by oldwp | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
What a beautiful wedding I played in Rolling Meadows on Friday! I would like to thank Mona Morrison for this lovely picture that she snapped of me and to also thank the mother of the bride, Gerry Bartnicke for her kind words to the booking agent, April Berkowski of Elegant Ensembles:
“Hi – Just to let you know what you already knew that Jennifer Silk was wonderful at my daughter’s wedding. The ceremony music was perfect and Jennifer even handled a glitch that had our guests crowded in a hall because the staff would not open the reception room which was also our cocktail hour room. Jennifer played her violin…until we could get the doors open. Thanks for all your help and suggestions. It was a wonderful wedding.”
Violinist Jennifer Silk
by oldwp | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
To: Carlyn Lloyd
Tri-L-Co Music
www.Tri-L-CoMusic.com
Dear Carlyn,
It went wonderfully; people wanted to talk to her at length following her 1 hour performance. She did sing a longs, requests, shared info about her past and present and was all out great. I told her the flowers were me to her because we both have birthdays in May and for helping us put a spin on our last meeting. She performed for us a year ago May and a couple of her family members were with her so I’ll always remember her birth month. That night we were at Sawa’s Restaurant.
Again, thanks for providing Jennifer; a real trooper and an absolute delight.
Peace, Elaine Abbinante
by oldwp | Oct 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
What song would you like to hear today?
I’ m looking forward to doing my show, “A Day in the Life of a Strolling Violinist”,
Wednesday, October 26th in Orland Park at the All Saints Lutheran Church for their “Young At Heart Club”.
If you’re in the area, please stop on by – it’s open to the public. The 50 minute show starts at 1:10 p.m.
by oldwp | Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
As “Chicago’s favorite strolling violinist”, I am always amazed by the musical requests during this time of year and I am equally amazed that people really don’t have a favorite so they request that I pick one of mine. With over 500 songs memorized (actually I stopped counting when I got to 500!), I had to come up with a few favorites. I thought if you ever needed to request a song from a strolling violinist, this list would be most helpful!
My top ten musical requests ffrom my audiences have been (and personal favorites, too!)…
1. Autumn from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
2. Autumn Leaves
3. October Sky
4. Moonlight in Vermont
5. September Song
6. Memories from Cats
7. Moonglow and other Halloween favorites – please see my post for the “Dead Composers Society Orchestra”…click here
8. Anything to do with Columbus Day – Lady of Spain, Italian medleys
9. Let Me Call You Sweetheart – for Sweetest Day
10. Anything by Charles Ives whose birthday is October 20th (requested by my husband and mega Ives fan, Chicago band leader, Roy Vombrack)
by oldwp | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Autumn Adoration – Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. at Belmont Village in Buffalo Grove. Jennifer will be entertaining residents and their guests with songs of the season, requests and classical favorites!
Sweetest Day Serenade – Thursday, October 13th, 2011 5 p.m. at the Westbury Health Center in Lisle, Illinois Being requested back now for five years, Jennifer will be strolling during a Sweetest Day dinner for residents and their guests throughout the facility.
by oldwp | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
It has come to my attention that what has been easy for me to figure out, might come in handy for other musicians who perform for weddings. I have heard, “don’t tell them your trade secrets” – if it makes us all look good, then why not? I wish I had a teacher like me! I hope this helps…
When performing music for a wedding ceremony, the most important thing is to get the music in the correct order and for it to flow smoothly.
Here is what I recommend – Put photocopies of the originals of the music in the FRONT of a 3 ring binder, followed by whatever the selected pre-ceremony music is, followed by extra pre-ceremony music A-Z.
When it’s “show time”, just flip to the front of the book and everything is in the correct order. No sticky tabs to find or extra books to mess with!
