Here is fact number one. I decided to learn the viola as an adult. Violin lessons as a kid were the beginning of it all, with a hankering later in life to start playing the bigger relative of my childhood four stringed instrument. For years, I looked forward to taking up the viola when my […]
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The Riverina Summer School for Strings 2015
A group of 8 current and former Innominato Strings players attended The Riverina Summer School for Strings in Wagga in Jan this year. Most people probably think band camps are for kids but the Riverina Summer School had been so much fun for both the young and the not-so-young. Each morning we started with a […]
Small Ensemble Group at Gordon Baptist Church
Our Innominato-Strings small ensemble group was invited to perform at the Spring Market at Gordon Baptist Church on 18 October 2014. All group members were excited about this performance as we rarely had an opportunity to perform on such a special occasion before. The day was full of fun and enjoyment for us. Not only […]
What kind of Community Orchestra are we?
Two questions have come up: what kind of community orchestra are we, and what does that mean? Recently, I had the chance of talking to some new string players in our orchestra and ask them how they found out about us. During the discussion, someone had complained that they had typed ‘orchestra’ in Google and our website […]
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
Celebrating the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 2014 with a song “The Moon Represents My Heart” The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Chinese Moon Festival, falls on the 8th of September this year. It is one of the most important festivals for many of the Chinese people as it is a day for family reunion. Actually […]
Journey in my Violin Learning
Every Wednesday evening I have my favourite of enjoyment – playing violin at Innominato Strings, which is a community orchestra at Chatswood. To me, learning to play the violin is about self-discovery through process. I started my violin learning in the Christian Community Aid Chinese Leisure Learning Centre a couple of years ago. It […]
Ever Thought About Getting Back To Playing Violin?
Ever thought about getting back to playing music? Have you ever thought about getting back to playing violin? If you played the violin as a child, then sure as eggs you were turned off at some time by a teacher who harped on about practice. Who thought scales and Violin Technique were more important than enjoying the […]
Riverina Summer School for Strings 2014
11-18 January 2014 Episode One In January this year some of our intrepid Innominato players made the trek out to Wagga Wagga in 43 degree temperatures to participate in the 27th annual Riverina Summer School for Strings. After a pleasant 5 hour drive to the south-west on a bright Saturday afternoon, Bev, Wanda, Maureen and […]
The Spirit of the Christmas Cello
The Christmas prior to my 50th birthday, I arrived home from work one evening to find a cello sitting alone in the front room. I circumnavigated the instrument before my husband (Gordon) informed me he had borrowed the cello from Vincent’s shop over the Christmas break, no pressure but thought I may like to try […]
A Violin Shop
Ah yes… I had been passing the violin shop several times a week for 2 or 3 years but had never gone in. You wouldn’t know it was there really: one single glass door, wedged between a furniture store and a dentist. If you peered through the door all that you could see was a […]
