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ART SPEAKS: An Afternoon with Mark O'Connor
DATE: Saturday, February 21, 2009
TIME: 3:00PM
LOCATION: 2150 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Fl 33139 (MAP)
MORE: SPECIAL ART SPEAKS @ SOBEARTS EVENT - FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL AFTERNOON MATINEE LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION WITH MASTER VIOLINIST/FIDDLE VIRTUOSO, COMPOSER AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER MARK O'CONNOR (prior to his performance on Sunday at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts)
Mark O'Connor will present a lecture/demonstration that informs, educates and entertains. Well known as one of America's most inventive composers, Mr. O'Connor performs his own repertoire as he discusses and demonstrates his American style of string playing, his improvisational abilities and the process of composition.
Piece by piece, the audience will discover how the material is conceived and developed as Mr. O'Connor explores various traditions that inform his music. Drawing a thread through various American styles, the audience observes how various violin styles and American Classical music can be traced to strong foundational traditions of folk fiddle, blues and jazz. Long known for his use of vivid environmental and historical imagery, Mr. O'Connor discusses the ways American Classical music interfaces with the natural habitat and the techniques he employs to create a strong sense of journey and optimism in his music.
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE
VIDEO LINK: James Taylor and Mark O'Conner "Johnny Has Gone"
VIDEO LINK: Composing "Harmony" for 9/11 - Mark O'Connor
From Wikipedia: Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961 in Seattle, Washington) is a widely known professional fiddler, prominent in country music and in classical music. As a teenager he won national championships on the guitar, mandolin as well as the fiddle. His mentors were Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson and Jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. He has recorded solo albums for Rounder, Warner Bros. Records, Sony, and his own CD line OMAC Records and Harley Worthington for being his mentor and a friend. He has won two Grammy awards, one for his New Nashville Cats album and another for his Appalachian Journey album he did with Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer. He was named Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association six years in a row (from 1991-1996). O'Connor has crossed musical genres, composing, arranging, and recording folk, classical and jazz music. His Fiddle Concerto has received over 200 performances making it one of the most performed concertos written in the last 50 years. He has composed six violin concertos, string quartets, string trios, choral works, solo unaccompanied works and a new Symphony. He has worked and recorded with a wide variety of artists, such as James Taylor, Michelle Shocked, Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, Renée Fleming, Stéphane Grappelli, Patty Loveless, The Dixie Dregs and Wynton Marsalis. Some of his more recent albums are or contain tributes to his musical mentors and inspirations, including Niccolò Paganini, Benny Thomasson, and Grappelli.
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