Bow technique as good as it gets. Masterful colle', fluid wrist, well balanced frog to tip. I've made this video a staple of the pedagogic aspect of my teaching.
Best on TH-cam by far! And only 912 views - what an outrage! People don't know what they are missing. You have inspired me - I just started learning this! :-D Such a lovely piece!
Holy hell girl. Rock on. Although music composition was my major back in college, I managed to perform this. You actually put some college students to shame with this performance, me a college grad included. Awesome stuff.
Amazing cadenza. Smile more. It won't add to your musical performance (which is already very good), but it will brighten your performance visually to the audience. If you look like you're having fun playing this piece, the audience will enjoy it more subconsciously.
Wow! Excellent! How'd you learn to play so beautifully?! Im almost 17 and Im NO WHERE CLOSE to playing like that!! And how do you overcome your performance anxiety?? Cuz I have that terrible issue. I wish you well in your future of music.
well this another piece to add to the list to teach myself.... lol... do u have any tips for a 'cellist whos teaching himself viola? anyway... AMAZING PERFORMANCE!!!!!!
strange is that,that in the first page where there were some double-strings moments you had i little problems with the intonation and on the 3 page where the double-strings are almost all the time and are much more difficult you were perfect....but if we forget that your performance was great....Congratulations!
wow pretty good for a viola player.. (she was just a finalist? sheesh who got the prize, this is amazing) wish me luck I'm auditioning on this and using this vid as my model.
your cadenza makes me die.... in a good way. if there was a song called "my favorite things", it would probably go something like "cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, door bells and sleigh bells and SMBMAK's cadenzas", or something like that.
Viola power
Bow technique as good as it gets. Masterful colle', fluid wrist, well balanced frog to tip. I've made this video a staple of the pedagogic aspect of my teaching.
Using this as a reference to learn the piece myself. Thank you.
Loved that piece. Hope I can play like that some day.
@Violanerd6 it is the international publisher, editior Milton Katims. The cadenza is by Charlie Pikler, I think written for my teacher.
Beautiful tone, viola and performance!
omg!!! Es brutal!! Adoro su bribrato y que bien lo interpereta... Suerte !!
Best on TH-cam by far! And only 912 views - what an outrage! People don't know what they are missing.
You have inspired me - I just started learning this! :-D Such a lovely piece!
Very well, beautiful interpretation..
I loved...
Oh my gosh. That was amazing.
What lovely playing. So confident and sure, but nicely nuanced. Let's hear more!
Absolutely beautiful. You make it look so easy. Amazing.
Wish I could play like that...this is also the HS Regions piece, and this video is my go-to when I need to listen to this song. :)
I live in Connecticut, and this is the All-States orchestra audition piece =D
@swingdancinglolz that is SO awesome. you just made my day.
i love 8:14
Wow... I hope I will be able to play this as well as you.
Amazing!!
I was thinking of playing this for my solo next year. I am definitely gonna play this now :D
@Ohshunk thank you! violin for 12 years, viola for 3 years.
Holy hell girl. Rock on. Although music composition was my major back in college, I managed to perform this. You actually put some college students to shame with this performance, me a college grad included. Awesome stuff.
OMG ITS GINNY WEASLY
amazing! beatiful woman! and beatiful classical piece of viola!
Amazing cadenza. Smile more. It won't add to your musical performance (which is already very good), but it will brighten your performance visually to the audience. If you look like you're having fun playing this piece, the audience will enjoy it more subconsciously.
Well played! :)
What size viola?
You play so well!! This is amazing!
... this is amazing... you. are amazing...
excellent ... thank you so much!!
Man i never realized how huge the viola is
@rieke991 thank you! i'm 16, i was 15 when I played it.
Stephanie!!!! hi! this is mira from academy!! this is pretty amazing....I hope I sound as good as this when I learn this!!
Youre AMAZING!
Wow! Excellent! How'd you learn to play so beautifully?! Im almost 17 and Im NO WHERE CLOSE to playing like that!! And how do you overcome your performance anxiety?? Cuz I have that terrible issue. I wish you well in your future of music.
so good!! i'm a 17 year old violist. I haven't started this piece yet, but would like to. you're very talented :)
absolutely gorgeously done :)
Another tip...keep your fingers closer to the finger board during those quick runs!
well this another piece to add to the list to teach myself....
lol... do u have any tips for a 'cellist whos teaching himself viola?
anyway... AMAZING PERFORMANCE!!!!!!
Beautiful
Is that Ginny Weasly playing the viola?? LOL you sound FANTASTIC Steph =D
Geeez I am so impressed. What's your practice schedule like?
WWooooooooowww you're amaizainggg¡¡¡¡ I play the viola too and i want to get into te jorcam, a young orchestra¡¡ congratulations youre perfect¡¡ :D
That's some crazy vibrato on your 1's Lol
Muy lindo ! Me gusto mucho!! Felicitaciones!!! :)
how long have you been playing ? u r amazing i have been playing since the 4th and im good but wow ! good job .
how long did it take u to learn this
@Violanerd6 thanks!
:) I liked his interpretation.. nice nice
bravo !!!....nice work.....what size its your viola ?
SORT OF A STRANGE RENDITION OF 'ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL', BUT I LIKED THE FIDDLEING.
:^)
What cadenza is this?! You are so amazing!!!!!!!!!
What size viola do you play? I think I am about the same size as you and I have a 16". My teacher said the next one I buy I should go down to 15".
Who wrote this cadenza?
This is so amazing!!!!!!
Hi, you play well! Gratulations!
I want to ask who made the viola you have?
How long did you study this before performing it in this video?
how old were you when you started studying the viola??
strange is that,that in the first page where there were some double-strings moments you had i little problems with the intonation and on the 3 page where the double-strings are almost all the time and are much more difficult you were perfect....but if we forget that your performance was great....Congratulations!
Certifié intergalactique!
Are you looking at schools yet? I think you'd love Lynne Ramsey at the Cleveland Institute of Music
@superxallison HOW DID YOU KNOW?!
Your right elbow seems a little low at times. Very good performance! :)
i'm fallin' love
Oh my god, you are AMAZING!!! How long did it take you to learn this?
güzel iş.. nice work .
wow pretty good for a viola player.. (she was just a finalist? sheesh who got the prize, this is amazing) wish me luck I'm auditioning on this and using this vid as my model.
What a lovely instrument you have! (I never liked this piece) you played with real verve well done
Nice playing. I play the violin and piano. Not too well i'm afraid :(
Whoa, when I read "15 year old," I almost pooped my pants! That's how amazing you are! How long did it take you to just learn the first movement?
wow sehr gut
WOW!
OMG OMG i love it, i play viola too but im very bad hehe :D
@marajic i love you
can any body tell me how can i find this lady to take lesson is there any phone number
your cadenza makes me die.... in a good way.
if there was a song called "my favorite things", it would probably go something like "cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels, door bells and sleigh bells and SMBMAK's cadenzas", or something like that.
@Violinvirtuoso999 are you real?
you sound like a goddess
Felicidades
looked so fierce when playing lol wanna kill the judges?
@celloman2525 HAHAHHHAHHHAA
I was thinking of playing this for my solo next year. I am definitely gonna play this now :D
Whoa, when I read "15 year old," I almost pooped my pants! That's how amazing you are! How long did it take you to just learn the first movement?
i'm fallin' love
Oh my god, you are AMAZING!!! How long did it take you to learn this?