Instrument Lessons
Theremin or Electric Violin Lesson with the NJSO's Darryl Kubian
- Item Number
- 310
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 95 USD to fpaf915cb
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
A private one-hour lesson on the theremin or electric violin with NJSO violinist and composer Darryl Kubian at his studio in Ridgewood, NJ.
On April 7, 2006, Darryl made his theremin debut (see photo) with Maestro Neeme Järvi and the NJSO performing the Cantilena from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Hector Villa-Lobos. This was done as an encore and was a huge audience hit! Listen to the encore! Besides looking like no other instrument, the theremin is unique in that it is played without being touched. Two antennas protrude from the theremin—one controlling pitch and the other controlling volume. As a hand approaches the vertical antenna, the pitch gets higher. Approaching the horizontal antenna makes the volume softer.
In 2008, the NJSO gave the world premiere of Darryl’s 3-2-1 for Electric and Acoustic Violin and Orchestra. The Star-Ledger raved “concerto’s debut is simply electric.” If you’d like to find out what it’s like to play an electric violin, enter your bid!
In March of this year, the NJSO gave the world premiere of Darryl's O For a Muse of Fire. NJ Monthly wrote: Larger than life questions and ideas attract Kubian to composition. His first piece for the NJSO, 3-2-1, which the orchestra debuted in the 2007-2008 season, is a vision of the universe expanding and contracting as discussed in an article inScientific American. Both works tackle large questions, whether it is our place in the universe or the extent of a king’s power. The new work dramatizes the Battle of Agincourt, which cemented Henry V as the king of England and France. A king’s ability to send people to their death lies at the center of the work and according to Kubian, what relates the piece to the concert as a whole, “it’s a relationship about death [King] Henry has to make the decision to send people to die.”
Item Special Note
The lesson must be taken by April 18, 2016.
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