Saturday (11/01) 4PM EST Classical Music Video Chat -- Violin Historian Lecture

[stradivarius]

Violin Historian Cheniston K. Roland has a LOT (as in 12,000+) of recordings (LPs even) to share, plenty of stories to tell, and techniques you might find useful. He's played on 8 Strads, 2 Guarneri, knew Menuhin, Oistrakh, and the Beatles. We'll be having weekly meetings... times will be posted. This Saturday he will be lecturing at 4PM EASTERN Time (which is 9PM GMT 0).
Other guest lecturers are soon to come!

www.cmgchat.co.nr

You can see and hear multiple visitors at once, which means it's possible to put on a joint performance (hopefully the delay would be minimal).
Join us if you can; you may also use the room to share your own music live with other visitors!

[Kuhlau]

I'll add a supporting voice for this interactive audio/visual chat site.

I joined in with some of the early 'test runs' very recently (where Cheniston talked learnedly and with good humour about a variety of matters related to the violin, its history and some of its legendary past masters). The experience was engaging, informative and entertaining.

You can speak directly to others during the discussion if you have a microphone, or simply type your questions and/or responses without speaking. Those with webcams can see themselves and others; and you can play music samples from your computer so others can hear your selections.

All in all, a worthwhile venture for all those who can make the time to be there. Don't forget to register for a login when you arrive (so much friendlier than appearing on screen as 'anonymous123456'), and expect at least a couple of hours of fine talk in good company.

FK

[stradivarius]

Correction for US participants; meeting time should be 5PM EST. For people in the UK (GMT 0), it is still 9pm.
The US doesn't change clocks until midnight (the UK already has).

Do come early though so you can familiarize yourselves with the format.

[Kuhlau]

Let me express sincere gratitude and thanks on behalf of my wife and I for last night's interactive video chat with our learned host, Cheniston (violinland). We were treated to an hour and a half of intelligent discussion, typically scouse humour (if you're not from the UK, you'll need to look up 'scouse' ), and some absolute gems from the depths of violin recording history.

Anyone who hasn't yet been part of these live discussions really ought to get involved. Indeed, if you think you could host an hour-long slot on any given area of classical music - great pianists, for example, or lesser-known sopranos whom you think the world should know more about - get in touch with stradivarius who runs the chat site. He'll be more than delighted to help you set up your session and promote it to ensure a good number of participants.

Remember, if you have a computer with no microphone or webcam, you can still see and hear others during the discussion, and type your questions and responses. If you have the technology, you can also get your face on screen ... and your voice, too. And possibly the most exciting aspect of this excellent site is the ability for anyone to play music on their computers and have it heard by everyone else during the discussion - a great way to illustrate your point. (Though of course, you wouldn't want to do this in the middle of someone else's talk. )

Look forward to seeing even more people at the next session.

FK