Discover the wonders of the musical universe - a quirky journey through science and history. Welcome to Alexandra Louise Harris’s Youtube channel where we bring the world of classical music to life with a twist of fun and storytelling. Whether you’re a beginner violinist, a music teacher or a seasoned lover of melodies, this series is for you. In today’s episode we dive into animal sounds and what effect they have won the universe. In this video: 0:00 - Introduction 0:24 - Title video 1:13 - Bird sounds in classical music 1:45 - Do birds and animals react to music? 2:01 - Can dogs learn to sing in tune? 2:25 - My favourite canine companion. 3:03 - Enter Galileo Galilei. 3:25 - Some silly singing. 3:45 - Piethagorus and his system of tuning 5:05 - The Earth's hum. 5:23 - The Amima Mundi. 5:45- The effects of bird sound on the universe. 6:44- Vivaldi's Spring. Download your free ebook: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/signoremaggiorino Perfect for: Beginner musicians , classroom music teachers, deep thinkers and ponderers of ponderings. Watch next: Signore Maggiorino's adventurous violin videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvI1annJ7Bny5dY1sYGsSBSM GarageBand for iPad: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvKs6-l2WF3IUAYoh2MamTix Vivaldi for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvINaNyFunImPVICsQd1c7Vn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvICSzHxvk_b-O8XUHsVUrAx Don’t forget: Subscribe, like or comment for weekly videos about music, learning the violin and storytelling . Connect at: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/alexandralouiseharris Website : https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com Free Violin Resources: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/lessons Free eBook: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/signoremaggiorino #violinforkids #classicalmusichistory #musiceducation #learnviolin #youngmusicians #musicforchildren #violinlessons #instrumenthistory #whymusicmatters #classicalmusic #classicalmusicforkids

The Creative Chronicles…an unorthodox name for a vlog. In this week’s video, I’m taking you behind the scenes as I prepare for Violetta's first book and mask stall. It was such fun and I felt like I did as a child playing 'Shops'...our second favourite game behind 'Dress the Paper Doll'. This was followed closely by 'Schools' and my sister reminded me the other day that we also loved playing 'Libraries', stamping books with our 'Non Negotiable' stamp. Thems were the days, but now I'm so lucky I get to do a version of them all! By the way, if you would like to download a free printable PDF of the Halloween designs, you can find them here: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/shop Oh and this video is a little glitchy in spots, but I'm trying to go with the flow and keep things in the moment. Sometimes that means moments of freezing! More information: https://alexandralouiseharris.com Intro - 0:00 Some hurried re-sizing the PDFs- 0:24 Late night mask making- 0:57 Next morning and a bit of mess- 1:13 A box of books - 1:39 Afternoon organising - 2:08 Assembling the shop products- 2:45 The Paganini Poltergeist birthday - 4:20 The stall in action - 4:51 Concert time- 5:29 Wrapping up- 5:33 Next week- 5:57 Beach- 6:15 Who am I? I’m a violinist, teacher and creator of musical middle-grade adventures involving time-travel. I love imagining stories in my music and like all things creative, sometimes we need to step outside of our comfort zones. Performing, yes, that can be frightening, but for people like me who feel they were born in a different era, the internet sometimes seems like alien territory! However, instead of avoiding it, I thought I'd use opportunity to share what goes into creating these magical tales. Over this second four week series, I’ll be setting myself some intentions, jobs I need to do, but along the way, I’ll be searching for everyday magic. Although this is a video log, I won’t be calling it a vlog. The individualist in me is rebelling against that term. Instead, I’ll be calling it Creative Chronicles. Pleasingly alliterative, and it reminds me of Narnia. Next week I'll be preparing for school visits. So exciting and I hope you can be here to follow along with me. Until then, happy creating everyone! #middlegradebooks #bookstall #venetianmask #childrensillustration #creativevlog #halloween #paganini

