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10318 Rhody Drive, Chimacum, WA 98325 (between Ness’s Corner Rd. and Anderson Lake Rd.)
360 379-3449 / rawson@mnstate.edu.com
Studio Instruction Violin, viola, theory, piano, and chamber music coaching for all levels and ages Performance
Piano
accompaniment for students and professionals solo
and ensemble / vocal and instrumental Artist recitals presentation
for in-home and community artist series Gypsy and light classical entertainment weddings, receptions, etc.
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A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Sandy Rawson has been an active professional accompanist throughout her life, performing with numerous soloists and ensembles. She studied with Dieter Weber at the Musik Akademie in Vienna, Anton Kuerti at the Aspen School of Music in Colorado, and Earl Rymer at the University of Minnesota. Her love of music is equaled by her love for cooking. Having lived in Europe and Japan, she has a passion for international cooking. The Rawson Duo,
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Alan
Rawson first pursued his music interests in his
junior year in high school as a self-taught folk guitarist, recorder
player, and madrigal singer. Classical Violin studies were begun at
Cañada Junior College in Redwood City California, since their program did
not include Country and Western fiddling. He received his Bachelor of
Music and Master of Arts degrees from San Francisco State University and
completed his doctorate degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder in
violin performance studying with Oswald Lehnert while developing a
passionate interest in Rocky Mountain cycling and cross country skiing. He
has served on the music faculties of Concordia College in Moorhead,
Minnesota and the University of Idaho in Moscow, and is currently on
extended leave from Minnesota State University Moorhead where he
directed the University Orchestra and taught upper strings. He was
concertmaster of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony for twenty years and appeared
as a featured orchestral soloist several times performing works by
Tchaikowsky, Mozart, Sibelius, and Bruch, among others.
twentieth-century works, has given
numerous recitals on college campuses and community performing arts series
across the United States and Canada. Their CD recordings include Dine
With Strauss, a selection of the most famous waltzes, and Dine with
Brahms, the complete Hungarian Dances arranged for violin and piano.
Both come with recipes for a complete dinner. Also available are the
Complete Sonatas of George Enescu, and the Tchaikowsky Violin Concerto
featuring Alan Rawson with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony.