“Lara St. John Mendelssohn Violin Concerto” S:1 E:1

S:1 E:1 Learning from the Legends presents world-renowned violin soloist Lara St. John teaching Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64.Aspiring violinists can now take their playing to the next level with this essential repertoire. Lara St. John provides complete and detailed lessons on Movement 1 of Mendelssohn’s famous work. Using the format of a private music lesson delivered right to their screen, students will watch as Lara breaks down Movement 1 measure-by-measure, teaching advanced techniques and some extra-special tricks that the top performers use to dazzle and amaze their audiences. Includes a downloadable special edition of the violin sheet music edited by Lara St. John and Joey Corpus at www.learningfromthelegends.comLara St. John has been described as “something of a phenomenon” by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by the New York Times. The Los Angeles Times has written, “St. John brings to the stage personal charisma, an unflagging musical imagination and genuine passion.”Lara St. John’s “Learning from the Legends” series provides an extremely thorough and thoughtful walk-through of core repertoire, as well as the amazing experience of seeing how a top professional makes her way around the musical and technical challenges of these masterpieces. Lara’s methods of breaking down the technical difficulties and her practical and well-explained practice techniques are wonderful. One of these videos is like weeks and weeks of private lessons! The programs are beautifully filmed and presented, and would be of great value to any aspiring violinist.- James Ehnes, International Violin Soloist