Tompos Strings Studio

Registration is now open for the annual Artists Program Summer Chamber Music Festival in Manhasset, Long Island. The festival is open to students studying violin, viola, cello, and piano ages 6 to 18.

Reminder that the studio will be on an extended break between April 21st and May 16th. New music has gone out! See you in May!Reminder that the studio will be on an extended break between April 21st and May 16th. New music has gone out! See you in May!

If you are going to be "away" for spring break or would like to reschedule please make sure to let me know as soon as possible. The studio will be closed for a few weeks beginning April 21st until Mid May!

SBU is steaming a virtual family orchestra concert tonight! Check it out @ 7 pm! (Link Below) "The undergraduate orchestra, directed by Susan Deaver, presents a series of short orchestra works and demonstrations of the instruments of the orchestra." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJCTBJAEmOs

Gah! How is it that NYSSMA is creeping up on us so quickly?! We are in the home stretch for many of my students! Keep up the great work!

Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich, born on this day in 1901, was a beloved star of stage and screen, but did you know she was also a violinist? It's true! In fa...ct, her dream as a young woman was to be a concert violinist. An untimely wrist injury limited Dietrich's dexterity and put her dream to an early end. Never one to give up too easily, she found work in 1922 as a violinist in a pit orchestra at a Berlin cinema, but apparently she wasn't quite up to snuff: she was fired after only four weeks! This provided an early impetus for Dietrich to instead focus on drama. She continued to play violin casually well into her acting and singing career (it was occasionally worked into her roles, and she's seen in the third photo here entertaining French actor Jean Gabin at a party), but it would never become a notable part of her professional life. [Source: 'Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend' by Steven Bach : 1- Publicity photo from 'A Foreign Affair', 1948; 2- Publicity photo from 'Shanghai Express', 1932; 3- At the El Morocco Club with Jean Gabin, 1943.] #violinhistory #violin #goldenageofhollywood #marlenedietrich #PLAYON #SharMusic