Workshop with BRYO

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon, A & R




SCYO playing with BRYO   Astar and Rawhinia on left playing violin

 The Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra was invited to play with Brisbane Youth Orchestra on the weekend. We are in the first violins of the SCYO so we went along. The day started with a long drive down to Brisbane, 2 hours, then workshops with BRYO. We have played with them before so we got to catch up with our friends from Brisbane. It was so much fun. At midday we had a barbecue lunch and a concert in the afternoon. There were 91 musicians altogether. In the photo we are on the left hand side, Astar in yellow and Rawhinia in purple, playing violin. So cool.

We will be posting again next Monday.

Tune in soon  A & R

The Perfect Rosin

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon, A & R

We had a busy weekend as there was another trail bike weekend. So on Friday we baked more of our yummy Yo yos and sold them over the weekend. It's a good way to make a few more $ for our trip, and we have so much fun with our friends.

This week we want to tell you about the Rosin that we use. When we started to play violin we quickly realised that we are allergic to the Rosin. We would get a runny nose and non-stop sneeze, sneeze, sneeze! Very irritating when you are trying to focus on what you are playing. But last year we found the perfect rosin. PATH ROSIN = NO SNEEZING!!!!! It is actually made of the same sap that other rosins are made from but it has a lot less fine dust produced when playing. You see, every time you play violin you have to rub some rosin on your bow. This helps the bow (horse hair) to grip the violin strings as the bow runs over them. So usually a lot of rosin dust comes off the bow as you play. We dont know how Path do it but they have done us a HUGE favour.
We are going well with our Year 7 pieces.
Will post again next Monday.

Tune in Soon  A & R

De Stress

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon, A & R

De stress
Nana has updated the Healthy Hints page. This week she is sharing with us ways to help with anxiety and depression - how to de stress.
Nana watched an SBS program called Insight a few months ago. Her friend Prof. Gavin Andrews was interviewed re a virtual clinic for anxiety disorders. Nana was really impressed . It`s also on her Healthy hints page.
Tune in soon, A & R

Photo Competition

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon, A & R

Hi everyone. We have been very busy as usual, having lots of fun! School has started second term and it is great to be back in the swing of things.
Last weekend we went busking and put the profits towards the trip to Europe, we love busking because you can really communicate with the audience. 
We have also been doing a lot of walks on the Sunshine Coast as there is a photo competition, showcasing the walks in the area. So we took some pics and entered into the children section. You can have a look using the link http://www.sunshinecoastwalksfestival.com.au/photocomp/index.php?category=child . One of the photos had trouble loading so we have put it on the blog for you. You might recognise the pose from our You Tube clip, same but without the violins. We took this photo yesterday. 
We will tune in next week on Monday.

Tune in Soon  A & R 

Food Additives Cause Bad Behaviour and ADD

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon, A & R

Today we are busy getting all our home-schooling organized for this term. When we were small we would react to certain foods. We would feel fuzzy in the head and/or maybe become very grumpy. Sometimes it was a reaction to the actual food (gluten, lactose) and sometimes our reactions were because of food additives. 
You can read a bit about the affect of food additives on some children by going to our Healthy Hints Page. 


Tune in again soon,  A & R

Winter School

Astar in practice room at The Loft

Winter School was amazing! It went for five days at the Uni in Brisbane and although the music was not at a high standard we learnt loads. The Winter School was organised by Deep Blue (a string orchestra with a difference) they are so cool. We learnt about improvisation, stage craft and all the technology that you can use in performing. There were around 40 students at the Winter School and at the end we all did a performance in a place called The Loft. The loft is amazing. It has an entrance at ground level with the stage up in the air overhanging the entrance.
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Rawhinia in practice room at The Loft

We were lucky enough to be asked to be in a string quartet, performing at the beginning of the show. In true Deep Blue style there were smoke machines and laser lights. Very Cool.

We met loads of other musicians and had a fantastic time.

Tune is Soon  A & R

Healthy Hints

Hi, Welcome to our Journey
As you can see we are identical twins and very passionate about music especially violin. We are 12 years old and have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the UK for a musical educational experience, including meeting up with Nigel Kennedy (the famous violinist). We just need some help getting there.
To read more have a look at Our History page.
Tune in soon,   A & R

This week Nana is talking about children who behave badly and are difficult to control. They may have a food allergy! Please read our Healthy Hints page to find out more. We will be posting again tomorrow as we want to tell you about Winter School,


Tune in again soon,  A & R