Gisele Schierhorst

Brilliant Performances at Art of the Violin

Listeners were treated to a lively assortment of selections at the November 12, 2025 Art of the Violin concert in the Galleria! Seated audience members and passersby enjoyed the program and admired the artistry of Professor Frautschi’s violin students and guest musicians.

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Art of the Violin Opens Its Concert Season

Violin Professor Jennifer Frautschi’s talented students gave a thrilling concert in the Library’s Galleria yesterday. It was the first of several to be offered this academic year. Many thanks to the performers, to Professor Frautschi for coordinating, and to the library’s staff volunteers for the setup and breakdown of the

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Art of the Violin Concert Delights Everyone

Rays of sun poured over the Galleria during the Art of the Violin concert on Monday, April 21. The concert is the last of the semester and offered a particularly rich array of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and contemporary selections. In addition to Professor Jennifer Frautschi’s talented violin students, members of

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NAXOS Music Library Essay Contest!

Greetings Stony Brook University Students! The following is an announcement for the NAXOS Student Essay Contest. NAXOS is a database which contains classical, jazz and world music from the NAXOS label catalog and other labels as well! To access our unlimited simultaneous user subscription, click on “Databases,” and then click

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Art of the Violin Offers Dynamic Program

Listeners were treated to an enjoyable program presented by Professor Jennifer Frautschi’s violin students in the Galleria on March 12. Hudson Young and Professor Frautschi played movements from Gabriel Fauré’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, with accompaniment by Muli Yu. A cycle of Five Western Chinese Folk Songs, arranged by

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“Art of the Violin,” Takes a Bow

Graduate students from Professor Jennifer Frautschi’s violin studio delighted listeners with a marvelous program in the Library’s Galleria on December 4. The challenging repertory included excerpts from Gabriel Fauré’s Sonata for Violin and Piano ; J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003 ; W.A.

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Art of the Violin Concert No. 2 Enthralls All

A hearty crowd of seated listeners and passersby took note of the stellar performances by students of Professor Jennifer Frautschi on Monday afternoon, November 4. The concert began with the Allegro from Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2 in F Major. It was followed by the opening movement

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Art of the Violin Starts the Library’s Concert Season

The chords and melodies of solo violin sonatas, caprices and partitas resonated throughout the hallway of the Library’s Galleria on Wednesday October 16. Seated audience members and passersby enjoyed the performances of Prof. Jennifer Frautschi’s talented graduate students at the Library’s Art of the Violin concert. For a precious hour

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Welcome Tavonna Miller!

Tavonna Miller has joined the Music Library staff for five weeks as an intern. Ms. Miller is an adjunct professor at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University, where she teaches voice and songwriting. She is also a matriculating student in the library and information science program at Post.

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Clarinuts Present an Exciting Program

The spring semester’s concert series in the Galleria concluded with a performance by ClariNuts, the talented graduate students of clarinet professor Alan Kay. It was well attended and appreciated by members of the university community. The program began with Black Anemones by Joseph Schwanter, performed by Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet and

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