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George Durham

s2admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:16:58 +0000

George Durham is an American freelance cellist living in Seoul, South Korea. He performs throughout Korea with the folk rock band Monobarn, and the harp and cello Arpege Duo. He was a member of the first Youtube Symphony orchestra, and maintains a popular cello channel on Youtube. He has played solely on a Luis and Clark carbon fiber cello since 2011.

“This is an inspiring cello and I love playing on it! It is so responsive and the notes speak so clearly across the whole range that it actually improved my playing. It projects well, and you can draw a really gorgeous sound. I use it for everything – chamber music, live rock clubs, studio recording, playing outdoors…people always compliment it. I also like the fact that in two years I haven’t had to deal with a single open seam, and I can check it on a plane without worrying like I do with a wood cello.” – George Durham.

Col Choochart Pitaksakorn

s2admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:49:53 +0000

Col Choochart Pitaksakorn is Thailand’s most prestigious viola and violin player. On June 9, 2011 the Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra, under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra gave a concert to honor him. This part of that very special concert featured him as soloist and he chose to play his Luis and Clark viola!

Taylor Davis on her L&C Violin

s2admin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:25:17 +0000

Game of Thrones Theme – Violin – Taylor Davis
>>>> Taylor writes about this video:
“I absolutely love the Game of Thrones series and am so excited for Season 3! Hope you like my rendition of the theme, I created the orchestral backtrack and arrangement. Thanks so much for watching and for all your support!”

Filmed and edited by Megan Gilliam
Special thanks to Maria for letting us use her fire pit

Original song by Ramin Djawadi

Jasmine Beams

s2admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:15:53 +0000

Jasmine Beams was born in Santa Rosa, California. She began her violin lesson at age of 6, and became the concertmaster of the Shasta Youth Symphony in Redding, CA when she was 13. The following year, Ms. Beams was invited to study with Prof. Mauricio Fuks in Bloomington, Indiana. After a year of intensive work on violin, she took great interest in viola. Subsequently, she received the Friends of Music Scholarship to study at Indiana University under the guidance of viola Prof. Alan de Veritch. Upon graduation, Ms. Beams was offered a full scholarship from IU to pursue her Performer’s Diploma with Prof. Nokuthula Ngwenyama. While at Indiana University, she was principal viola of Indiana University Orchestras, the Musical Arts Symphony Orchestra, and assistant principal viola of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to playing classical music, Ms. Beams was the violist of the IU Latin American Popular Music Ensemble and collaborated with grammy nominated artists such as Terra Brasil, Gonzalu Grau y la Clave Secreta, Tiempo Libre, and Aquiles Baez.
In the summers of 2007 and 2008 Ms. Beams participated in the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival on tours throughout Europe and South America under the batons of Christopher Hogwood, Ivan Fischer and Christoph Eschenbach. She also participated in the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. She rejoined the SHMF Orchestra on its 2010 Tour through the USA and Canada with Lang Lang and Maestro Eschenbach. Ms. Beams made her solo debut with the Shasta Symphony Orchestra in 2009. The following year, she won the Concerto Competition at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she has an assistantship to pursue the Chamber Music Certificate with Prof. Lewis Rosove. In 2011, Jasmine has gone to Australia to perform as a member of the Youtube Symphony orchestra. She has also branched out into pop music recording with Aboriginal musician Dewayne EverettSmith. She currently performs with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Symphony Orchestra,

Zigeunerweisen on Carbon-Fiber Cello

s2admin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:13:01 +0000

Alja Mandic (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989) is a student of professor Valter Despalj at The Music Academy Zagreb, where she was accepted at the age of 16.

She has been improving her skills on several master courses and collaborated with many great cellists such, including Laszlo Fenyo, Anner Bylsma, Giovanni Sollima, Mischa Maisky, Reinhard Latzko, Igor Gavris, Rudolf Leopold, Dimitry Ferschtman, Mats Lidström, Harro Ruijsenaars, Orfeo Mandozzi, Michael Flaksman and others.

She is participating in competitions on a regular basis. Her most important achievements are:

1st award at Slovenian national competition 2003 and 2009,
1st award at European competition >Alfredo e Vanda Marcosic> (Gorizia, Italia) 2004 and 2008,
2nd award at International competition Antonio Janigo Junior (Poreč, Croatia) 2004
2nd award at International Cello Competition in Liezen, Austria 2004.

Laura Goldberg plays the Luis and Clark Violin.

s2admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:23:18 +0000

Laura Goldberg plays Fritz Kreisler “Preludium and Allegro” on the Luis and Clark Carbon-Fiber violin.

Carbon Fiber String Quartet by Lisa Ralia Heffter

s2admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:00:37 +0000

LISA RALIA HEFFTER (Composer, Viola) is a prominent composer whose variety of styles has been performed on stages around the world. One of Heffter’s first classical chamber works, “Eschape,” was reviewed by the New York Times as “astonishingly beautiful.” A presentation of Heffter’s Disney/Ascap award winning theatrical musical “Blood & Fire” was applauded by the panel as “every song is a hit out of the ballpark — way out of the ballpark!” Heffter has been commissioned for both theatrical and classical music, and has works being produced at Carnegie Hall in 2010. Most recently, Heffter wrote original music for Will Farrell’s hit Broadway show “You’re Welcome America.” Tonight, fresh off the page, her Carbon Fiber String Quartet was inspired by the impressive progressive concepts of the Calhoun School in New York.

Peter Sachon

s2admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:36:58 +0000

From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009

Bachianas Brasileiras No 1

s2admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:36:18 +0000

From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009

Bachianas Brasileiras No 5

s2admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:35:29 +0000

From the Calhoun School Performing Art Series – Carbon Fiber Cello Choir & Chamber Orchestra concert that took place January 30th, 2009