Bella Musica Festival Apr 1st, 2008 Bella Musica Festival, located in Hinsdale, IL, is a five day string and chamber music camp for violin, viola, cello, and piano students ages 8 - 18. Registration is currently open through May 15 for this summer's festival, which will be held June 28 - July 3, 2008. At the festival, young musicians participate in chamber ensembles, as well as violin choir, cello choir, fiddle and technique classes, culminating in a final concert. For more information, please visit http://www.bellamusicafestival.com. Chamber Music Festival in the Heart of Tuscany Mar 12th, 2008 A ten-day chamber music festival based in the medieval city of Siena, Italy, the heart of Tuscany. Luci Toscane welcomes both university students and professional musicians: Strings (Violin, Viola, Cello, & Contrabass). *Music is selected from standard literature for chamber orchestra and will include a variety of repertoire, including opportunities for musicians to perform in chamber ensembles. The Hopkins School Choir of New Haven, CT will join the festival chamber orchestra for a performance in the Teatro di San Gimignano on June 21st, 2008.
Read more... New Palatino Violin Corner Bass at NAMM Jan 13th, 2008 With a classic wide-shouldered design and beautiful natural finish, the new Palatino Violin-Corner Bass (VB-012) offers rich and balanced tones, excellent projection and a very affordable price. The cornered bass is a favorite with jazz musicians and school band players. This model features a premium, crack-resistant spruce top, flamed maple sides, a solid maple neck and an ebony fingerboard. The bass features a flat back made from maple for greater acoustic projection and a glorious natural lacquer finish that steals the show at every performance setting. The bass also comes with a padded carrying bag. The violin-corner bass is available in 3/4 size. This model is fully adjusted in the U.S. Palatino is the maker of violin family and wind instruments. Stradivari Violin Features New Technology Jan 6th, 2008 At the NAMM show, Garritan Orchestral Libraries, announced a new technology for virtual orchestration that allows sample sound waves to be harmonically aligned, creating more expressive and realistic-sounding solo instrument samples according to the company. The first product to feature this technology is Garritan Stradivari Violin.
Sonic Morphing technology aligns sound samples so they can flow into each other seamlessly. Morphing can be seen in motion pictures where there is a gradual transformation from one image into another. This basic concept has been applied to sound samples. Traditional sample libraries use discontinuous samples and transitioning between different dynamic levels (pp, mp, mf, ff) or different vibrato levels (non-vibrato, normal vibrato or lush vibrato) cause the listener to hear two distinct instruments (doubling) during transitions with disjointed tones and phasing issues. Sonic Morphing, on the other hand, aligns sound samples so they can flow into each other seamlessly. The result is more realism and expressiveness while preserving the natural characteristics of the instrument. |
