STRINGSREALLY? Yes, theyre not just made for classical music.
NO WAY! Yes, way. I DONT BELIEVE YOU.
A BRIEF HISTORY: THE 20TH CENTURY During the 20th century, we
saw a global emergence of jazz, and an emergence of country in the
United States. Strings, the violin in particular, began to gain
popularity in these areas of music. Starting a branch out from the
standard
IN THE EARLY HALF OF THE CENTURY We saw musicians such as old
time fiddlers Bill Hensley and Asa Helton, who tore up competitions
in the South.
WESTERN SWING Western swing gained popularity between the 20s
and 40s. A big group to come out of this movement was Bob Wills and
his Texas Playboys, who had several hits between 1938 and
1944.
AND THE RISE OF JAZZ VIOLIN. Left to right: Stephane Grappelli,
Stuff Smith, and Joe Venuti
IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE CENTURY Irish fiddlers Liz Caroll and
Martin Hayes emerged.
THE 1980S AND THE TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET A quartet of
revolutionary string players who stretched the limits of ensemble
performance. Turtle Island was the first string quartet to achieve
commercial success.
DAROL ANGER Founding member of Turtle Island String Quartet.
Versatile violinist Chop master. All around cool guy.
CHOPPING.
KENJI BUNCH Juilliard Grad Violist and composer Blue grass
fiddler (on viola and violin) Plays in a duo with his wife. His
compositions are insane(ly good.)
BEN SOLLEE Singer-songwriter cellist. Kentucky native
Passionate about social issues Plays cello in different ways, known
for alternative styles of pizzacato. Rides his bicycle to gigs with
his band. Really friendly guy.
THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE THAT WE HAVENT DISCUSSED Ralph Farris Jr
(violist): Founding member of the contemporary quartet, ETHEL.
David Wallace (violist): A member of the New York Philharmonic and
a professor at the Juilliard school. Known for his Texas fiddling
expertise and new age jazz compositions. Tracy Silverman (violin):
Electric rock violinist. Rushad Eggleston (cellist): Jazz, Rock and
Bluegrass cellist.
