Julie Lyonn Lieberman has helped develop the multi-style string field over the last forty+ years through her work as an educator, author, radio producer, composer, writer, recording artist, and performer. She has performed on and off Broadway as well as in folk and jazz clubs throughout the United States, and Canada, France and Scotland. She is the recipient of the 2014 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Kudos Award, over two-dozen ASCAP Plus Awards, eight Meet the Composer awards and three American String Teachers Association’s National Citation for Leadership & Merit awards. She produced four American Jazz String Summits in the 1980s and 1990s featuring many of the top improvising string players in America, and co-produced three alternative string festivals within American String Teachers Conference in 2003, 2004, and 2005, serving as the chair for the 2004 component.
Julie is a D’Addario Elite Clinician and an NS Design Performance Artist.
Learn more about Julie, purchase her many publications including method books, sheet music and DVDs, and find opportunities to expand your playing through Strings Without Boundaries at https://julielyonn.com.
Tracks heard in this episode:
- 'Technostrings' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'Dance with Celestrana' with Laraaji Venus and Julie Lyonn Lieberman (Huiksi Music)
- 'Blues at Dawn' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Swinging the Changes' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Bollywood Strings Percussion + SR Orch + Electric Violin' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'River of Bollywood' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
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Julie Lyonn Lieberman has helped develop the multi-style string field over the last forty+ years through her work as an educator, author, radio producer, composer, writer, recording artist, and performer. She has performed on and off Broadway as well as in folk and jazz clubs throughout the United States, and Canada, France and Scotland. She is the recipient of the 2014 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Kudos Award, over two-dozen ASCAP Plus Awards, eight Meet the Composer awards and three American String Teachers Association’s National Citation for Leadership & Merit awards. She produced four American Jazz String Summits in the 1980s and 1990s featuring many of the top improvising string players in America, and co-produced three alternative string festivals within American String Teachers Conference in 2003, 2004, and 2005, serving as the chair for the 2004 component.
Julie is a D’Addario Elite Clinician and an NS Design Performance Artist.
Learn more about Julie, purchase her many publications including method books, sheet music and DVDs, and find opportunities to expand your playing through Strings Without Boundaries at https://julielyonn.com.
Tracks heard in this episode:
- 'Technostrings' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'Dance with Celestrana' with Laraaji Venus and Julie Lyonn Lieberman (Huiksi Music)
- 'Blues at Dawn' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Swinging the Changes' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Bollywood Strings Percussion + SR Orch + Electric Violin' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'River of Bollywood' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
If you enjoy this podcast, please take a second to like, comment, subscribe, and SHARE this with all your friends. Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.
There are lots of amazing players out there but when you talk to the best players about who blows their minds, one name keeps popping up. Billy Contreras is only in his 30s, but his playing has been raising eyebrows and dropping jaws for over 20 years, from his days as a young fiddle prodigy to his mastery of other genres, including jazz, bluegrass, Western swing and country.
When he was six years old, Contreras attended a local fiddle contest and was encouraged to study violin using the Suzuki method. At the age of ten Billy joined Buddy Spicher's Nashville Swing Band. By the time he was 12 years old Contreras won the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest. In his teens he studied with classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine and was selected for the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead international residency program.
As an adult, Billy has built an important career as a freelance artist, session player, jazz collaborator, fiddle competitor, and educator.
Tracks heard in this podcast:
- Hot House
- Move
- Oklahoma Stomp
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Hot House (Reprise)
- Start It Over
- Twilight
- Tombstone Junction
- Squirrel Hunters
If you enjoy this podcast, please take a second to like, comment, subscribe, and SHARE this with all your friends. Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.
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Julie Lyonn Lieberman has helped develop the multi-style string field over the last forty+ years through her work as an educator, author, radio producer, composer, writer, recording artist, and performer. She has performed on and off Broadway as well as in folk and jazz clubs throughout the United States, and Canada, France and Scotland. She is the recipient of the 2014 American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Kudos Award, over two-dozen ASCAP Plus Awards, eight Meet the Composer awards and three American String Teachers Association’s National Citation for Leadership & Merit awards. She produced four American Jazz String Summits in the 1980s and 1990s featuring many of the top improvising string players in America, and co-produced three alternative string festivals within American String Teachers Conference in 2003, 2004, and 2005, serving as the chair for the 2004 component.
Julie is a D’Addario Elite Clinician and an NS Design Performance Artist.
Learn more about Julie, purchase her many publications including method books, sheet music and DVDs, and find opportunities to expand your playing through Strings Without Boundaries at https://julielyonn.com.
Tracks heard in this episode:
- 'Technostrings' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'Dance with Celestrana' with Laraaji Venus and Julie Lyonn Lieberman (Huiksi Music)
- 'Blues at Dawn' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Swinging the Changes' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
- 'Bollywood Strings Percussion + SR Orch + Electric Violin' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman; Kendor Music
- 'River of Bollywood' by Julie Lyonn Lieberman from “A Festival of Violin & Fiddle Styles,” Hal Leonard
If you enjoy this podcast, please take a second to like, comment, subscribe, and SHARE this with all your friends. Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.
