November 2010

V.com Thanksgiving vote: For what are you feeling most musically grateful today?

November 24, 2010 15:00

This week in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving, a day on which we count our blessings and express gratitude.

I thought it would be a good time to step back from whatever little intricate discussions we have here on Violinist.com and ponder the one wonderful thing that brings us together: music. Thank the heavens for music! Even when one part of my musical life feels out of balance, something else restores it: witnessing a beautiful performance, coming across a piece I've never heard, reading quartets with friends, helping a student discover something new, getting new strings on my violin and hearing it sing.

What has made you feel musically grateful most recently? Please use the weekly poll as a starting point for discussing what makes us most thankful in our music-making and love for the violin.

And in honor of Thanksgiving: "Simple Gifts": some American music (from Copland's Appalachian Spring) paired with American western landscapes by photographer Ansel Adams.