Shannon Lee – violin

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What luck that my electrical/software engineering

What luck that my electrical/software engineering parents brought me to play for Jan Mark Sloman in the new millennium, when I was 8 years old! I studied with him in his back house (and sometimes front house) in Dallas until I went to college, and we had lessons again these past four years through the Cleveland Institute of Music.

I learned voraciously from him even though I was unbearably shy. He would sit down with me and plan together a schedule of repertoire that I could work on, and with his monthly home concerts I had a welcoming outlet to perform something new each time. He believed in me so much that it was near embarrassing, but it also pushed me to see what I was capable of. By the time I was 16 he had taken me on adventures to record a CD (on his fiddle) at Skywalker Ranch, to study for a summer in China, to play the Sibelius concerto with orchestra in Germany. He told me stories about the music world, and soon I became part of what had just sounded like fairy tales and got to see these people and places in real life.

I saw how he directed TIFS, where I had some of my most rewarding chamber music experiences; and how he taught other violinists (including my sister) as I became often his teaching assistant, at the Meadowmount and Heifetz summer programs. He didn't want to tell how exactly to phrase every note, but rather wanted to let everyone develop their own instinct. He encouraged us to practice (slowly and correctly) but also to be richer in our music-making through other art and life experiences, had a terrific bullshit filter and made everyone laugh.

He was always there for me, as my mentor, teacher, coach and violin uncle, and it's incredible how many people he impacted.

With endless love and admiration

Having fun warming up before recording in Sendai.

Having fun warming up before recording in Sendai.

Jessica Osborne, piano 🔥
From Bartók's second sonata for violin and piano in C major

We recorded everything in two days with the team from fontec, and then we had the recitals in Sendai and Tokyo

#fontec #simc #仙台 #sendaiinternationalmusiccompetition 📷 @princesskana_pink

With my persevering and talented studio (both in r

With my persevering and talented studio (both in real life and online), which I adopted at @heifetzmusic this summer, together with the inimitable @hanbeilin at the piano. It was a joy to teach them all ✨☕🌈 !!

#heifetz2022

I'm moving to Amsterdam!! (in September) For an ar

I'm moving to Amsterdam!! (in September)
For an artist certificate program at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Vera Beths.
So excited to be going to Europe again! I haven't been in Amsterdam since 2019 (when this photo was taken). Any tips on finding a place to live?

My other wonderful teacher at CIM, but we go back

My other wonderful teacher at CIM, but we go back many more years...
Here's Mr. Sloman and me, from an earlier chapter ➡️⏩
at his program The Institute For Strings (TIFS)
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I will miss so many people in Cleveland, especiall

I will miss so many people in Cleveland, especially my wonderful teacher Jaime Laredo. Here is us after one of my final recitals at CIM

Played with the @arsymphony back in 2008 — very h

Played with the @arsymphony back in 2008 -- very happy to be here again with Tchaikovsky and @andrew.crust ! FYI in-person tickets also give access to post concert streaming.

from Bartok's first sonata, a couple weeks ago

from Bartok's first sonata, a couple weeks ago

Snowy weekend with Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, Matth

Snowy weekend with Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, Matthew Kraemer, @butlersymphony and my sister who came to visit from NYC ☄️

Melivia and me in 2019. Hard to believe that we've

Melivia and me in 2019. Hard to believe that we've been playing together for three years already! 💜🎹🎻☃️
Tomorrow we're playing a recital in Cincinnati in connection with the Linton chamber music series, with works by Ravel, Stravinsky, Fueyo (@julianfueyo ), and Beethoven.
https://lintonmusic.org/2021/09/12/subscriber-bonus-2/

@meliviacr @linton_chamber_music_

a movement from Ravel's second sonata, with snow f

a movement from Ravel's second sonata, with snow from February, with the wonderfully multi-talented Arseniy Gusev @gusev.arseniy

Thanks to @limasymphonyorchestra for this snapshot

Thanks to @limasymphonyorchestra for this snapshot from rehearsal with Andrew Crust on Max Richter's Four Seasons Recomposed. The concert recording is available today at limasymphony.com/reimagination 🎥 !

#Repost @limasymphonyorchestra
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Getting ready for another digital concert featuring the amazing violin soloist Shannon Lee. Don’t miss Re:Imagination!

Comes out on March 13!! Thank you so much to @lima

Comes out on March 13!! Thank you so much to @limasymphonyorchestra and @andrew.crust 😊🌷🌳🍁☃️

#Repost @andrew.crust
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Lima Symphony Orchestra

Excerpt from a soon-to-be-released program featuring the incredible @shannonleeviolin performing Richter’s “Four Seasons Recomposed” with the @limasymphonyorchestra

Oh how I love the Lake!!!! Scenes from Dec-Feb in

Oh how I love the Lake!!!!

Scenes from Dec-Feb in backwards order
📷 me @haoguochen @gusev.arseniy

I love playing at Judson Manor, a retirement commu

I love playing at Judson Manor, a retirement community in Cleveland where I've gotten to know so many wonderful people. Here is some of Grieg's 3rd violin sonata at Judson, with my inspiring and talented friend Do-Hyun Kim ✨ @nickkim1003

It's not every day that I get to become a cartoon!

It's not every day that I get to become a cartoon! Remembering how things felt earlier this summer... Thanks to my friend (from college!) Sabah and 6ftlove.

#Repost @6ftlove
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Dallas, Texas

“I haven't played music together live with anyone outside of my family since March. Playing together over video call is not possible because of the time delay so by now I've done my fair share of collaboration projects long-distance, which basically means recording one person’s part on top of another’s. We try to exchange ideas by sending solo takes and noticing the differences, but at the end of the day, it’s still a strange process. Who records first? How many different ways can I engage with one interpretation that’s been frozen in time? While I'm able to gain more insight into my friend's musical ideas, it's much harder to create something fresh this way. It made me realize how intense the action-reaction feedback loop is when musicians are in the same room as one another. That feeling of just "clicking" with another person was something I’d been taking for granted!” — Shannon, Violinist (Dallas, Texas) @shannonleeviolin

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A few days late but, in the spirit of Juneteenth,

A few days late but, in the spirit of Juneteenth, lovely pianist Victor Asuncion @filammusicfoundationnfp and I put together this short & sweet piece by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

#theshowmustbepaused

#theshowmustbepaused

Learning how to play together through video by mak

Learning how to play together through video by making this with amazing pianist Jessica X Osborne!!! Since we cannot perform together in Japan next month, this is the next best thing :) @xylinathepianist

Rêve d'enfant with pizz and floating sheep… Lon

Rêve d'enfant with pizz and floating sheep... Long time no code! 😅 http://shannonleeviolin.com/sheep

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