by Reva and John Kuzmich, Jr.: http://www.kuzmich.com

with Guest Consulting Engineer, Brad Slate of Sweetwater Music: http://mer-ka-ba.com/violinexamples

Clinicians

• John Kuzmich, Jr.: Nationally known music educator, jazz educator, computer music technologist, distance learning and web development educator for 33+ years with a Ph.D. degree in music and over 240 articles published in national/international music educator journals. Past senior editor of the following national/international music education journals: Jazz Educators Journal, The Instrumentalist and the American Suzuki Journal.
• Reva Kuzmich: Music scholarship senior applied violin major at the University of North Texas with additional expertise in string jazz and sound synthesis and as a certified Suzuki Violin Teacher. Co-founder of the first jazz string ensemble at the University of North Texas in 1996.

• Brad Slate: Brad has been playing acoustic violin for over 20 years and electric/MIDI violin for over 10 years. He has played professionally in ensembles ranging from symphonies to nationally touring rock/fusion bands and has performed with artists such as Stephane Grapelli and Darol Anger. He is currently a professional audio consultant for Sweetwater Sound of Fort Wayne, Indiana focusing on system design and integration for both studio and live applications.

1. A Philosophy for 21^st Century String Education:
   
   
   • 21^st Century String Educator: A New Focus for String Education with "wire" choir and alarming trends that traditional string education is basically a 2000 year old white European men played by econonomically advantaged suburbanites in the U.S.A.
   • "Wire Choir" A New Focus for String Education: School Band & Orchestra magazine, March/April, 1998, pp. 38-41.
   • "Wire Choir" Part Two: A New Focus for String Education, School Band & Orchestra magazine, May/June, 1998, pp. 44-48.
   • Meet John Kuzmich, Jr.: A Music Educator For A String Revolution!, http://www.kuzmich.com/zeta_bio.html
   
   
2. "Live" Demonstrations by Reva Kuzmich! Catch the Magic of Electrified Sounds with Electronic Instruments, Pickups and Special Effects Processors! Novice, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

3. String Amplification Resources: Pickups and Instruments, Jazz Educators Journal, November, 1998, pp. 63, 65-67.
   • Analog Special Effects: phrase looping, harmonizers, straight EQ, Loop Delay, Heavy, Plex Delay, Warp Fifths, Phase Delay, Wailing lead, Shimmer, Pad, octave down, Phase Comp, Reverb Pool, Quasars and much more. http://www.lightbubble.com/bowed/effects.htm
   • MIDI Synthesis: Synthony II with 480 sounds and 11 drum kits that are General MIDI compatible with 11 reverbs, 11 choruses and 42 variations that can be freely combined and simultaneously implemented. In essence, a freely editable drum sequencer. URL: http://www.zetamusic.com
   • Computer MIDI applications in substitute for MIDI keyboards: ear theory, notation, sequencing, accompaniment generators, etc.

4. "Web-based" Demonstrations! Catch the Magic of Electrified Sound with Brad Slate, Consultating Artist from Sweetwater Music at his web site: http://mer-ka-ba.com/violinexamples and http://www.sweetwater.com

5. Discography of Selected Contemporary String Artists! Special assistance by Darol Anger. http://www. kuzmich.com/handouts/String_Discography.html

6. Integrating Electric Instruments with Traditional String Ensembles and Beyond!
   • What is Contemporary Music? Jazz, Dixieland, Ragtime, boogie woogie, swing, bebop, cool jazz, fusion, bluegrass, country, Klezmer, Latin, Blues, funk, and many stylistic forms of rock (pop, lite, medium and heavy metal, reggae, Milly Pop, Miami Rock, Shuffle Rock, fusion and much more).
   • Integrating strings into a jazz program! The simple solution is to use Bb violins and Eb violas by tuning down a whole-step.
   • Use amplified strings via electric pickups and/or electric string instruments.
   • Teach improvisation concepts and strings players can certainly catch the "spirit" of the contemporary music idiom, including the "swing" feel.
   • "Wire" choir music is basically string quartet plus rhythm section. For reviews of published literature, please go to: Wire Choir Can Be Electrifying! Part 2, Jazz Educators Journal, November, 1995, pp. 59-63 and
   http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/String_Publishers.html

7. Where to Start? Start with electric pickups and/or Electric Instruments.
   • Ceramic harmonica pickups
   • Entry-level electric pickups: http://www.lightbubble.com/bowed/manuf.htm
   • Intermediate-level electric pickups with pre-amps: http://www.lightbubble.com/bowed/manuf.htm
   • Electric String Instruments: URL: http://www.lightbubble.com/bowed/

8. Guidelines for students regarding the selection of amplification equipment for strings.
   • http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/ String_Pickups.html

9. Selected Manufacturer List of Electric Pickups, String Instrument and Special Effects Processor
   • http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/String_Manufacturers.html

10. Summer Jazz String Workshops
    • http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/String_Workshops.html

11. Special Effects Processors That Rock and Swing as Programmed and Customized by Brad Slate
    • Boss VF-1 24-Bit Multiple Effects Processor. Contains 200 preset patches and allows the users to create 200 user patches.
    • Roland FC-200 MIDI Foot Controller. Offers four modes.
    
    
    1. Program Change Mode in which you can use the pedals to send any of 128 Program Change messages.
    2. Control Change Mode in which you send the Control Changes messages assigned to the pedals to enhance the expressiveness of a performance.
    3. Note Mode in which you can use the pedals as a pedal keyboard to send the Note messages assigned to the pedals.
    4. Exclusive Mode in which you can operate other equipment that accepts SysEx messages sent from the FC-200.

12. Recommendations of Special Effects Equipment: http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/Special_Effects.html
    
    
    • Novice User:
    • Intermediate Users:
    • Advanced Users:

13. Do's and Don't for Setting Up and Customizing Patches on a Special Effects Processor by Brad Slate of Sweetwater Music: URL:
    • http://www.sweetwater.com

14. Publishers of Contemporary String Music:
    • http://www.kuzmich.com/handouts/String_Publishers.html

To contact John send an email to jkuzmich@earthlink.net
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