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Fun Stuff - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 0 Comments
David Derr Artwork Featured at NJ Symphony
For several years the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has sponsored a “violin painting” opportunity. They reach out to local artists and invite them to paint/decorate a violin in any way they wish. The entries are very creative and imaginative, to say the least, and they are raffled off as a fund-raiser for the NJSO
This year the organizers varied the routine by asking artists to use as their themes something from the NJSO’s 08-09 concert schedule. And they invited Masterwork’s own David Derr to participate. He chose as his theme Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, which was presented at an NJSO concert earlier this year. It’s completely fitting. Pictures is a musical interpretation of an actual Russian art exhibit held in the 1870s, and David’s design is a visual interpretation of that musical interpretation featuring, among other things, “The Great Gate of Kiev”.
David’s violin is pictured in the hands of Rita Kessler, who organizes the entire affair for the NJSO.
More pictures of all the violins can be seen at the NJSO’s website.
Way to go, David!!!
(Posted by Don McG)
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