Buzzing Strings

The project Buzzing Strings is about
exploring aesthetic choices related to
tone production in string instrument
playing, especially violin playing. I wanted
to explore possibilities of sound
conceptualized as beautiful, and
challenge my learned concepts as what
qualifies as a ‘beautiful’ tone production,
the make and sound of an instrument,
and testing biases that have been taught
to me through western classical musical
pedagogy and canon. With a degree in
metalwork/visual arts, I created a library
of metal resonators that attach to the
violin that shifts and transforms the
expected sound into sounds I am still
exploring and improvising.