IN ASTA: Violin Day Though classical music spawns few household names, violinist rachel barton is makingone for herself through her virtuosity and popmusic crossover projects. http://www.inasta.org/stringdayviolin.html
Extractions: Though classical music spawns few household names, violinist Rachel Barton is making one for herself through her virtuosity and pop-music crossover projects. She made her professional debut with the Chicago Symphony at age seven. Since then, Barton has become one of the world's most acclaimed classical musicians, playing with top symphonies worldwide and winning first prizes in leading competitions from Brussels to Montreal to Vienna. She has released five classical albums, including one honoring the works of 18th- and 19th-century Black European composers. In 1996, Barton was named "Chicagoan of the Year" by Chicago magazine. Since the premiere of her version of the national anthem at a Chicago Bulls game, she has acted as a classical music evangelist of sorts, winning new listeners for the genre by proving that, contrary to popular belief, classical music is not stagnant and irrelevant in today's society. Barton has accomplished this by illustrating the parallels between classical and popular music. A fan of hard rock and heavy metal since childhood, she, along with violinist Edgar Gabriel and cellist Brandon Vamos, recorded an album of rock songs in early 1998. The group, called Stringendo, arranged songs by artists from Ozzy Osbourne to Led Zeppelin to Nirvana, and Barton threw in a few classical performances to round out the album.
Song Discography of instrumental works by the African European composer. Includes CD cover photos, a brief Category Arts Music Composers C ColeridgeTaylor, Samuel Romance in G Major violinist rachel barton and the Encore Chamber Orchestra, ledby Daniel Hege, Conductor, have made a world premiere recording of Coleridge http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Song.html
Extractions: Father Daniel Taylor trained as a physician at King's College, London. After graduating he found his race was a barrier to maintaining a medical practice in the United Kingdom. As a result he returned to Africa permanently around the time of Samuel's birth. Jeffrey Green has published an article in Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, entitled It says of Samuel:
About Violinist Edgar Gabriel Edgar Gabriel is the other violinist in rachel barton's string trioStringendo, along with Brandon Vamos on cello. They have thrilled http://www.edgargabriel.com/biography.html
Extractions: About Violinist Edgar Gabriel Edgar Gabriels ability to play in many different styles on the violin keeps him in great demand. Early in his professional career, Edgar was employed as violinist in the piano trio for the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia. Since then, he has performed with such diverse groups as Mannheim Steamroller, Chicago Opera Theater and The Big Apple Circus. Edgar has worked in many theaters including Steppenwolf, where in 1994 he led an on-stage string quartet in "A Clockwork Orange." Edgar has performed in numerous jazz, rock and blues venues with lesser known musicians and also notable ones such as Robert Plant and Jimi Page, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, the Moody Blues, Smoky Robinson and Dennis DeYoung. Recently, Edgar's versatility has won him positions with the world renown Cirque du Soleil As a classical orchestral player, Edgar has worked under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, James DePriest, Pierre Boulez and Sir George Solti. He has also toured with Andrea Bocelli and his Festival Orchestra. Edgar is in great demand in the recording studios. His violin can be heard on numerous jingles, soundtracks and CD's heard world wide. He has performed on numerous radio and television programs and has been featured at music festivals throughout the country. Recently, Edgar has recorded with the rock band Cheap Trick for their soon to be released CD.
