BUT ONLY HANDS SMALL!!

During the summer, on the 4th of July, which I had off due to working for an American company,  I started by morning by looking at my emails. Having been subscribed to the WSO for the season it was in Brandon, I received one from them, advertising for their latest season in Winnipeg. One of the acts, was this delightful musical comedy duo composed of Alexey Igudesman on violin and Richard Hyung-ki Joo performing a programme with the orchestra called BIG Nightmare Music. With the advertisement provided, were numerous links to their YouTube videoes from previous concerts. After just watching one, I was instantly hooked and kicked myself for not finding them sooner.

Here's three of my favorites:

 

Aside from practicing the Brahms Sonata, watching their YouTube videos kept me from going completely insane from working at a call center. What I love about these gentlemen, is that their comedy, does not interfere with their musicianship, and that their goal is expose younger audiences to classical music. Aside from their own music channel, these two have their own separate channels. Igudesman has quite the hilarious project set up in a video called "The Cyber Conductor" and Joo has a video of himself, I beleive, performing a composition by Billy Joel.

 

Their video of We Will Survive can almost even be used for music educational purposes even. As the peice plays the same chord progressions, you can actually find a bunch of different well-known tunes use that same chord progression, which your students would be surprised to figure out. Sort of like the Pachebel's Canon in D rant video. I highly recommend you check them out if you want a good laugh! Or maybe even showing them to your students on a day where there's not much to do!

 

Or, if you have money, you can go see them in Winnipeg at the Centennial Concert Hall on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th!

 

Just don't blame me if you're hooked! :P