Sorry I didn’t update you as soon as i picked out my new bow. I have been busy with a rehearsal and a concert and I was on school vacation.

The bow I chose was the Coda Diamond GX bow. I chose this bow for many reasons. One reason I chose this bow was the weight. When choosing the right bow you have to make sure that the weight is not all at the tip of the bow. The weight of this bow is not too heavy or light so I really liked that.

Another reason I chose this bow is that it works well using many different bow techniques and still has great sound quality. When choosing a bow you also have to focus on the sound quality when using different bow techniques. I tried playing staccato, spaccato, sluring
the notes and many different rhythms.

The final reason I chose this bow is that it is very durable
and still sounds great. The Coda Bow brand has a variety of different carbon fiber bows. Carbon fiber is a material that can be in any climate, which is nice if I have to play outside. It also is going to be nice to have during the Winter when it is really dry and when I travel.
Until later… Angelina

Hey everyone. My bow broke this past Friday. Today I went to Johnson Strings located near Boston. It was so fun trying out many different bows. I was allowed to try as many as I wanted but had to limit myself to pick 3 or less to bring home and show to my teacher. I tried out different Coda Bows, which are carbon fiber, and I tried different wooden bows within my agreed price range my parents gave me. After about one and a half hours I was able to choose two of my favorite bows to take home and try out for a week.  I could have brought three home but I was sure I would choose one of the two for my new bow.  I chose the Coda Bow Gx, the Gold model in the Diamond series a carbon fiber, and a German factory wooden bow, which is very similar to my bow that broke but it has a better hand hold and is slightly lighter than my broken bow.  Both bows are really nice. Usually the wooden bows have a history to resonate better and the carbon fiber is more consistent and very durable no matter the weather, so lots of violinists will use a carbon bow for outside performances.  It is going to be a tough decision, but an exciting one. I have a week with lots of practice time scheduled to make my decision.  I will play all types of music; soft, load, fast, slow, staccato etc…I  will update you by Saturday morning with my final decision and why I made the choice.
Until Later…. Angelina

Guess what? Never mind I’m to excited! Last Saturday I saw an a-cappella competition with my mother, sister and cousin.  It was a fundraiser for Worcester Education Collaborative.  It was AMAZING! I felt like I was in the movie Pitch Perfect. As some of you know I have a slight obsession to musicals and the two television series Glee and Pitch Slapped, so you can kind of see that I like stuff like that. The competition was so much fun to watch. They had three high school’s competing and five colleges competing.  All the groups were amazing. The college level competition was really close between two groups, The Clark Bars from Clark University, and The Fools on the Hill from Holy Cross College. The Fools on the hill performed two mashups which reminded me of Glee because Mr. Schuster always made his Glee club create and sing mashups. Mashups are just two or more songs combined to make one song. The Fools on the Hill won first place. They had some fancy moves, went last and had great as t song choices. The team I think should have won would have been the Clark Bars. They had so much passion in there singing and dancing. One singer was so memorable, his voice,his feelings that he shared and his great mohawk.  Maybe they will come back next year and blow it out of the park. I heard next year is going to be bigger and better than this year. I can’t wait to go, if I could I would reserve my seat now.
Until Later…. Angelina

Yesterday we had our first annual four orchestra concert. The concert took place at Mechanics Hall in Worcester MA.  The orchestra’s that attended this event included the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, Shrewsbury High School’s Chamber Orchestra, and Burncoat High School Orchestra. The Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra performed two pieces with the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra. Both groups also performed one or two pieces alone. The Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra performed two pieces alone. The Burncoat Orchestra and  the Shrewsbury Chamber performed one piece alone each then WYSO combined with the Burncoat and Shrewsbury Orchestra and performed three pieces. The song that opened up the concert was the Star Spangled Banner. This piece was epic. This piece was performed by the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. I think the next time we perform this piece that we should have a singer sing this piece even though it already was a sing along because I could not hear anyone in the audience singing, although my mother said people were singing.  The acoustics in Mechanics Hall are always amazing but it is even more enjoyable to play in Mechanics Hall, knowing that I am joining some of the famous people that have performed before me on the same stage. Just amazing.  It is always a treat. 

This concert was a great experience for me. There were so many people on the stage but we all still sounded amazing. I loved how when we combined groups that I got to sit next to a player from another group. We didn’t have much time to talk but it was nice to meet someone from another school with the same interest and talent.  We played three different pieces with them and only practiced together three times including the dress rehearsal. 

We also were able to get excited about next year, because in the program there was a insert with all of next year’s highlights. Next year we have 3 concerts at Mechanics Hall and one of them Neighborhood Strings is also performing.  I am so excited to share my music and my friends with the children I help teach at Neighborhood Strings.  It will definitely be a day to remember.  The schedule also said we are performing 6 concerts in 7 days during our big tour to Canada during April vacation, which makes me really excited. 

So after the big weekend of practicing and performing we ended up having a snow day today! April 4th, crazy but the day of rest is greatly appreciated. My mom was able to download some of the amazing pieces we performed yesterday to my YouTube page, pinkpaganini so  don’t forget to go check them out and let me know what you think.

