Robert McDuffie
Robert McDuffie is an American
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Biography
McDuffie was born into a musical family in
In 2016, he toured to support a Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra with childhood friend and former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills,[3] along with guitar players William Tonks and John Neff.[4]
Recordings
- Viennese Violin: The Romantic Music of Lehár, Kreisler & Strauss (1996)
- Violin Concerto of Samuel Barber (Part of a Collection) (1998)
- Violin Concertos of John Adams & Philip Glass (1999)
- Violin Concertos of Mendelssohn & Bruch (1999)
- Second Violin Concerto of Philip Glass (2010)
Center for Strings
The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings of Mercer University offers conservatory-quality music training in a comprehensive university setting. McDuffie leads the center and has served as Distinguished University Professor of Music since 2004. The focus of the center, part of the Townsend School of Music at Mercer's main campus in Macon, Georgia, is to provide highly talented string students the opportunity to learn with some of the nation's most renowned string musicians. The center's home is the Bell House, an antebellum mansion built in 1855 and listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[5] Total enrollment is limited to 27 students: 12 violinists, 6 violists, 6 cellists and 3 bassists.
References
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- ^ Whiting, Christopher. "Aspen Pays Tribute to Dorothy Delay". ww.allthingsstrings. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ Susan Elliott (2001-02-06). "Investment Opportunity. Strings Attached.; Musician and 15 Partners Join Forces to Acquire a Multimillion-Dollar Violin – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ^ Grow, Kory (October 19, 2016). "R.E.M. Bassist on 'Breaking Down Walls Between Classical and Rock'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ "Review: R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, violinist Robert McDuffie cook up a rockin’ classical gas" Arts ATL 2016
- ^ "Asset Detail". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- NPR Interview and Performance with sound file
- CAMI profile of Robert McDuffie
- Telarc Biography of Robert McDuffie
- A Tucson Weekly article about McDuffie's violin
- Interview with Robert McDuffie, July 14, 1994
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