Violinist Christian Howes highly anticipated solo performance will feature innovative works with loop pedal, plus surprise guests. Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll ("Rising Stars/Violin"), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics poll, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. Howes received the Residency Partner Award through Chamber Music America for residencies in school orchestras.
His release on Resonance Records, Southern Exposure, earned recognition in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Downbeat, Jazz Times, as well as a six-night run at Lincoln Center. Howes is the founder of Creative Strings, a non-profit organization with a mission to expand music education through the creation of online curriculum, an annual summer conference, and dozens of visits to schools annually teaching improvisation, contemporary styles, and related subjects. He endorses Yamaha violins and D'Addario strings.
String players can also join us January 30-31 for an intensive couple days of improvisation, contemporary styles, and creativity hosted by Christian Howes and ViolinSchool!
Reserve here for workshop
Thursday, 25th January:
-Introduction to Improvisation, Open Class for everyone, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Tuesday, 30th January:
-Creative Strings Boot Camp for pro performers, teachers, students and advanced players, 10 am - 5 pm
Wednesday, 31st January:
-Creative Strings Boot Camp for pro performers, teachers, students and advanced players, 9 am - 5 pm
What you'll get from the workshop:
A focus on creative musicianship– free improvisation, arranging, composition, modal, harmonic, and rhythmic internalization, contemporary styles, and related subjects. Become creatively self-expressed and develop your musical voice. Internalize harmony, voice-leading, scales, modes, and apply them. Become fluent in contemporary styles so you can jam with musicians outside of classical music, create YouTube covers, and more. Be able to use amplification and effects. Get gigs and take your creative musical career to the next level. Teachers: Gain age-appropriate sequences to share with students. Gain comfort in improvisation, composition, and arranging.