Until later… Angelina

Yesterday we had our first annual four orchestra concert. The concert took place at Mechanics Hall in Worcester MA.  The orchestra’s that attended this event included the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, the Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, Shrewsbury High School’s Chamber Orchestra, and Burncoat High School Orchestra. The Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra performed two pieces with the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra. Both groups also performed one or two pieces alone. The Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra performed two pieces alone. The Burncoat Orchestra and  the Shrewsbury Chamber performed one piece alone each then WYSO combined with the Burncoat and Shrewsbury Orchestra and performed three pieces. The song that opened up the concert was the Star Spangled Banner. This piece was epic. This piece was performed by the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Worcester Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. I think the next time we perform this piece that we should have a singer sing this piece even though it already was a sing along because I could not hear anyone in the audience singing, although my mother said people were singing.  The acoustics in Mechanics Hall are always amazing but it is even more enjoyable to play in Mechanics Hall, knowing that I am joining some of the famous people that have performed before me on the same stage. Just amazing.  It is always a treat. 

This concert was a great experience for me. There were so many people on the stage but we all still sounded amazing. I loved how when we combined groups that I got to sit next to a player from another group. We didn’t have much time to talk but it was nice to meet someone from another school with the same interest and talent.  We played three different pieces with them and only practiced together three times including the dress rehearsal. 

We also were able to get excited about next year, because in the program there was a insert with all of next year’s highlights. Next year we have 3 concerts at Mechanics Hall and one of them Neighborhood Strings is also performing.  I am so excited to share my music and my friends with the children I help teach at Neighborhood Strings.  It will definitely be a day to remember.  The schedule also said we are performing 6 concerts in 7 days during our big tour to Canada during April vacation, which makes me really excited. 

So after the big weekend of practicing and performing we ended up having a snow day today! April 4th, crazy but the day of rest is greatly appreciated. My mom was able to download some of the amazing pieces we performed yesterday to my YouTube page, pinkpaganini so  don’t forget to go check them out and let me know what you think.

Until later… Angelina

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Until later… Angelina 

Hi everyone. I haven’t posted lately and you guys missed a lot. So this post is going to be about what you missed. I hope you enjoy.

About a Friday before my schools art show my friend asked me to preform a piece with him. Of course I said yes. We chose to play habanera from the opera Carmen composed by Bizet. We rehearsed in our free period together from Monday until Thursday which on that night we had to perform. We sounded good. I was quite happy with our outcome for only practicing 4 days together for 40 minutes each day.

We had our first baroque orchestra concert of the season. It was so fun playing in this group with so many talented young musicians like me. We performed Bachs magnification and Dixit Dominus They were so fun and we sounded excellent.

We had our symphonic project concert  on Valentine’s day. It felt so nice to finally play in the first violin section. I love playing any part I realized, if I am playing my instrument I am happy.

After the symphonic project concert my mom, my sister, and I went to a hotel because we were going to Hilton head island South Carolina. We had to wake up so early to get in a shuttle to the airport. When we got on the plane I watched some Glee and did some math homework. We got off the plane in New York for our layover. We grabbed some food then waited. Our plane was late. When we got on the plane I did more homework and read some magazines. When we landed my Dad picked all of us up and we drove to the hotel. Our hotel was beautiful. We stayed at the Disney resort. My sister and I rented bikes and rode the bike path. One day during our vacation we went to Savannah Georgia and another day we went to Charlestown. My vacations are always so fun.

On Monday after vacation we had a school concert. At the school concert we performed in our quartets. My quartet performed Secrets by One Republic.

A few weeks after vacation we had a two hour delay before school. Two kids from my high school were involved in a car crash. One survived and the other passed. I was asked by my orchestra teacher to perform at her funeral. A few other kids and me performed house of gold by 21 pilots. Right now the mom is blogging and there is a go fund me for the cause.

I had a WYSO concert at WPI. We performed with Auburn High School band. The concert was so fun. We sounded great. I love p performing with this group.

I had my last baroque concert. I was so sad that the baroque season was over. I enjoy performing with them. I just want to give my conductor Jonathan Brenand a shout out for being a great conductor and inviting me to play in this small group. Thanks so much.

This weekend was so fun. The Worcester Youth Symphony combined with the Portsmouth High School choir. We departed from Auburn High school early Saturday morning. When we arrived at Portsmouth High school we rehearsed for a long time. After rehearsal we picked groups of 6 from the WYSO and picked what we wanted to eat for lunch. We grabbed our things and we went to the historic district. We ate pizza then went shopping. My friends and I made a new friend named Tiffany. She is so nice and we all are staying in touch. We performed in a concert later that night my friends Jojo, Kai, Lizzy, Tiffany and I were so excited. We sounded outstanding. My mom said that someone told her that we sounded like the BSO. That was a humongous comment. I had so much fun and my friends and I are thinking of going Bach there(lol little pun😂) to see a show in Prescott park and meeting up with Tiffany.

Until next time,
Angelina

P.S check out my YouTube channel because I have l lots of newly uploaded videos. My YouTube channel is pinkpaganini 

On January 15, 18 new musicians got there instruments. The Neighborhood Strings program got 18 new kids at the beginning of the year and they trained hard with some of the older mentors in the program on rhythm and pitch. On Friday I helped 5 of the new violinists Lear their instruments. They learned how to hold their instrument on their shoulder and how to play pizzacatto ( plucking the instruments strings). It felt so nice giving back to my community and teaching the new kids how to play the violin.

Hi everyone so Saturday was my first rehearsal back as a big group it was awesome. I found out where my new seat is and I moved up two seats in the second violin section. I am now 3rd chair which is 2nd desk outside seat. I was so happy. 

Baroque orchestra is awesome it was not what I expected it is better. I love it. It is small but we sound powerful. I am so excited I can be part of this amazing group. 

Hi everyone I forgot to tell u guys about my new buisness cards I got from my aunt for Christmas. They are awesome and this is what they look like