July 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM
It made me think of the challenging process involved, making and sustaining a career. The struggle to find your voice/identity at a young age, when you are forever learning lots of repertoire and understanding the technical challenges of the instrument. The music is such a reflection of the student’s heart and soul-you can just feel it from bar one.
It is in this spirit of finding a musical identity, and beginning and maintaining a career that I am pleased to announce a new contest on my Facebook page. I will be giving away an Arcus Cadenza Gold violin bow, valued at over $5,000 to a promising musician.
For details on how to enter, click here.
Is this the Arcus you used to perform with? That provenance would certainly sweeten the prize. What a generous gift to some worthy violin student!
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