Lara St. John
Lara St. John
Lara St. Johnis a Canadian violinist...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth15 April 1971
CountryCanada
crowds strange concerts
Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.
people pay attention
When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.
play voice trying
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.
violin laptops boards
Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
player cards orchestra
Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
children believe journey
Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
who-i-am looks reason
I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
pieces and-love scales
The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.
men battle prejudice
A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
passion sensual energy-and-life
What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?