The Creative Chronicles…an unorthodox name for a vlog. It's been a little while, but in this week’s video, I’m taking you behind the scenes as I prepare for and celebrate our Halloween mask making workshop. It was the most wonderful day, and I was so impressed by the creative ways everyone transformed their masks. By the way, if you would like to download a free printable PDF of the designs, you can find them here: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/shop I use Adobe Fresco for these illustrations and they are so easy to create yourself. If you do, please send me a picture at alexandra@alexandralouiseharris.com More information: https://alexandralouiseharris.com Intro - 0:00 The Masquerade- 2:20 Creating a painting hanging device- 2:57 Paper Mache Day of the Dead mask - 1:26 Painting the mask - 3:49 Cutting time - 4:20 Shopping - 4:48 The musical mask quotes - 5:17 Animations in Fresco - 4:20 Putting kits together- 5:49 Icing cup cakes- 6:01 Day of the mask workshop - 6:37 The workshop and masks- 7:02 What are you up to for Halloween? - 7:34 Who am I? I’m a violinist, teacher and creator of musical middle-grade adventures involving time-travel. I love imagining stories in my music and like all things creative, sometimes we need to step outside of our comfort zones. Performing, yes, that can be frightening, but for people like me who feel they were born in a different era, the internet sometimes seems like alien territory! However, instead of avoiding it, I thought I'd use opportunity to share what goes into creating these magical tales. Over this second four week series, I’ll be setting myself some intentions, jobs I need to do, but along the way, I’ll be searching for everyday magic. Although this is a video log, I won’t be calling it a vlog. The individualist in me is rebelling against that term. Instead, I’ll be calling it Creative Chronicles. Pleasingly alliterative, and it reminds me of Narnia. Next week is the bookstall and Halloween concert. So exciting and I hope you can be here to follow along with me....I'll also be creating a giveaway! Until then, happy creating everyone! #middlegradebooks #adobefresco #childrensillustration #creativevlog

Discover the wonders of the musical universe - a quirky journey through science and history. Welcome to Alexandra Louise Harris’s Youtube channel where we bring the world of classical music to life with a twist of fun and storytelling. Whether you’re a beginner violinist, a music teacher or a seasoned lover of melodies, this series is for you. In today’s episode we dive into why instruments, particularly violins, are so expensive. There are certainly some mysterious reasons! In this video: 0:00 - Introduction 0:27 - Title video 1:14 - Famous violin makers 1:50 - Ferdinand Maggini 2:30 - Origins of the violin 3:09 - Dancing the Nutbush 3:19 - Amati and the gamba 4:04 - Violetta and the Venetian Violin 5:08 - Violin proportions 5:29 - Secret varnish 7:08 - The language of the wood 7:55 - The instruments of time 8:14 - Vivaldi's concerto for four violins. 6:08 - The mystery of playing the violin from Signore Maggiorino and the Eight Rarest Sounds. (Free to download below). Perfect for: Beginner musicians , classroom music teachers, deep thinkers and ponderers of ponderings. Watch next: Signore Maggiorino's adventurous violin videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvI1annJ7Bny5dY1sYGsSBSM GarageBand for iPad: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvKs6-l2WF3IUAYoh2MamTix Vivaldi for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvINaNyFunImPVICsQd1c7Vn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvICSzHxvk_b-O8XUHsVUrAx Don’t forget: Subscribe, like or comment for weekly videos about music, learning the violin and storytelling . Connect at: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/alexandralouiseharris Website : https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com Free Violin Resources: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/lessons Free eBook: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/signoremaggiorino #violinforkids #classicalmusichistory #musiceducation #learnviolin #youngmusicians #musicforchildren #violinlessons #instrumenthistory #whymusicmatters

Discover the wonders of the musical universe - a quirky journey through science and history. Welcome to Alexandra Louise Harris’s Youtube channel where we bring the world of classical music to life with a twist of fun and storytelling. Whether you’re a beginner violinist, a music teacher or a seasoned lover of melodies, this series is for you. In today’s episode we dive into the history of humans making music and ask the question…why do we play? In this video: 0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Title video 1:28 - Violin sounds 1:47 - The oldest instruments 2:08 - Emergence of written music 2:28 - First sheet music 2:56 - Baroque period and Vivaldi's music 3:19 - Why has music survived? 4:11 - Next time 4:25 - Vivaldi's concreto for four violins from Signore Maggiorino and the Eight Rarest Sounds. (Free to download below). Perfect for: Beginner musicians , classroom music teachers, deep thinkers and ponderers of ponderings. Watch next: Signore Maggiorino's adventurous violin videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvI1annJ7Bny5dY1sYGsSBSM GarageBand for iPad: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvKs6-l2WF3IUAYoh2MamTix Vivaldi for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvINaNyFunImPVICsQd1c7Vn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5sXjvLZhvICSzHxvk_b-O8XUHsVUrAx Don’t forget: Subscribe, like or comment for weekly videos about music, learning the violin and storytelling . Connect at: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/alexandralouiseharris Website : https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com Free Violin Resources: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/lessons Free eBook: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/signoremaggiorino #violinforkids #classicalmusichistory #musiceducation #learnviolin #youngmusicians #musicforchildren #violinlessons #instrumenthistory #whymusicmatters

Clare Corban-Banks (viola) and Alexandra Harris (violin).