Main Page His goal is to expand the violin audience to include everyone. Edgar is not alonein this venture. He has worked closely with virtuoso violinist rachel barton. http://www.edgargabriel.com/mainpage.html
Extractions: When violinist Edgar Gabriel began his studies on the violin more than thirty years ago, he instinctively sought out new creative outlets for the violin. Today, after decades of formal training and professional experience, Edgar's mission is to bring the violin back to it's rightful place as an important instrument for all types of music. This includes popular, dance, jazz, rock, in addition to the customary traditional classical and fiddle music. His goal is to expand the violin audience to include everyone. Edgar is not alone in this venture. He has worked closely with virtuoso violinist Rachel Barton . With much success, their string trio Stringendo has brought together the often polarized audiences of classical and rock and exposed them both to fresh new sounds. Edgar can be found performing in Chicago and all over the United States. Working for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, he is the main substitute for the resident show, Myst re. Currently, he is touring with another
Extractions: TOP-LINK UP-LINK ADD URL SEARCH ... E-MAIL CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMERS LINKS ComparePhoneRates.com - FREE phone rate calculator! Find out how much it costs to phone anywhere in the world using different long distance telephone services. Alexandre Moschella - (Brazilian) Samples, agenda, profile, essays about music, links. (Portuguese/English) Amadeus Guitar Duo Anderson, Marian Andrés Segovia Home Page - Article, pictures, discography. Ayres, Paul - British organist, composer, conductor and accompanist Paul Ayres; includes listings of recitals, sound files from organ recordings and ordering information for CDs, tapes and scores. Barachovsky, Anton - Bio, sound samples, reviews, contact information, etc. Barton, Rachel - A ring sites devoted to violinist Rachel Barton. Baxtresser, Jeanne - Principal Flutist with the New York Philharmonic. Bellomy, Dan...Welcome! - Activities of organist and writer Dan Bellomy. Bengt Wikstrom - Classical Guitar - Bengt Wikstrom - Teacher and Performer About his work and art Benjamin Bunch - Information on Connections CD recording by classical guitarist Benjamin Bunch. Includes selection from CD (mpeg 3 format) for downloading. Bernal, Jesus: Organista Mexicano
Extractions: May 21, 1999 n It's steamy, there's music playing, people are partying, a peculiar French fills the air. That describes Verdi's "La Traviata" and it will look like Little Rock, too, as the curtain rises in June on the ninth annual Wildwood Festival of music and art at the Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts. In an inspired move, Wildwood director Dr. Ann Chotard chose to set the classic opera about a dying courtesan in 19th century New Orleans. In Wildwood's La Traviata, Violetta is a quadroon, a woman of supposed wealth and beauty who, while appreciated by the white men of New Orleans high society, nevertheless is relegated to second class status by her African blood. It was just a small leap from there into a French motif for the entire Wildwood Festival, the first time the month-long event and its accompanying Fringe Festival that starts this week has taken up a particular theme. Famed New Orleans musicians Pete Fountain, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rockin' Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters will set central Arkansas whirling. "The Pirates of Penzance" sets sail beside Lake Horace in a festival opener for young swashbucklers and their families; loose references to Jean Lafitte will tie it into the French repertoire, as will the Solid Brass Band in performances before and and during intermission. A virtuosi violinist will perform pieces by Creole composers of the 18th and 19th centuries and other musicians will offer up French pieces for piano and organ.
Extractions: from September/October 2002 Reviews: Kurka Recollections BY ROBERT KIRZINGER The Good Soldier Schweik was premiered by New York City Opera 44 years ago this year, on April 23, 1958. Its composer, Robert Kurkaan American of Czech descent born in Cicero, Illinois in 1921had died the previous December of leukemia, having lived just long enough to finish the work. Although The Good Soldier Schweik has appeared frequently in the repertoire of smaller companies in the United States and elsewhere (including Komische Oper Berlin soon after its premiere), this release by Chicago Opera Theater is the first recording of the complete opera. While it's arguably not quite on the level of The Ballad of Baby Doe or Vanessa , to many critics and historians of American music Schweik 's status as one of the important American operas of its era has remained constant. Its representation in the catalog alongside its more famous contemporaries is long overdue, and this opportunity for the work to reach a larger audience is well deserved. Chicago Opera Theatre staged Kurka's Schweik for five performances in 2001. Cedille Records made the recording immediately thereafter, in early April, with the same conductor, cast, and orchestra in Bennett-Gordon Hall at Ravinia. Taking advantage of having performers fresh from a live stage experience and incorporating movement similar to that used in the theater, producer (and Cedille founder) Jim Ginsburg captured a version of the opera that balances the spontaneity of alive performance and the control of a studio effort. Ginsburg is constantly vigilant of recording quality, working with engineer Bill Maylone to achieve the best and most vital possible sound through microphone choice and placement, editing procedures, and choice of recording venue.
MPC 41 Speakers And Guests Page 2 violinist rachel barton, a Chicago native, has appeared as soloist withmajor orchestras across North America and Europe, including the St. http://www.amppr.org/mpc41speakersandguests2.html
Extractions: Tony began to play in Jazz night clubs around Columbus, Ohio while he was still learning the art of the Hammond B3 organ. He was influenced by hometown Organists such as Hank Marr and Don Patterson. Tony's newfound fascination led him to jazz organ legends Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland, Jack McDuff, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. Here He found an unlimited source of inspiration; he just couldn't get enough! On Tony's sixteenth birthday, he received a return phone call from Jimmy Smith. This was a great honor and really boosted his enthusiasm as an organist. Jimmy Smith continued to give Tony Jazz Organ secrets over the phone while Tony was playing around Columbus. When he was twenty, Jimmy Smith invited Tony to come play with him at his club in Woodland Hills L.A., California.
