Aaron Schwebel: Inspiring Excerpts Short Bonus

Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

09/10/22

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In this Inspiring Excerpts short bonus episode, you will hear violinist Aaron Schwebel's reflections on the best environments for learning and growth, on how the pandemic has affected his priorities, and some of the unique benefits and challenges of a life of a professional musician. Aaron Currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. He is a member of the LARK ensemble and the Rosebud String Quartet, and is the founder and artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. The full episode is linked here, both podcast and video format, and the transcript can be found through the same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist

photo credit: Bo Huang

Previous Episode

Raphael Weinroth-Browne Part 2

September 10, 2022

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48m

Raphael Weinroth-Browne is an internationally renowned Canadian cellist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He merges his classical cello training with a love of progressive metal and Middle Eastern music, and has formed several acclaimed ensembles including The Visit, Musk Ox, and Kamancello (this duo is with a previous guest of this podcast, kamanche player Shahriyar Jamshidi). Raphael has been touring with the Norwegian progressive band Leprous since 2017, and has appeared on over 150 studio albums. In 2020 he released his first solo album, Worlds Within. Raph is a very thoughtful and articulate person, and this conversation touched on many interesting topics. Part 2 of this episode includes some interesting background on Raphs’ development as a musician. He also shares his advice on building relationships in the music business to help artists find different avenues to promote their music. He speaks about improvisation, his love of Middle-Eastern music, and his collaboration with Shahriyar Jamshidi in Kamancello (featured in this series: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/shahriyar-jamshidi-kamancheh) If you missed Part 1, it is linked here along with the video of both episodes: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/raphael-weinroth-browne In Part 1 Raph demonstrates and talks about the first part of Worlds Within, and you get to hear about his career as a studio musician and his experiences touring with Leprous. He shares his thoughts about knowing yourself, being creative, connecting with your audience, and balancing your life and expectations of yourself.

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Timestamps for Part 2:

( 00:00) Intro

(01:23) Raph’s evolution as an artist, and his teen and university years

( 08:58) music from Worlds Within

(16:12) more about Raph’s development as a musician

( 19:24) advice about developing as a performer

(21:15) album reviews, advice for promoting your music, Laura Bitner

( 34:38) Shahriyar Jamshidi and Kamancello

( 45:09) Windsor symphony, community outreach

photo credit: Jonathan Lorange

Next Episode

Peter Purich Part 1: Luthier, Innovator, Multi-Instrumentalist, Educator

September 17, 2022

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75m

Peter Purich is an innovative violin maker known for his unique personalized chinrest design. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist who plays in many different styles, and a dedicated violin and viola pedagogue. Because this conversation was extra-long it has been divided into two episodes. Part 1 delves into his development as an instrument maker and innovator, and as a creative musician. He shows and describes some of his innovations with chinrest design. The episode ends with some improvisation and some great parenting advice! Part 2 will continue with a lot of specifics about playing and teaching the violin, and he shows some of his inventive instrument designs, his unique shoulder support, and some great wisdom.

I have added timestamps below, and like all these episodes this is available both as a podcast and a video, and the transcript will be published to this same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-purich

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:29) Peter’s father and his start making instruments and bows

(06:12) Peter’s trip to Europe, Vienna Philharmonic instruments

(10:17) different kinds of woods, styles of violin bows

(13:44) research on carbon fiber

(19:25) Peter’s custom-made chin rests, vibrato, shifting, how to hold a violin

(46:34) Peter’s pedagogy

(49:30) Peter’s approach to improvisation and experiences with different styles and instruments

(51:30) I Musici chamber orchestra in Montreal, Yuli Turovsky

(54:30) Arthur Garami