Category Archives: instrument making
My friend Dan Goren asked me to write an article for the online magazine of the Institute of Composing. There is a link here to the magazine, the short article I wrote is about the cello, extended technique, and whether talking of extended technique is altogether useful.
Strad violins played, shown, and talked about by Clemency Burton-Hill with help of Jennifer Pike. beautifully produced short film, directed by Katy Homan, now on youtube. (some was shot in our workshop at Oxford Violins in spring 2013!)
This is the text for a talk I gave at the Galpin Society Conference, Music Faculty, Oxford, on 26th July 2013 (edit in progress, click on the pictures for more detailed viewing) While it is evident that most objects bear the marks of their use, traces of their journey through time remaining as clues inscribed […]
Strad violins played, shown, and talked about by Clemency Burton-Hill with help of Jennifer Pike. beautifully produced short film, directed by Katy Homan (some of it is shot in our workshop at Oxford Violins!)
HEADLEY LECTURE THEATRE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM Sat 6 Jul, 11am–12pm In 2008, luthier, Bruno Guastalla turned his hand to photography and created a unique series of images which documents the process of making stringed instruments from start to finish. In this special lecture he will show his photographs and share his insights into the luthier’s […]
TOOLS & DESIGNS BY ANTONIO STRADIVARI (brought from the Stradivari Museum, Cremona) STRADIVARI: DETAILS OF SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS ON SHOW WORKSHOP
Calendar of events (below) can be also gleaned from the Ashmolean website In association with Blackwell’s Talk & String Quartet Tickets:£5,booking essential Telephone or visit Blackwell’s Customer Service Department in the Norrington Room, Blackwell’s E: events.oxford@blackwell.co.uk T: 01865 333623 “Stradivari: the Pursuit of Perfection” With Dr Jon Whiteley, Exhibition Curator Norrington Room, Blackwell’s, […]
From the 13th June 2013 the ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM in Oxford is hosting a remarkable exhibition of instruments by ANTONIO STRADIVARI. See their website for details. This is a rare event: 21 of the best Strads are being brought, as are tools and drawings from Stradivari’s workshop from the museum in Cremona There is a concert […]