WDBJ 7 Morning News For 03/02/99 STABILITY FOR A PERSON DISABLED BY A COMPANY THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLEOF THIS COMMUNITY.)) SUPER=01rachel barton/Injured violinist; RUNS=21 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/99/0399/030299/030299.m
Classical Net Review - Handel - Violin Sonatas 23year-old Chicago violinist rachel barton runs through the allegros agilely andgives carefattention to the slower movements - andantes, adagios, graves and http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/c/cdl00032a.html
Extractions: Cedille Records CDR 90000 032 A spritely partnership between violin and cello, with deft rhythmic accompaniment on harpsichord. 23-year-old Chicago violinist Rachel Barton runs through the allegros agilely and gives carefattention to the slower movements - andantes, adagios, graves and such that begin most of these pieces, which are mainly in church sonata format. The music's virtuosic character is rendered with superb, resonant double and triple stopping and de-emphasized dance motion in the allegros. Barton also lets the music's raw, improvised feeling hang out a little, giving the recording a refreshing zest. Clearly, she welcomes the popular touch, having twice played her own rendition of the national anthem at Chicago Bulls playoff games. Bowing to refinement, she plays an Amati violin (1617). Mark Longaker Search Reviews Back to the Review Index
Web.stargate.net/soundgarden/archive/1998/04/26 tonerkin tonerkin@PIPELINE.COM Subject Re rachel barton I have heard rachel doseveral Symphony) sometimes so she is quite an accomplished violinist. http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/archive/1998/04/26
Extractions: SOMMS Digest - 25 Apr 1998 to 26 Apr 1998 [ Message/RFC822 14KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] There are 13 messages totalling 337 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. The cowboy hat pic.. 2. Rachel Barton (3) 3. remarks about opinions concerning a survey :) 4. sg (2) 5. SOMMS 4 Sale 6. papercorn7 7. SOMMS 4 Sale-THE WINNER 8. Surveyor? 9. survey surprise (2) To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:17:36 +1000 From: Koggle Subject: The cowboy hat pic.. Hey all I'm not sure if anyone's still thinking about the SOMMS shirts but i scanned the pic on the inside of the Badmotorfinger/somms booklet and it's uploaded to my website now if anyone needs it and couldn't find it previously.. http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/6953/SOMMS1.JPG (case sensitive ok?) Koggle Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 08:26:22 -0500 From: tonerkin Subject: Re: Rachel Barton I have heard Rachel do several Metallica's song. I think it was before Lollapoolza last summer when she was live on the radio. She is from the Chicago area and plays at Orchestra Hall (with the Chicago Symphony) sometimes so she is quite an accomplished violinist. But she is in her early 20's and loves rock. I admire her as a person also because she endured a tragic personal situation and has come back from it and gone on with her life in a big way. I might have to pick up that CD since I liked the Metallica songs and I think she would do a good job with SG. Thanks for mentioning it, Kevin. toni Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:12:01 -0400 From: Ben Clark
Beloit Daily News - Monday, March 2, 1999 CHICAGO (AP) _ Prizewinning violinist rachel barton has spent fouryears reliving the awful day that changed her life forever. http://www.beloitdailynews.com/399/viol2.htm
Extractions: Injured violinist awarded $29.6 million in Chicago A jury awarded her $29.6 million on Monday for the 1995 train accident that cost her a leg and part of a foot. Now she says it's time to move on. ``In the end, as it was in the beginning of this terrible journey, I hope to be known for my music and not my injuries,'' Barton told reporters. Barton, 24, was dragged 366 feet down the tracks from a suburban Winnetka commuter platform after the strap of her violin case caught in a closing door. She sued Metra, the commuter rail agency, and the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Co., now owned by Union Pacific. Barton claimed that the strap pinned her. Railroad attorneys said she kept on clutching the strap because her 200-year-old Amati violin was worth $500,000. Jurors placed 4.5 percent of the blame with Barton, 62.5 percent with the Union Pacific and 33 percent with Metra. ``Although I will never be able to put the events of that day behind me as it affects my very being every moment for as long as I live, I hope that you will now allow me to put the public aspect of this terrible tragedy behind me and allow me to focus on my music,'' Barton told reporters after the verdict was read. Railroad attorney C. Barry Montgomery said the $29.6 million award was far too high.
