Mark O'Connor

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MARK O'CONNOR'S AMERICANA SYMPHONY 'VARIATIONS ON APPALACHIA WALTZ" Recorded by Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony to critical acclaim.

"Americana Symphony" may well be regarded one day as one of this country's great gifts to the classical music canon, as well as being a pivotal moment in the rise of the new American classical music"
   -David McGee (Spin, Rolling Stone, Barnesandnoble.com, BluegrassSpecial.com)

"a monumental work...inevitably will be compared to Copland"
    -Associated Press

"as unrepentantly tonal, accessibly melodic and sonically spacious as a great Elmer Bernstein film score"
   -Los Angeles Times

"This is one of the most enjoyable contemporary orchestral CD's heard in quite some time."
   -ConcertoNet.com - The Classical Music Network

"Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: "How do you write the great American Symphony?"
   -David Wallace- Juilliard School





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""My dream is to see an American string revolution," O'Connor says. It might seem like a lofty goal, but he has come a long way. Forty teachers received training in the Mark O'Connor Violin Method this past summer and there are already plans for future training sessions."

— American Federation of Musicians

"As disparate as all this activity may seem, O'Connor sees himself following a single, specific path. "It's an American music journey," he says. "What I'm doing for the first time is possibly covering most all of the bases. I think for there to be an established concept of what American music is, I have to provide examples not only in composition, developing the literature and the traditions, but also recording, teaching, doing the camps, and now trying this beginning pedagogy, which is so instrumental in getting things started for young musicians." by James Reel, All Things Strings

— James Reel, All Things Strings

"The inevitable question with Mark O'Connor, then, is always: spread too thin or genius?  As a mortal human, you're just rooting for the former. Nobody should be this prolific, this catholic in his skills and interests, this widely acclaimed. But, alas, he is probably a genius."

— Will Layman, PopMatters


"The Suzuki-inspired series will, from the very beginning, expose students to a variety of North American fiddle and violin styles, including such traditional tunes as 'Soldier's Joy,' 'Arkansas Traveler,' and 'Fiddler's Dream,' plus a number of O'Connor originals."

— Fay Sheco, Homemade Education


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