Pierrette le Bon and all the Magic of the Universe. A whimsical and somewhat peculiar tale accompanying the middle-grade musical adventure, Violetta and the Paganini Poltergeist. To find out more visit: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com. To purchase the book visit: https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/shop This video features Satie's Gymnopédie no.1 mixed with the La Campanella theme from Paganini's violin concerto no.2. In Paganini's concerto there is a handbell, inspiring Franz Liszt to nickname the tune ‘La Campanella,’ or tiny bell.Classic FM recommends watching Rousseau's 'visually stunning video of a performance of the work using a reactive visualizer. We are… really very hypnotised by it.' You can find the link to his La Campanella here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Dvg2MxQn8 Pierrette le Bon lived a lonely life, tucked away in her father's antique store in Montmatre. over the years, her finances dwindled as she gave away all she had to help others. Face with her last franc, she had almost given up help until... magic appeared on her doorstep. When a stranger leaves behind four enchanted violins, Pierrette is thrown into and extraodinary adventure. A quest for find All the Magic of the Universe. This is the second in a seris of unexpected musical tales accompanying the Violetta books. Violetta and the Paganini Poltergeist begins right where this tale ends; in Paris in 1890. Illustrated music videos accompanying this story can be veiwed on Alexandra's YouTube channel. Within the ebook, the golden frames also lead directly to each one on Alexandra's website. You can find the Violetta and the Venetian Violin album here on YouTube, or to stream below. http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1590665103?ls=1&app=itunes http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1590665103 https://open.spotify.com/album/3auU1gNVW4BBIdldtNjize Oh, and if making your own Venetian-style masks is up your alley, then you’ll find some kits on the Violetta shop too. In the meantime, happy reading and playing! #violin, #paganini, #musicforchildren, #classicalmusicforchildren, #animatedstory, #classroommusic, #musicalstories, #inspiringyoungmusicians, #creatingstoriesthroughmusic, #violinteacher, #violinvideo, #musicvideo.

This video features a version of Ondine that combines both Ravel and Debussy's compositions for piano. Debussy's version was inspired by Arthur Rackham's beautiful illustrations that accompany the tale of Ondine the water nymph. Ravel's version is from Gaspard de la Nuit, inspired by the following poem by Aloysius Bertrand. 'Listen! - Listen! - It is I, Ondine, brushing with these drops of water the resonant lozenge panes of your window lit by the moon's bleak rays; and here, in her gown of watered silk, is the lady of the chateau gazing from her balcony at the fine starlit night and the beautiful sleeping lake. Every wave is a water sprite swimming in the current, every current is a path winding its way to my palace, and my palace, with its flowing structure, lies at the bottom of the lake, in the triangle of fire, earth and air. Listen! - Listen! - My father is beating the croaking water with a branch of green alder, and my sisters caress the fresh islands of grass, water-lily and gladiolus with their briny arms, or mock the deciduous, bearded willow, fishing with rod and line." Her murmured song over, she begged me to receive her ring on my finger, to be the husband of an Ondine, and with her to visit her palace, to be the king of the lakes. And as I answered that I loved a mortal, she became angered and hurt, wept a few tears, burst out laughing, and fainted in sudden showers that rustled white down my blue stained-glass windows.' (The above translation is from https://www.euroasia.org.my/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Poem.pdf. This musical video is from the short story 'Pierrette le Bon and All the Magic of the Universe'. It's a tale set in Paris, inspired by enchanted antiques, violins and Paganini's music. To find out more, and to download the sheet music for this version visit, https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/paganinipoltergeist #violin, #debussy, #musicforchildren, #classicalmusicforchildren, #animatedstory, #classroommusic, #musicalstories, #inspiringyoungmusicians, #creatingstoriesthroughmusic, #violinteacher, #violinvideo, #musicvideo, #ravel

This video features Paganini's Witches Dance. Paganini's birthday is around the time of Halloween or All Hallows Eve, hence the inspiration behind this video. Some people seem to walk on stage full of confidence, every time. Nicoló Paganini (1782-1840) was one of those superhuman individuals. In fact, he was so good, many believed he was possessed. Like Faust, people believed he made a pact with the devil. He acquired magical powers and was gifted the ‘musical diablerie,’ with tricks like left-hand pizzicato, up-bow staccato; and, of course, playing an entire piece on a G string. Yes, that always gets a laugh, particularly with teenagers. You can listen to the entire 'La Streghe' here, and view a very nice painting of Niccolò Paganini at the same time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndTEXV3JB_A This musical video is from the short story 'Pierrette le Bon and All the Magic of the Universe'. It's a tale set in Paris, inspired by enchanted antiques, violins and Paganini's music. To find out more, and to download the sheet music for this version visit, https://www.alexandralouiseharris.com/paganinipoltergeist #violin, #paganini, #musicforchildren, #classicalmusicforchildren, #animatedstory, #classroommusic, #musicalstories, #inspiringyoungmusicians, #creatingstoriesthroughmusic, #violinteacher, #violinvideo, #musicvideo.