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Big Violins

by Natalie

Natalie (violinist), Pavla (violist), Brian (bassist), Amy and Matt (cellists) talk about their lives in a high school orchestra and struggles of being a classical musician. We touch on the mental, social, and practical issues that other people could face.

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Episodes

  1. what sort of musician should you date? (part 2)

    Natalie, Pavla, Amy, and Brian take a quiz together to see what kind of musician they should date, while going on relationship rants and sharing awkward dating stories...part 2!

  2. what sort of musician should you date? (part 1)

    Natalie, Pavla, Amy, and Brian take a quiz together to see what kind of musician they should date, while going on relationship rants and sharing awkward dating stories...

  3. types of music we're currently obsessed with

    what types of playlists do we make? our opinions on trending artists? what playlists should YOU make?

  4. continuing music after high school? + our struggles with music & school

    what should be the plan after graduating high school? should you still play music while in college? and how does our school typically view orchestra/band people?

  5. why do teens like classical music?

    Our guests Danica and Laura help us understand why our generation still enjoy classical music and how composers would react to our music today!

  6. what percent beethoven are you?

    Join us on another music quiz with Natalie and two very awesome guests, Laura and Danica!!

  7. a musician's quiz: what is our age and IQ?

    We take buzzfeed-style quizzes for musicians. Can it guess our age from our practice habits? What even is our IQ based on our taste in music? Also, what's the difference between a Viola da Gamba and a Viola da Spalla?

  8. orchestra memories & quarantine stories

    We talk about our stories/memories in orchestra and what happened to us during quarantine. What are we going to miss forever? What were our favorite pieces? How is orchestra going to look like next year? Hope you enjoy listening to a bunch of average high school musicians :D

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Natalie (violinist), Pavla (violist), Brian (bassist), Amy and Matt (cellists) talk about their lives in a high school orchestra and struggles of being a classical musician. We touch on the mental, social, and practical issues that other people could face.

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Natalie

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What is Big Violins about?

Natalie (violinist), Pavla (violist), Brian (bassist), Amy and Matt (cellists) talk about their lives in a high school orchestra and struggles of being a classical musician. We touch on the mental, social, and practical issues that other people could face.

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Big Violins is created and hosted by Natalie.
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