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✨Kun’s 50th Anniversary Concert✨ We’re ju

✨Kun’s 50th Anniversary Concert✨

We’re just over three weeks away from our celebratory concert in Ottawa as part of @chamberfest so we thought we’d share some details of our stunning ‘Kun inspired’ programme with you. A key piece being performed is the first movement of Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major.

Dvořák was Joseph Kun’s favourite composer so we it will be very special to have not one but two Kun Featured Artists: Lara St John @stjohnlara and and Kelly Hall-Tompkins @kellyhtviolin performing the work on first and second violin, along with Gryphon Trio members Roman Borys and Jamie Parker on cello and piano with Carissa Klopoushak playing viola.

The Quintet was premiered in Prague in 1888 and is considered one of the masterpieces in the form.
The first movement opens quietly with lyrical cello theme over piano accompaniment which is followed by a series of elaborate transformations. The viola introduces the second subject which is another lyrical melody, but much busier than the cello's stately line. Both themes are developed extensively by the first and second violins and the movement closes with a free recapitulation and an exuberant coda.

Have you heard or performed this work? Tell us your thoughts!

#therestishistory #kunshoulderrest #Dvorak #czechcomposer #pianoquintet #violin #viola #cello #piano #chamberfest #ottawamusic

✨HUGE NEWS!!! ✨ We’ve partnered with @chamb

✨HUGE NEWS!!! ✨

We’ve partnered with @chamberfest to host our very own concert in celebration of our 50th anniversary!

On Saturday July 30th we will be taking over the Dominion-Chalmers Church in our hometown of Ottawa to deliver an exciting programme of works inspired by the company's history and its founding families' heritage. The Gala concert features works by Antonín Dvořák, Béla Bartók, Bechara El Khoury, Yuliy Meitus and Cris Derksen @cris_derksen.

We'll be joined on the night by the incredible violinists and Kun Artists Lara St.John @stjohnlara and Kelly Hall-Tompkins @kellyhtviolin . Festival favourites the Gryphon Trio and Chamberfest Artistic Director Carissa Klopoushak will be supporting for ensemble works, and the evening will be closed out by the exhilarating Afro-Cuban ensemble, OKAN @okanmusicacuba

For those who can't attend in person, The Violin Channel @theviolinchannel will be the digital hosts of the concert and will be streaming it live on their platform during the event. After almost a year of planning, we are very excited to be bringing this event to the world stage and we hope you can join us either in person or online.

#therestishistory

We’re delighted to be featured in the July/Augus

We’re delighted to be featured in the July/August issue of @stringsmagazine in their Tales of the Trade section. 😍

We’ve got some big Kun 50th news coming next week!

📸: @kajaphoto

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Posted @withregram • @stringsmagazine Kun Celebrates 50 Years of Bringing Comfort to String Players
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Joseph Kun’s experience teaching and playing coupled with his work as a luthier drove him develop the Kun shoulder rest in 1972. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
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@kun_rest #violin #viola #fiddle #classical-music #violist #violinist #shoulderrest

More love for @orkidstra ! Here are some of the p

More love for @orkidstra !

Here are some of the photos taken by the lovely @melodymaloneyphoto for our Junior Colours shoot last summer.

@orkidstra will be having their first in person concert in over two years next Wednesday June 1st at @cu_cdcc. We hope to see some Ottawa folks at this momentous occasion!

Posted @withregram • @melodymaloneyphoto Work for @kun_rest last summer🎻 🎶
I love working with local business! 💚
This was a blast thank you #kunrest
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Thank you @orkidstra for this lovely post about ou

Thank you @orkidstra for this lovely post about our contribution to your wonderful programme. It always warms our hearts to see happy students learning their instruments with so much support (shoulder rests included)! ❤️

Posted @withregram • @orkidstra For today’s #ThankYouThursday we want to give a very big OrKidstra thank you to @kun_rest for their support over the years. With your help, we continue to inspire and empower Ottawa youth through the power of music. Plus, our students are so grateful for their Kun shoulder rests that allow them to play in comfort!

Thank You 💜🎶

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