Sue Aston has appeared on professional classical recordings, radio broadcasts, and television, both nationally and internationally, and worked with eminent musicians such as Simon Rattle, Nigel Kennedy, Peter Donohoe, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Charles Groves, and Esa Pekka Salonen.
Stage Fright
One of the commonest and most natural problems of playing the violin – or indeed any instrument – occurs when the time finally comes to perform in public. This could arise either during a concert or in an exam situation. I have suffered from severe nerves and stage fright myself, so I understand how awful fellow performers and pupils feel. The approach I use to help myself comes under four headings: - Preparation, Visualisation, Breathing, and Exposure ...
Celtic Cornwall CDs DVDs Celtic Classical Music from Cornish Composer and proffessional violinist Sue Aston
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Violin and fiddle compared for similarities and differences.
This question comparing violin and fiddle is the all-time winner of FAQ's for me.
When people hear my answer about the difference between the violin and the fiddle,
they usually say, "That's what I thought."
Itzhak Perlman refers to his strad as a "fiddle." And concert violinists sometimes
refer to their colleagues as "fiddlers." But, this is just a loose way of speaking ...
John Mark Ministries: Playing a violin with three strings:
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight.
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair.
Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs,tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play ...