An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

A girl, play violin? Not too long ago, it just wasn’t done. These women did it. Then, they disappeared.

In this episode, we set the stage for the violin in music, and meet four shining starlets of the early stage through the late Romantic Era – those wonderful women born in the late 1800s at the turn of the century –the pioneering pioneers in our evolving story… Ms. Maud Powell… Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow.

Maud Powell, Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow.

Andrea Amtai, Antonio Stradivari, Nicolo Armati, Henry Shradieck, Camille Urso, Ovdie Musin, Eugene Ysaye, Luigi Von Kunits, John Philip Sousa, William Lewis, Hanry Schradieck, Charles Dancla, and Joseph Joachim.

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla), Polonaise Op. 38 (Vieuxtemps), Air-Have Pity, Sweet Eyes, Deep River (Coleridge-Taylor), Tambourin (LeClair), Bouquet American Op 33 St. Patricks Day (Vieuxtemps), Violin Concerto No 2 Op 22 Romance (Wieniawski), Violin Concerto No 7 in G (Arr) Allegro Maestro (Beriot), Zephyr (Blumenleben), La Boheme Potpouri/introduction, musetta’s waltz, Bright Eyes as Yours (Wieniawski)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition.

In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray!

Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne

Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Minty

Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne

Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition.

In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray!

Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne

Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Minty

Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne

Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott.

Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell

Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott

Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye

Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott.

Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell

Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott

Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye

Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts.

Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff

Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes

Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen

Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch

Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch

Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts.

Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff

Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes

Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen

Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch

Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch

Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this episode,  we move on to the other great and terrible war time of the twentieth century – World War II – the century’s darkest hour – and the shining stars who brought light, hope and joy through their musical arts.

Mary Becker and Miriam Solovieff

Guila Bustabo, Fredell Lack, and Frances Magnes

Madeline Carabo, Eudice Shapiro, Margaret Sittig, Patricia Travers, Beverly Somach, Carroll Glenn, Jeanne Mitchell, and Betty Jean Hagen

Albert Spalding, Paul Kochanski, Robert Pollack, Kathleen Parlow, Carl Flesch

Ray Huntington, Louis Persinger, Leon Sametini, Tosco Berger, Josephine Boudreaux, Adolf Busch

Georges Enesco, Mishakoff, Adolfo Betti, Carl Friedburg, Gustave Tinlot, Efrem Zimbalist, Jacques Gordon, Hans Letz, Joshua Bell, Jascha Heifetz, Malkin, Auer, Felice de Horvath, Edouard Dethier, Eugene List, Louis Biancolli, Alexander Nicol, Ludwig Becker, Galamian, Clayton Hare, Geza de Kresz

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

• Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

In this episode,   women violinists who hailed from other countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Because no history of women violinists in this period would be complete without at least nod to the international women on the scene, in this program, we will meet five superlative Russians: Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Lea Luboshutz, and Frances Berkova. Three greats from Great Britain, Isolde Menges , Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel;.  Two French fiddlers: Genette Neveu &  Renee Chemet. Two Hungarian Rhapsodizers, Jelly D’Aranyi, Stefi Geyer. And Italian immortal Valentina Crespi.  We’ll cover a lot of ground, in this international survey so we hope you’ll join us! Let’s pack up our bags and get going!

Isolde Menges, Orrea Pernel, Ida Haendel, May Harrison, Valentina Crespi, Sefi Geyer, Lea Luboshutz, Frances Berkova, Nathalie Boshko, Cecelia Hansen, Margaret Pardee, Jelly d’Aranyi, and Renee Chemet

Leopold Auer, Carl Flesch, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Davis, Joyce Rathbone, Andre Tchaikowsky, Sir William Glock, Miecyzslaw Michalowicz, George Enesco, Hubay, Bela Bartok, Hans-Heinz Schneeberger, Othmar Schoeck, Efrem Zimbalist, Mischa Elmann, David Oistrach, Eugene Ysaye, Ivan Galamian, Louis Persinger, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, Myra Hess, Joseph Joachim, Robert Schumann, Yehudi Menuhin, George Kulenkampff, Jules Boucherit, Nadia Boulanger, Line Talluel

• Maud Powell- Souvenir (Drdla)

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An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.