Good morning, Nostr 🌅 Still on viola today in preparation before my recording gig tomorrow. This morning I was listening to Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, one of my favorite orchestral works. In the opening, “Lever du Jour” (“Daybreak”), Ravel paints the sunrise so beautifully, with everything slowly waking up, light spreading. I couldn’t resist improvising a viola line over it, just for fun. Hope you enjoy this little morning sunrise duet with Ravel 😊 #musicstr

Good morning, Nostr ☀️ Hope you’re having a great day. This week I’m on viola duty, getting my chops back in shape for a recording session on Saturday. This morning I started with a little Bach, the Prelude from the C major Cello Suite, just as a warm-up. Then I drifted into some improvising in C minor, but still carrying that Bach energy with me. I recorded a little bit of that improv session and you’ll hear those Bach inspired descending scales and flowing lines, but filtered through my own semi-fiddly, semi-jazzy style on viola. It’s funny…. when I listened back, I realized it sounds nothing like Bach, and yet I can feel his influence everywhere in it! Somehow it’s all connected on a subconscious level. Hope you enjoy, and have a great day. #musicstr

Good afternoon, Nostr ☀️🎻 Just a fun little pizzicato improv on the viola today! I was running out the door but wanted to share something quick before the day got away. Inspired by the sunshine and my lovely green houseplant. 🌿 Hope you enjoy! #musicstr

Good afternoon, Nostr ⚾️🎻 Hope you’re having a good day. I last posted on the day of Game 7 of the World Series… and I was personally rooting for those who lost. It was a heartbreaking night. So today’s little improv is an ode to the Blue Jays… and what might have been 😭💙 It’s always fun to improvise a melody like this. I feel like the internal logic kind of works itself out as I play. By the end, some ideas start to feel more set, if I were to write this down for a composition, I would be finding ways for it to continue “making sense” like it’s starting to at the end of this improv. But for now, it’s just a little musical reflection of heartbreak. Hope you enjoy, and have a great day, and a great November so far! #musicstr

Good afternoon, Nostr 🎻 This week I am deeeeep in crunch time, orchestrating like mad to finish my new piece. So I’ve decided: it’s St. Anne’s Reel week! Here’s another progress update. Today I’m playing it noticeably faster, trying to get into that boppy, up-tempo feel… and it’s allllmost there. The tricky part is the start of each new section. My bow’s just not totally organized yet, and I keep flubbing those first gestures a little. The A and B sections begin so similarly, but they’re rhythmically just different enough to throw me off. Still, that’s the process… play through, keep the rhythm, don’t stop, and it gets tighter over time. Here we go: St. Anne’s Reel, progress update #3! #musicstr