Violin
During my time at Penn State, I studied violin with Professor James Lyon. Below are two videos of recitals I gave as an undergraduate: my senior recital and a short fundraising recital (to help fund a choir trip to Europe).
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The repertoire I studied for solo violin includes:
Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor (Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga), J. S. Bach
Roumanian Folk Dances, Béla Bartók
Invocation, Amy Beach
Romance in F, Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor (1st mvt.), Max Bruch
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Aaron Copland
Allegro, Joseph-Hector Fiocco
Concerto in G for Violin (1st mvt.), Joseph Haydn
Preludium and Allegro, Fritz Kreisler
Meditation From Thaïs, Jules Massenet
Sonata for Violin and Piano in e minor, W. A. Mozart
Romanza Andaluza, Pablo de Sarasate
In the Style of Albéniz, Rodion Shchedrin
Fantasia No. 12 for Violin, Georg Philipp Telemann
A Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams
The orchestral repertoire I have played as a member of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra includes:
Mass, Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concerto No. 2, Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1, Johannes Brahms
Carnival Overture, Antonín Dvorak
In the South, Edward Elgar
Helios Overture, Carl Nielsen
Symphonic Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 10, Dmitri Shostakovich
Firebird (Infernal Dance, Berceuse, Finale), Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka, Igor Stravinsky
Requiem, Giuseppe Verdi
In addition to my studies as a classical musician, I have had opportunities to explore other genres. I was asked to record the violin parts for the original song, Blue Giant, which you can listen to below.
Violin Partita No. 2 in d minor (Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga), J. S. Bach
Roumanian Folk Dances, Béla Bartók
Invocation, Amy Beach
Romance in F, Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor (1st mvt.), Max Bruch
Sonata for Violin and Piano, Aaron Copland
Allegro, Joseph-Hector Fiocco
Concerto in G for Violin (1st mvt.), Joseph Haydn
Preludium and Allegro, Fritz Kreisler
Meditation From Thaïs, Jules Massenet
Sonata for Violin and Piano in e minor, W. A. Mozart
Romanza Andaluza, Pablo de Sarasate
In the Style of Albéniz, Rodion Shchedrin
Fantasia No. 12 for Violin, Georg Philipp Telemann
A Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams
The orchestral repertoire I have played as a member of the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra includes:
Mass, Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concerto No. 2, Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1, Johannes Brahms
Carnival Overture, Antonín Dvorak
In the South, Edward Elgar
Helios Overture, Carl Nielsen
Symphonic Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 10, Dmitri Shostakovich
Firebird (Infernal Dance, Berceuse, Finale), Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka, Igor Stravinsky
Requiem, Giuseppe Verdi
In addition to my studies as a classical musician, I have had opportunities to explore other genres. I was asked to record the violin parts for the original song, Blue Giant, which you can listen to below.
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