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classical_musicHi, everyone! I'm a violist and composer based in Sacramento, California, USA. Music isn't my primary job, but I play viola in a semi-professional orchestra and am principal violist in a community orchestra. I also play violin occasionally, played piano through college, played low brass in high school, and have done a fair bit of choral performance (true bass, definitely not baritone).
If I had to pick three favorite composers, both to play and to listen to, it would be Brahms, Schumann, and Shostakovich; you can probably fill in a lot of my other favorites from there. I enjoy music from all eras from Renaissance to 21st century, though.
I also like exploring lesser-known composers from all eras. I've been fortunate in that the directors of both of my orchestras similarly enjoy going off the beaten path. One of the things I post every week on my own page is "Forgotten Masterpiece Fridays," where I present an unjustly neglected piece, usually by a lesser-known composer. (I think most of those posts should be visible to the public; if any are not, it's because I had to manually change permissions to public when I imported from LiveJournal and may have missed one or two.)
I'd love to chat with any other string players, composers, and especially anyone else who likes exploring lesser-known classical music.
If I had to pick three favorite composers, both to play and to listen to, it would be Brahms, Schumann, and Shostakovich; you can probably fill in a lot of my other favorites from there. I enjoy music from all eras from Renaissance to 21st century, though.
I also like exploring lesser-known composers from all eras. I've been fortunate in that the directors of both of my orchestras similarly enjoy going off the beaten path. One of the things I post every week on my own page is "Forgotten Masterpiece Fridays," where I present an unjustly neglected piece, usually by a lesser-known composer. (I think most of those posts should be visible to the public; if any are not, it's because I had to manually change permissions to public when I imported from LiveJournal and may have missed one or two.)
I'd love to chat with any other string players, composers, and especially anyone else who likes exploring lesser-known classical music.
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Date: 2017-05-13 11:54 pm (UTC)