Wow, it’s been a long time since I updated this site. Sorry about that.

I have been pretty busy with a new job (no, I don’t make my living just playing violin anymore) and have had a few gigs during my free time that have pretty much kept me away from the computer. When I have been online, I have been sucked into Farmville and other Facebook buffoonery that has eaten into my blogging time.
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I have started a new arrangement for full orchestra now that the Ysaye is essentially finished.  This time I’m tackling the Beethoven “Kreutzer” sonata (first movement) which is among the most loved, most difficult, and most emotionally charged of his works for violin and piano.  It is a wonderful work that I think will translate beautifully to full orchestra.  It also has a prominent part in that Beethoven movie Immortal Beloved which was not a great movie (although Gary Oldman was spot on as Ludwig), but the soundtrack is outstanding and the story behind this piece helps explain the furious nature of the first movement.

Updates to follow.  Thanks for visiting!