Episode 4 - The Violin
Sweet Potato Music
English - August 13, 2021 17:57 - 31 minutes - 36.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsKids & Family Music interviews stories comedy education kids music Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we learn about the violin and explore how it's played around the world, it's origins and what it takes to learn this incredible member of the string family!
We speak with some young violinists and get their thoughts on what's fun, hard and exciting about taking violin lessons, and get to hear the Sweet Potato Theme song played on violin by Mazz Swift!
Elena Moon Park shares her journey on becoming a professional violinist and we hear some of her incredible music that she makes by collaborating with folk musicians from Korea, Cambodia, Tennessee and so much more.
Rebecca Reale, a violinist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic tells us what it's like to be a violinist in a world-renowned orchestra.
The U-Tubers give their hot take on the history of the violin, well, when they can get a word in to do so!
We wrap up the episode with Shruti Bhave, a classical Indian violinist from Mumbai playing some Raga Desh.
We have our usual check-in with Reggie Watts, did you know he studied the violin?
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