Beloit Daily News - Saturday, February 27, 1999 arguments to give rachel barton $5 million for a train accident that cost her a legand part of a foot. But attorneys for the prizewinning violinist said $66 http://www.beloitdailynews.com/299/1ill27.htm
Extractions: Lawyer seeks $66 million in suit against railroads But attorneys for the prize-winning violinist said $66 million in compensatory damages and eight times that in punitive damages is necessary to send a message to the railroad industry. ``Rachel Barton has a wonderful life. Is it the same life as before? No, it's not. But she can read, go to the theater and do the thing she loves most: play the violin,'' defense attorney C. Barry Montgomery said during closing arguments Friday. Barton is suing Metra, the suburban commuter rail agency, and the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Co., now owned by Union Pacific, for the January 1995 accident on a platform in suburban Winnetka. Jurors must decide about whether the railroads' negligence or Barton's failure to try to free herself when her expensive violin was caught behind a train door led to an accident in which she was dragged 366 feet down the tracks. The jury of four men and eight women deliberated briefly Friday. They were to resume their deliberations today. Barton's attorney, Robert Clifford, called Barton's accident ``an event waiting to happen.''
UTU News Digest - Tuesday, March 2, 1999 CHICAGO Four years after an awful day that changed her life, a jury decided thatprizewinning violinist rachel barton was due $29.6 million for the train http://www.utu.org/DEPTS/PR-DEPT/NEWS/NDigest/1999/March99/ND03-02.HTM
Extractions: Tuesday, March 2, 1999 Senate subcommittee to review STB status today James Brunkenhoefer, national legislative director of the United Transportation Union, and Ed Wytkind, director of the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, will present union views. It will be the first formal congressional review of key rail issues in the current session after attempts last year to reauthorize STB were unsuccessful. The hearing will tackle broader policy issues because the witnesses include three shipper representatives, two union officials, STB Chairman Linda Morgan and rail trade association leader Edward Hamberger. From the shipper side, representatives will include: National Industrial Transportation League President Edward Emmett; John Bratten, vice president of Central Soya Co. of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Bill Harvey, a vice president at Lyondell Petrochemical of Houston. Mr. Laur is appearing on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association, which signed an agreement with the railroads last year to arbitrate some rate and service disputes.
Discover Richmond - Arts And Entertainment 19; Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Nov. 16; violinist rachel barton, Feb. 15, 2003;pianist Jon Nakamatsu, March 22; a string octet from The Academy of St. http://www.discoverrichmond.com/artsentertainment/music_vcu.htm
Extractions: The Emerson String Quartet is one of six programs in the Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts at Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the VCU Performing Arts Center. The quartet performs Oct. 19. MARY ANNE RENNOLDS CHAMBER CONCERTS: Six programs by internationally known soloists and chamber-music groups, at 8 p.m. in Vlahcevic Concert Hall of VCU Performing Arts Center: Cellist Carter Brey and pianist Christopher O'Riley, Sept. 28; The Emerson String Quartet, Oct. 19; Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Nov. 16; violinist Rachel Barton, Feb. 15, 2003; pianist Jon Nakamatsu, March 22; a string octet from The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Kenneth Sillito directing, April 26. Season tickets are $90-$110. Single tickets are $10-$25. Four of the visiting artists will conduct free public master classes at the center: Brey, 7 p.m. Sept. 27; O'Riley, 3 p.m. Sept. 28; Barton, 11 a.m. Feb. 15; and Nakamatsu, 5 p.m. March 21. VCU GUITAR SERIES: All concerts at VCU Performing Arts Center: Flamenco guitarist Richard Marlow, 4 p.m. Oct. 6; classical guitarist Aldo Minella, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; guitarist Sam Dorsey and violinist Jorge Aguirre, 4 p.m. Feb. 9; VCU guitar faculty and alumni concert, 4 p.m. March 30.
