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Getting Back to Basics
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August 1, 2008
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A rigorous self-reexamination of fundamentals yields rich rewards
Editor's Note: In February, Mark O'Connor e-mailed a newsletter noting that, after working extensively on his Americana Symphony, the violinist had recently reprised his solo violin concert after a ten-year hiatus. All that symphonic work had left the composer missing his fiddle. He had come back to the stage "with a vengeance, determined to improve his technique and rethink his musical vision for the solo violin," the newsletter noted. "He began to practice in new ways." Strings asked the Grammy-winning O'Connor to describe the process by which he has "reconstructed, revamped, and experimented his way into a new ...
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