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Interesting
Bits
Rawson
Duo Concerts Reviewed:
 Article written for the February, 2009
Port Ludlow
Village Voice
by Bernard
Super
New:
First time ever recording of Amanda Maier and Julius Röntgen's Swedische Weisen und Tänze
from Nordlys 2012, Music of Sweden, recorded Sunday,
December 23. Click on the image to listen, linked to the International Music Score
Library Progect (IMSLP.org)
Click
here for program.
For a concert sample, here is the complete recording of a
concert given at the Rawson home in April, 2008 performing Russian
and Armenian music:
from
Russia with Love
Mussorgsky /
Rachmaninov, Hopak /
Balakirev, Impromptu
Rimsky-Korsakov
/ Kreisler, Chanson Arabe
Rimsky-Korsakov
/ Kreisler, Danse Orientale
Rachmaninov,
Romance Op. 6 No. 1
Komitas,
Apricot Tree /
Khachaturian,
Lyric Poem
Khachaturian,
Dance
Tchaikowsky,
Russian Dance from Swan Lake
Tchaikowsky,
Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op. 42, Meditation
Tchaikowsky, Souvenir
d'un lieu cher Op. 42, Scherzo
Tchaikowsky, Souvenir
d'un lieu cher Op. 42, Melody
Tchaikowsky, Valse-Scherzo,
Op. 34
Click
here for the program (opens in a new window)
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Archives: Olympic
Youth Strings
and Olympic
Chamber Orchestra
(a
non-profit organization active 2005 -2008)
Click
image for programs, press releases, and other information
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Violinist Alan Rawson first pursued his music interests in his
junior year in high school as a self-taught folk guitarist, recorder
player, and madrigal singer. Armed with the recent purchase of a tired, $50 rental violin from a local music store, formal studies were begun at Cañada Junior College in Redwood City California in 1971 – switching to Classical Music, since their program did not include Country and Western Fiddling.
He later received his Bachelor
of Music and Master of Arts degrees from San Francisco State University,
and went on to complete his doctorate degree at the University of Colorado in
Boulder in violin performance studying with Oswald  Lehnert while
developing a passionate interest in Rocky Mountain cycling and cross
country skiing. He has served on the music faculties of Concordia
College in Moorhead, Minnesota, the University of Idaho in Moscow,
and was tenured at Minnesota State University Moorhead where
he directed the University Orchestra and taught upper strings. He was
concertmaster of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony for twenty years and
appeared as a featured orchestral soloist several times performing works
by Tchaikowsky, Mozart, Sibelius, and Bruch, among others.
Alan has a passionate interest in exploring the music of past great
composers, now all but lost to obscurity, and he is actively
researching, locating and scanning public domain scores, making
these freely available to the internet community worldwide.
A native of Fargo, ND, Sandy Rawson
(pianist, organist,
harpsichordist) completed her Bachelor of Music degree in piano
performance at the
University of Minnesota and continued her studies at
the Musik Akademie in Vienna, Austria. During her long tenure in the
Fargo Moorhead area, she was a highly active accompanist and large
ensemble pianist performing with all the major organizations including
opera, symphony, choral, ballet, universities and public schools. She
frequently appeared on faculty and guest artist recitals at the three
local universities, NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College. An active church organist from the age of 14, she held the post of organist at the First Congregational Church in Fargo for 25 years and more recently at Sequim Community Church for the past 12 years.
Sandy’s love of music is equaled by her love for cooking. A
professionally trained chef, having lived several years in Europe and
Japan, international cuisine has been a lifelong passion.
On
the music research trail in Europe, 2000
Contact
the Rawsons
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