Shifting and Vibrato Basics w/ Christine Banks

$85.00

Are you someone who has their violin basics down and are interested in bring your playing up a notch?  Then this is the class for you!  We will be exploring shifting out of first position comfortably and with ease. This new technique will enable you to have more fingering options and play without having to switch strings so often.

We will also be leaning the basics of violin/viola vibrato.  Vibrato will enhance your sound and give your playing more personality. We will emphasize relaxation in vibrato and show you the steps to gain a more beautiful sound.  We will also take the mystery out of easy vibrato.

We hope you will join us in this three session class and explore your personal ‘next level’ playing!

Dates: Nov. 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 1-2pm

Location: St. Louis String Collective; 3530 Greenwood Blvd

Registration closes Saturday, November 1st

We will be filming each class and the videos will be made available to participants at the end of the session. 

Are you someone who has their violin basics down and are interested in bring your playing up a notch?  Then this is the class for you!  We will be exploring shifting out of first position comfortably and with ease. This new technique will enable you to have more fingering options and play without having to switch strings so often.

We will also be leaning the basics of violin/viola vibrato.  Vibrato will enhance your sound and give your playing more personality. We will emphasize relaxation in vibrato and show you the steps to gain a more beautiful sound.  We will also take the mystery out of easy vibrato.

We hope you will join us in this three session class and explore your personal ‘next level’ playing!

Dates: Nov. 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 1-2pm

Location: St. Louis String Collective; 3530 Greenwood Blvd

Registration closes Saturday, November 1st

We will be filming each class and the videos will be made available to participants at the end of the session. 

Christine Banda Banks is currently principal violist with the Salem St. Louis Chamber Orchestra. She graduated with a Masters of Music from the Manhattan School of Music as a student of Lillian Fuchs. She then continued her viola studies with Sally Peck from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Ms. Banks has performed in numerous festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Breckenridge Music Institute, AIMS Festival in Graz, Austria, Wintergreen Music Festival and the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. She is currently a freelance musician and has appeared on stage with headliners such as The Who, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Peter Cetera, Mannheim Steamroller, Clay Aiken, Johnny Mathis, Moody Blues and Rod Stewart. In addition Christine has played as extra violist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and toured throughout the United States as principal viola with the National Broadway Production of ‘Miss Saigon’. She has been on the faculty of Davidson College, SIUE and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ.