-written music.
I forgot about Escher. Love him but then, who doesn't? My son loves him too. I'm definitely looking for the book for him that you've mentioned.
Good luck practicing...
beats on hoodAuthor
I'm gonna brag. Tonight was fabulous. The exhibit was exceptional -- it was the owners' 20th Century collection. They also have an Andy Warhol collection, an African-American collection, etc., that tour art museums all over the country. There were hundreds of people at the reception. The art was great, and our string quartet got rave reviews. I was so proud to be included. Afterwards, the owners of the collection along with a group of attendees and the musicians went out for dinner. What a fabulous evening!
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I'm gonna brag. Tonight was fabulous. The exhibit was exceptional -- it was the owners' 20th Century collection. They also have an Andy Warhol collection, an African-American collection, etc., that tour art museums all over the country. There were hundreds of people at the reception. The art was great, and our string quartet got rave reviews. I was so proud to be included. Afterwards, the owners of the collection along with a group of attendees and the musicians went out for dinner. What a fabulous evening!
Get down with your bad self!!
Proud of you!!
bean
I'm gonna brag. Tonight was fabulous. The exhibit was exceptional -- it was the owners' 20th Century collection. They also have an Andy Warhol collection, an African-American collection, etc., that tour art museums all over the country. There were hundreds of people at the reception. The art was great, and our string quartet got rave reviews. I was so proud to be included. Afterwards, the owners of the collection along with a group of attendees and the musicians went out for dinner. What a fabulous evening!
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it. beats on hoodAuthor
Thanks for the applause, jdarg and OL!
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I'm gonna brag. Tonight was fabulous. The exhibit was exceptional -- it was the owners' 20th Century collection. They also have an Andy Warhol collection, an African-American collection, etc., that tour art museums all over the country. There were hundreds of people at the reception. The art was great, and our string quartet got rave reviews. I was so proud to be included. Afterwards, the owners of the collection along with a group of attendees and the musicians went out for dinner. What a fabulous evening!
Meow
...wow, you learned that music, like fast!!! So glad it turned out to be such a memorable evening!!! 
beats on hoodAuthor
I thought I was well prepared. Then when we arrived at the event, we were given a stack of music to play that we'd never practiced. We played for almost three hours. Except for a couple of pieces we were given on Monday, the rest of it was totally sight reading.
We were invited to the afterparty. When the collectors arrived, the entire restaurant gave them a standing ovation.
BTW their Warhol collection was exhibited at the Met in NYC this spring.Felt sorry for Big D. He was invited to play (he plays the string bass), but he had dinner with a major customer and couldn't go to the rehearsal on Monday. He was very sad that he had to bow out (pardon the pun).
Nevertheless, it was a funn evening.
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