Magic Moments

Meditations and Reflections on Life and Classical Music

Thursday, January 2, 2014

What I Would Tell My Young Self

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On New Year's Eve I found myself rummaging through old papers, photographs, and press releases. How perfect, I thought, as the mere act ...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Lost in the Magic Moment

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I was first introduced to the work of Abraham H. Maslow through Elaine Fine's marvelous blog, Musical Assumptions . Maslow's philoso...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Alice: The Lady in Number 6

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The childhood memory of what may have been my intro to the Holocaust returned to me after watching the inspiring documentary about the worl...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Strings Attached

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The memoir 'Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations ' by Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky has bee...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

What Itzhak Says

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If any parents out there are wondering what artist/teachers are looking and listening for in young students, there's an illuminating int...
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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Fiction of Relationship

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Truth be told, I had little idea what I was signing up for when I joined Arnold Weinstein 's online "Fiction of Relationship...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

The Magic Flute

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Sir Kenneth Branagh's retelling of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" with English libretto by Stephen Fry has finally been releas...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Questions for Violinist Joseph Silverstein

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As a foremost American concert violinist, pedagogue, conductor and octogenarian, do you feel optimistic for the future of classical musi...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Far From the Tree

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Andrew Solomon's most recent book, "Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity" caught my eye on sever...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

O'Connor Hits the Mark

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OK, I'm hooked. I'm a Mark O'Connor blog addict. Fiddler/Violinist/Composer extraordinaire Mark O'Connor blows the lid off S...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Wisdom Seekers

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I've mentioned in a previous blog post that the verb for studying and teaching is the same in Yiddish: lernen . I'm reminded of this...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Variations on a Theme

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As more professional orchestras face unprecedented upheaval and financial peril the symphonic musicians intone the same dire threat during ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Met Envy

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Thank goodness for caller ID. A few months ago, the marketing department of Seattle Opera called here repeatedly requesting to speak with...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A Day in the Life

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Last evening, my husband had been sent the link "A Day in the Life" by David Usui, a young filmmaker from New York City. When I he...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Some Enchanted Evening

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For some people, Queen Anne's Bayview Manor might be simply a retirement community. Not for me. The Manor has become my university; th...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras

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If I didn't get much sleep last night, it's because I opened The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras, Artistic Triumphs and Economi...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

A Mozart Moment with Ana

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Inspired by this video  of Ana Chumachenko's engaging masterclass at Verbier Festival Academy of Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3, 4 and 5,...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Candlelight Concerts

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This holiday season, I recommend a perfect musical gift to share with loved ones of all ages. Maestro Arthur Shaw presents his beloved ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Bach Chaconne for Two Violins

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photo by Sarah Talvi While reading Joseph Szigeti's "On The Violin" an invaluable resource for serious violinists, I became...
Friday, November 18, 2011

With Head to the Music Bent: A Musician's Story

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Randolph Hokanson  (photo by MKT) Confession. For many years after relinquishing my identity as a "concertmaster" or first chai...
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I’ve been a violinist since the age of four. From studies in Boston with Sarah Scriven, I furthered my education at Juilliard Pre-College, Meadowmount, and with Jascha Heifetz in his masterclass at U.S.C. I married Ilkka Talvi (Of Music and Men) in 1984, and have to say, learned the most from him. After forty plus years of intensive concertizing, it is with pleasure that I turn my attention to teaching, writing, reading and reminiscing.
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