Category: Original Compositions

  • Caprice for the Redwood Violin preformed at TEDx Sonoma

    Caprice for the Redwood Violin preformed at TEDx Sonoma

    I was invited to give a presentation about the Redwood Violin Project to TEDx Sonoma. In the spirit of the project I invited a local composer and a local musician to collaborate in the presentation. Felix Herbst’s “Caprice for the Redwood Violin” was performed by 12 year old violinist Henry Miller Hear it here:

  • Jon Berger Plays an Original Country Dance

    Jon Berger Plays an Original Country Dance

    Sebastopol fiddler Jon Berger composed this tune the style of an English Country Dance.  He is joined here by Rebecca King on piano; Jon and Rebecca are two thirds of the band Persons of Quality.  Jon’s wife Kalia Kliban, who made the pegs on the Redwood Violin, is a prominent English Country Dance caller.  She…

  • New Theme Tune for the Redwood Violin Videos

    New Theme Tune for the Redwood Violin Videos

    I’m very excited to be able to add a theme tune to the Redwood Violin videos. High school Junior, Gwendolyn Thalia Przyjazna, composed this musical signature which I feel captures the optimistic and exploratory essence of the Redwood Violin Project. Gwendolyn is deeply in music composition and is seriously considering the possibility of music school…