At 3:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, August 27th, national renowned violinist Mark O’Connor will present
a free lecture-demonstration to the public on his best-selling string teaching method,
the O’Connor Method, in the Community Room of the Main Branch of the Santa Fe Public
Library. He will be joined by violinist Maggie Dixon for demonstrations of music
from the O'Connor Method. Mr. O’Connor has a musical history with Santa Fe in that
the Chamber Music Festival commissioned both his 1st and 2nd
string quartets and the Santa Fe Symphony commissioned his Fiddle Concerto.
Since winning
the Country Music Association’s Musician of the Year for an unprecedented six times
as a fiddler, O’Connor has made invaluable contributions to American string music
as a performer, composer and educator, with his Suzuki-alternative O’Connor Method
quickly becoming a cornerstone of music education. “The O’Connor Method aims to
modernize string pedagogy by not only bestowing on young string players comprehensive
technical and theoretical foundations but also teaching them how to improvise and
creatively manipulate the music they learn,” says O’Connor.
The free
lecture-demonstration is sponsored by The Friends of the Santa Fe Public
Library. The public is welcome. Space is limited. Adults must be accompanied by
a child!
For more
information, please contact the Children’s Dept. at (505) 955-6783. For
directions to the Main Library (145 Washington Ave.), please visit www.santafelibrary.org/.
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