Posts by Shem
Chaconne #51 – Home of Conductor Alan Johnson – May 12, 2024
Today I am playing the first performance of the 2nd half of the Journey of 100 – it is a great privilege to be playing at my friend Alan Johnsons’s home on a celebratory day. When I started this project 12 years ago – almost to the day, in fact – I knew in my…
Read MoreChaconne # 50 – NYC – Studio of Laura Simms, Storyteller – Dec 17 2023
For the past 11 years I have been focussing intently on this music. I feel it is an unusually personal expression by Master Bach, I feel 100% in tune with his “story” embedded within this great work. Laura is internationally recognized for her wisdom and knowledge in the world of story where seemingly simple tales…
Read MoreChaconne #49 – Alpharetta Symphony Youth Orchestra
Sunday April 16, 2023, 5:00 P.M. Alpharetta, Georgia What a wonderful event we had – I performed for and worked with these aspiring young musicians! I was very happy with how the whole event turned out. The large community room with the youth orchestra musicians on my left, and their families and friends on the…
Read MoreChaconne #48 – Las Vegas NM -Oct. 8, 2022
This is Shem, writing about my experience of the #48 performance. It might seem odd (to anyone other than a fellow violinist) to say that I felt happy about this performance – I do. I was able to allow the music to move through me and simply allow it to be colored by the emotions…
Read MoreChaconne #47 – Newport, R.I. Sunday March 6th, 2022
It has been almost a year since performance #46 – and clearly the need for live music that can transform suffering is once again staring into our faces. I look forward to playing for my friends.
Read MoreChaconne #46 – JCC on Hudson, May 10, 2021
Chaconne #45 – Private Home, Austin Texas
It has been over a year since my last performance of this great work, and there could not be a more perfect setting than my friends’ home. This past year of semi-isolation and reflection has been a gift for my violin playing, with regular focussed practice without interruption producing a refined harmony between Music and…
Read MoreChaconne #44 – Vibrational Healing Webcast #5 – SUN MAY 17 12pm ET
This 44th performance of the Journey of 100 is dedicated to the memory of Violist/Conductor Vincent J. Lionti, who passed away last April from COVID19 related illness. Free Zoom Webcast featuring Vocalist David J Kennet, Sound Healer Serena Buschi, and Qigong Practitioner Phillip J. Coyle Space is limited, so please sign up here More info: www.runningwolf.cloud/transformfear
Read MoreSecret Messages and Shostakovich’s Music – Nov. 9th, 8pm NYC
Hi everyone – I collaborated in the creation of this new and exciting ballet that reveals some of the “secret messages” long attributed to Shostakovich’s music. Injury castillejo, the milan press release: low-grade hamstring injury sustanon 350 10ml vial 350mgml how to train the bodyweight biceps bar brothers italia. Messages In Time Saturday November 9,…
Read MoreChaconne #43 – Spring Hill Farm Artists’ Retreat
This performance, arranged at the last minute, was somewhat raw from my point of view, yet (seemingly) extraordinarily powerful for the artists and their companions who were attending. In our training as violinists, polished performance is a professional essential. However I am reminded by this evening that the spiritual and emotional power of Music transcends…
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