"Appalachia Waltz" - Daniel Pearl Instrument Recipients 7.28.23

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Daniel Pearl Memorial Instrument Recipients: Lauran Roberts, Kate Strickland, Nate Byrd, Kristi Roller
In 2002, Jonathan Cooper, a well-respected violin maker from Maine, had a wonderful idea for honoring Daniel Pearl, the violinist, fiddler and Wall Street Journal reporter who was murdered in Pakistan earlier that year. To continue Daniel’s legacy through a musical mission of peace, Jon crafted a work of art, the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin. As one of Daniel’s musical mentors, Mark O’Connor was invited by the family and friends of Daniel Pearl to perform at his memorial service in Boston, November, 2002. Jon contacted Mark to help him present the beautiful violin to the Pearl family at this memorial for Daniel. One year later, the Pearl family gifted the violin to Mark and his string camps in order for deserving students to have the opportunity to practice and perform on such a valuable instrument with the monetary value of $20,000 to $30,000. A tradition was established at O’Connor String Camps, that the violin in Daniel’s name, would rotate through the student body in perpetuity. From that initial inspiration, and through the help of more private commissions, the array of Daniel Pearl Memorial Instruments grew, eventually becoming a quartet of uniquely beautiful stringed instruments dedicated to Danny’s memory. Two violins crafted by Cooper, as well as a cello and a viola, are now presented each year to promising young musicians by Mark O’Connor. At the O’Connor Method String Camp, exceptional string students are awarded the honor to play these instruments for a year, and are also given a scholarship to return to camp the next year and continue the tradition.
A small portion of the inaugural “O’Connor Method String Camp” in Charlotte, NC was filmed by Forrest O'Connor and used for this video.
"Appalachia Waltz" composed by Mark O'Connor, was arranged for a string quartet setting by Mr. O'Connor for these ceremonies. The version of "Appalachia Waltz" hear at the conclusion of the video is from his "Americana Symphony" - Mvnt VI (Splendid Horizons) performed by the Baltimore S/ymphony, Marin Alsop conducting. The entire movement can be found on UA-cam.
For all information on Mr. O’Connor’s String Method featuring American music, creativity, cultural and racial diversity, improvisation and orchestra literature and training with music spanning five centuries, informed by the world’s great music cultures including Europe, Africa, South America, the Middle East and Near Asia, please go to www.oconnormethod.com
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For information and registering for O’Connor summer camps, please go to www.oconnormethodstringcamp.com
For more UA-cams on the O’Connor Method, see “Revolutionary Music Education “Playlist”
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[@ViolinistGL]

Awesome job Kate, Leo, Lauran, and Kristi!

[@cmcull987]

Good on them! Thank you for the space and training.

[@kerryosborne3801]

Such talent, glad to see a new generation of beautiful music creators

[@Latinfiddler]

Beautiful playing!🙏🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🎻🎻

[@TimothySweeney]

Bravo

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