Lockdown has provided the time to edit some educational videos I’ve made for the new Violin Syllabus. A huge thank-you to Steve Flavin at Lovemore Music Centre for providing me with the sheet music, you guys are the best!
https://www.lovemoremusicshop.co.za
One of the pieces for the Initial Grade ‘Sword Dance’ can be viewed at:
This lovely little ballad from The Wizard of Oz just never gets old and a special number to relive some childhood memories.
The song is included in the violin exam repertoire currently which is the reason for the video recording.
In this set is a wide mix of classical miniatures, folk songs as well as a Jazz piece titles Pitlochry and The Muppets Theme Song.
Ashlea Martin (pianist) and myself have been recording the violin exam syllabus as reference material to violin students. We make a backing track of the piano accompaniment available for download and provide a quality audio and visual reference of the pieces.
https://kristelbirkholtz.bandcamp.com
ABRSM Grade 1 is just out, so please check out the following links if you are looking to learn some new pieces. The selection is lovely just great for listening.
These are two of our favourites.
I’ve been working on an ambitious project with Ashlea Martin to record the new violin syllabus.
The first one is up on YouTube
Separate piano accompaniments tracks are available at https://kristelbirkholtz.bandcamp.com/
More videos to follow.
Lovemore Music in Illovo supplied the sheet music and we’ve been recording at the lovely Rosebank Union Church auditorium.
Ashlea and I have performed together on a number of different concert productions ranging from serious classical to contemporary and we’ve enjoyed putting this exam series of recordings together.