B Richard Tysk violinist f 1850 Mer Barthelemon, FrancoisHippolyte Fransk violinist tonsättare f 1741 d 1808 Mer barton, rachel Amerikansk violinist f 1973 http://www.geocities.com/vienna/strasse/2625/b.htm
$29.6 Million Verdict Sends Message To Public Transportation System Although rachel barton didn't get $593 million, the jury's award of $29.6 million doublecheckingtrain platforms could have saved the young violinist her leg http://www.voiceoftheinjured.com/a-si-violinist-transportation-platform-verdict-
Extractions: Home Article Library Chicago - March 2, 1999 - Although Rachel Barton didn't get $593 million, the jury's award of $29.6 million was its way of telling Metra, a Chicago Public Transportation System, a policy of double-checking train platforms could have saved the young violinist her leg, legal experts say. Key in Barton's case was the disclosure of 14 prior incidents involving passengers getting stuck in Metra train doors in the five years before the Barton accident occurred, and that Metra didn't enforce a systemwide policy for conductors to take a second look at platforms before trains left a station. Barton's leg became trapped in the closing train doors as the train was leaving the station. The safety procedures of transportation systems are often the basis for litigation when an injury or death occurs because system employees failed to follow them. In some instances, the procedures are written in great detail but never followed. Significant verdicts are more likely in those situations where the breach of the safety rule is not an isolated or momentary lapse. A history of prior disregard of the rules or procedures can be important evidence in a civil action for compensatory or punitive damages.
WFIU: Daily Listings 2; rachel barton, vln.; Daniel Hege/Encore Ch. THE TOP This evening we meet a celloduo who met at summer camp and live 2000 miles apart, a violinist from New http://www.indiana.edu/~wfiu/02_03_2003.htm
The Weekly Breakdown - Vol. 2, # rachel barton, the violinist who had one leg partially severed in a rail accidentlast year, has asked the jury for an astronomical $600 million in damages. http://www.urbanophile.com/breakdown/archive/vol2/wb2-06.html
Extractions: Visit The Weekly Breakdown on the web at http://www.urbanophile.com/breakdown/ Rachel Barton, the violinist who had one leg partially severed in a rail accident last year, has asked the jury for an astronomical $600 million in damages. The jury deliberated nine hours on Saturday before adjorning for the weekend without reaching a verdict. Metra attorneys claimed the accident was Rachel Barton's own fault and that she should get nothing, but even if the jury found that she did deserve something, $5 million would be more than enough. The also expressed outrage at the sum asked for by Barton[ Source: Chicago Tribune 27 February 1999 ] Two more pedestrians were killed by Metra trains this week, both on the UP-Northwest line. One was hit by an express train in Cary at 6:15am. This stopped all trains until 8am and service was not back to normal until 11am. The other fatality was in Barrington at 1:40am. These two deaths bring the total number of Metra fatalities to seven in 1999. Two of the previous five have already been ruled suicides, with a third being alcohol related. [ Source: Chicago Tribune 26 February 1999 ] [ I wonder if the Barrington accident involed alcohol as well, considering the time - AMR ] Apparently the CTA deal to open a park and ride lot on South Cicero Ave. has fallen through. The CTA is pursuing alternate locations.
Extractions: Kevin Kosnik, marimba Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory Sunday, May 20, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. Program Rossini Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri Rosauro Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra Ginastera Variaciones Concertante More on the artists location post-concert reception ordering tickets , and below. This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency Encore Chamber Orchestra The Encore Chamber Orchestra performs at major Chicago venues and makes periodic international tours. During its second full season, Encore toured the United Kingdom, where they performed concerts in London, Cambridge, Stratford, and as a part of the chamber music series at Birmingham Symphony Hall. In 1998, the ensemble toured Eastern Europe, performing in Prague and Sofia, Bulgaria. Last year, Encore was featured at concerts held by the Chicago Cultural Center and the Union League Club of Chicago for former president George Bush. This season, Encore participated in an exchange with the Greater Boston Youth Chamber Orchestra, which included a joint performance at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in January and concluded when Encore traveled to Boston in April to perform at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum. Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras . Founded in 1946, the CYSO organization has grown from a single orchestra to a multi-faceted organization internationally renowned for producing the next generation of professional musicians and conductors. Winner of three ASACP awards for adventurous programming, the CYSO is committed to providing music opportunities and resources to all Chicagoland youth. The organization has developed a program that offers the finest in pre-professional training for three orchestras, an impressive chamber music program, theory classes, two innovative outreach programs, and exciting performance opportunities for current members and alumni.
