Fantastic artist

I am trying to catch up on posts and had a little time tonight. I was looking at my desktop and thought that I’d share my daugther’s site. She does a very unique kind of art as you can see from this poster she sent to me to look over. She does paintings on...

A little Mandolin

I got the opportunity to play a little mandolin for a performance in April and so I thought Why not? It tunes like a violin but there’s been a learning curve working with double strings (each string doubles so it gives that very specific mandolin sound) and a...

Been very busy lately!

Sorry I don’t have much in the way of pics but I should have. I’ve been doing a lot of odds and ends performing: symphonies, special receptions, weddings as usual, and will today and tomorrow perform 10 hours of solo violin for a special Valentines event...

An Elegant Touch of Strings and Christmas Eve

We’re always very busy on the few days before Christmas! So we had an earlier performance and then 3 hours between. Too far from home to go back and return to about the same area so I usually choose a restaurant and kill some time. This Denny’s was playing...

An Elegant Touch of Strings likes homemade Lasagna!

With a break from holiday performances I managed to get this put together and enjoy it with our family. We at An Elegant Touch of Strings works very hard through the year to see that everything goes so well with all of our performances. When things slow down a bit we...

An Elegant Touch of Strings and Fiddles and Cameras

Each time I visit one of my favorite locations, Fort Bragg on the northern coast of California just a few miles north of Mendocino I always have to drop in at Fiddles and Cameras to check on some interesting piano collection or wonderful string trio or quartet older...

Guest conductor for Vallejo Symphony

When we’re not performing for your wedding or special event we’re very possibly performing symphonic works. This was a wonderful concert under the superb direction of Christian Baldini. I really enjoy stand partner Carol Braves who caught a couple of shots...