Polyphony

This is the first blog post featuring a student made project.  The Butler School is proud to provide a home for two incredible string quartets: our renowned faculty string quartet, the Miró Quartet; and our talented young professional quartet in residence, the Aiana Quartet.   In the video below the Aiana invite you to attend this Friday’s concert [...]

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Remembering violinist Michael Rabin, who died on January 19, 1972 Rabin’s recording of Wieniawski Concerto no. 1… Pure, solid, number one recording of this piece.  Again, the technique is flawless and spectacularly clear, but there is this personality to the concerto that rarely is given to us.  The rest of us mortals are simply trying [...]

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Today we introduce the Listen List, a recurring series of interviews with Butler School of Music faculty, students, or guest artists. Each week we’ll get to know a different Butler personality, as musicians should – through favorite music recordings. For our first installment, we visit with William Fedkenheuer. Last July Will was appointed second violinist [...]

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