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2006 Awards Sample in MP3 format

This won Rhiannon her first Okanagan Music Awards Classical Artist of the Year Award in 2006 - LISTEN

Contents

1. Canon in D minor by Johann Pachelbel (excerpt).  From Caroline MacKay's "Tidings of Light" (2002). Rhiannon's part was recorded in only two takes, one for each violin track.

2. Sonatina in G, Op. 100, 1st Mvt by Antonín Dvo?ák (excerpt). Featuring Anita Liebich, piano. Recorded live in concert (2006).

3. El Choclo, Argentinan Tango by Angel Villoldo (excerpt). Featuring Anita Liebich, piano. Recorded live in house concert, (2006).

4. Who is This, Celtic excerpt from Bill Olsen's "Take Me There" (2003). Astonishingly quick-paced 5-string electric violin part was learned and recorded in under an hour.

 

2007 Awards Sample in MP3 format

This won Rhiannon the her second Okanagan Music Awards Classical Artist of the Year Award in 2007- LISTEN

Contents

0:00 - Celtic/Light Classical - "Tidings of Light" and "Remover of Difficulties" (excerpts). From Caroline Mackay's "Tidings of Light" [2002].

1:16 - Romantic Era Classical - Sonatina in G, Op. 100, 1st Mvt by Antonín Dvorák (excerpt). Featuring Anita Liebich, piano. Recorded live in concert [2006].

1:40 - Gypsy Improv Jazz - Segments of a jam featuring Les Copeland, guitar. Raw, off the cuff improv as opener for Scotland's "Shooglenifty" [2007].

2:28 - Fiddle - "Growling Old Man and Woman," old-time fiddle. Recorded with Les Copeland live in concert [2007].

 

Complete Tunes

Sample 1

Celtic from Bill Olsen's "Take Me There," 2003
The fast fiddle part was learned and recorded in under an hour.

Sample 2

Classical from Caroline Mackay's "Tidings of Light," 2002
Recorded in two takes, one for each violin track.

Sample 3

Country from Leland Frank's "God's Big Radio," 1999
Capturing the country bar-band fiddle sound.

 

Watch a video feed of Rhiannon playing electric violin at the 2005 Scorpion Music Awards.