![]() Hektor Qyteti served as the Assistant Concertmaster for the Michigan Philharmonic for the seven years before being promoted to his current position of Principal Second Violin. He plays on a 1941 violin by Piero Parravicini, and his bow is a David Samuels. Yuri teaches violin through the Sphinx organization at elementary schools within Detroit, as well as with Compás in the southwest area of the city, and operates a small private studio. On occasional weekends, you can find him behind the mixing desk in his home studio, running his “Studio Sunday” sessions, which see collaboration from artists across many genres. He serves as co-concertmaster of the Michigan Philharmonic, as well as performs regularly around south-eastern Michigan playing with the Michigan Opera Theatre, Orchestra Sono, Dearborn, Toledo, and wherever else his strings take him.Īlongside averaging 90 performances a year since his move to Detroit in 2015, Yuri records for local groups around the city, as well as produces electronic music, and manages music labels of his own. Yuri was raised in a house of music and enjoys carrying on the tradition of performing and teaching. He received his training through the Suzuki Strings of Madison, Interlochen Arts Academy, and the Oberlin Conservatory. ![]() Yuri Popowycz is a Violinist living in Russell Woods, Detroit. Winnick can frequently be spotted paddling on Newburgh Lake in Livonia, or running around it on the Riverview Trail. He has also worked in the field of string instrument preparation and repair, both at Shar Products Company of Ann Arbor and at Instrumental Distribution, LLC of Livonia. For weddings and events, he performs with White Pines Entertainment. He has taught for the Sphinx Organization’s Overture Program in Flint, and for Friends Music Camp in Richmond, Indiana. Winnick teaches violin and viola lessons for Cultural Art Strings of Manchester, Michigan, and also maintains his own private studio. He has appeared with the Transsiberian Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller, and the 2018 national tour of the musical ‘Chicago.’ ![]() Winnick has joined string sections for recordings by nationally-known artists, including the R&B singer Kem in sessions led by the legendary Motown musician Paul Riser. Formerly a member of the indie-folk band The Thornbills, Mr. ![]() Other chamber music appearances have included guest performances with the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Winnick performs regularly with the CutTime Simfonica of former Detroit Symphony Orchestra bassist Rick Robinson, and he is a member of the Troubadours, a musical storytelling group representing the Flint Institute of Music. In addition to his work with orchestras, Mr. He has previously served as concertmaster for Arbor Opera Theatre and assistant/acting concertmaster for the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra. He also performs with the Flint Symphony Orchestra, Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and ÆPEX Contemporary Ensemble. His relationship with the Michigan Philharmonic began with appearances as guest concertmaster in 2016. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he studied with Andrew Jennings. Together they choose 19 orchestrations, almost none of them previously recorded, from a selection of over 5000 they had at their disposal.Daniel Winnick (Co-Concertmaster) moved to Michigan from New Jersey in 2005, and since then he has built a varied and busy career as a freelance musician in Metro Detroit and beyond. Their thirteen member orchestra includes violins, viola, cello, banjo, flute/piccolo, cornet/trumpet, tuba, clarinet, piano, percussion, and obviously, trombone.īlaze of Glory: The Trombone in Early American Popular Music was imagined by River Raisin bandleader William Pemberton and trombonist Robert Lindahl. ![]() Though obviously an album that will have the most appeal for trombonists, the 4R's have created a balanced and exciting program that any fan of early American music will enjoy. Their new release is an ambitious attempt to demonstrate the evolution of the trombone's role in community orchestras from the Civil War through the dawn of jazz. Robinson, featuring his new ragtime compositions of the last twenty years played by the orchestra. In the past we've reviewed both Nobody is Somebody, which chronicled the music and life of Bert Williams, and Music of Reginald R. Some of their themed projects have become albums that we out in the rest of the country can enjoy. The River Raisin Ragtime Revue is a Michigan based orchestra that puts on exciting community events to educate the public about the American popular repertoire from before the jazz era. ![]()
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