ONLINE STORE
17 MELODY tracks.
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While notes and rhythms performed by violinist extraordinaire and Suzuki educator REBECCA HUNTER remain true to the original, she makes each piece “her own” by adding personalized elements such as fresh articulations, colors, and ornamentations.
ONLINE STORE
17 MELODY tracks.
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While notes and rhythms performed by violinist extraordinaire and Suzuki educator REBECCA HUNTER remain true to the original, she makes each piece “her own” by adding personalized elements such as fresh articulations, colors, and ornamentations.
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RECORDINGS
SUPERN VA
The SuperNova recordings feature an all-star cast, with three versions of each tune.
17 MELODY
tracks
17 IMPROV
tracks
85+ PLAY-ALONG
tracks
Violin extraordinaire and Suzuki educator REBECCA HUNTER performs familiar Suzuki Book 1 tunes on top of dramatically reimagined rhythm section accompaniments.
One of the world’s great jazz violinists, CHRISTIAN HOWES, offers breathtaking improvisations over the same settings.
3 rhythm section-only albums (with and without click)—fondly referred to as Suzuki-oke—allow group classes and individuals to become the twinkling stars. Multiple tempos available.
RECORDING SAMPLES
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Funk
MELODY
IMPROV
O Come, Littler Children
CHA-CHA-CHA
MELODY
IMPROV
May Song
March
MELODY
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Melody
Improv
Twinkle Variations
Folk Rock
Dedicated to SARAH GOLDBERG
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MELODY
IMPROV (plus melody)
IMPROV
Lightly Row
Boogie
Dedicated to KYLA, KERA, & TORRIN BROWN
MELODY
Song of the Wind
Ragtime
Dedicated to ELLA & ELIAS MARCH
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MELODY
IMPROV
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Funk
Dedicated to ASHTON CUTLER
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MELODY
IMPROV
O Come, Little Children
CHA-CHA-CHA
Dedicated to ELIZABETH ZDANE
MELODY
IMPROV
May Song
March
Dedicated to AMARA, AVERY, and ADALYNN HUNTER-GLAWE
MELODY
IMPROV
Allegretto
Salsa/Flamenco
MELODY
IMPROV
Andantino
Progressive Rock
MELODY
IMPROV (w/ electric vln)
Etude
New Age
MELODY
IMPROV (w/ string orch)
Long, Long Ago
Ballad
Dedicated to ALAINA CUTLER
Allegro
Klezmer
Dedicated to ALLEGRO!!!
Violin Performance Ensemble
Perpetual Motion
Calypso
Dedicated to UMA SKY and ARI FISHER
MELODY
IMPROV (plus melody)
MELODY
IMPROV (2 vlns)
MELODY
IMPROV
IMPROV (w/ string orch)
Allegretto
Salsa/Flamenco
Dedicated to CRYSTAL HERNANDEZ
MELODY
IMPROV
Andantino
Progressive Rock
Dedicated to BUFFALO SUZUKI STRINGS' ADVANCED ENSEMBLE
Etude
New Age
Dedicated to EMME GRACE FORBES
MELODY
MELODY
IMPROV (w/ electric vln)
Minuet 1
Techno
Dedicated to NOA PASTER & ZIGZAG
MELODY
IMPROV (electric & acoustic vln)
Minuet 2
Spanish Baroque
Dedicated to LEAH GOLDBERG
MELODY
IMPROV (octavegeige + vln)
Minuet 3
Jazz Waltz
Dedicated to MARGARET PICKART
MELODY (w/ vln ensemble)
IMPROV
Happy Farmer
Stride
Dedicated to NORTHERN VIRGINIA PRELUDIO STRINGS
MELODY
IMPROV
Gavotte
Tango
Dedicated to NORTH TEXAS SCHOOL of TALENT EDUCATION
MELODY
IMPROV
MEET THE BAND
REBECCA HUNTER
violinist & Suzuki educator
Canadian violinist Rebecca Hunter is an active educator and performer. She has taught and performed at various festivals, workshops, and Suzuki Institutes across the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Hunter is a past member of the music faculty at the University of South Carolina and a founder of their Suzuki program. Presently, she runs a violin studio (A2HunterStudios) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a certified Andover Educator through The Association for Body Mapping Education.
CHRISTIAN HOWES
improvising violinist
Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics poll, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. Howes is the founder of “CREATIVE STRINGS,“ a non-profit organization with the mission to expand music education through online curriculum, an annual summer conference, and dozens of visits to schools annually teaching improvisation, contemporary styles, and related subjects. He endorses Yamaha violins and D’Addario strings.
DAVID CUTLER
composer | pianist
David Cutler, a self-proclaimed WEEKEND TRAVELER, is a pianist and composer equally comfortable with classical, jazz, popular, folk, and world music. One of the world’s leading voices on ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Cutler’s books, keynotes, workshops have shaped a generation of artists. Dr. Cutler is a Distinguished Professor of Music Entrepreneurship at University of South Carolina, and a Yamaha “Artist-in-Innovation.”
CRAIG BUTTERFIELD
bassist
Craig Butterfield is the Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studies at the University of South Carolina. Equally comfortable in jazz, classical, and folk styles of music he has appeared on albums with jazz trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson, classical CDs as a soloist, and with the Americana-flavored groups Boomtown Trio and the Jones/Butterfield duo.
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David King (born June 8, 1970) is an American drummer and composer from Minneapolis. He is known for being a founding member of the jazz groups The Bad Plus (with Reid Anderson and Ethan Iverson) and Happy Apple (with Michael Lewis and Erik Fratzke) although he is active in many other projects including free jazz collective Buffalo Collision with NYC "downtown" musicians Tim Berne and Hank Roberts and the electronic art/pop group Halloween, Alaska as well as the noise/prog band The Gang Font with former Hüsker Dü bassist Greg Norton.
GUEST ARTISTS
ERIKA CUTLER
MARC WIDENHOFER
DANNY MALLON
violin
drums
percussion
Minuet 2, Minuet 3, Etude
Etude, Gavotte
Minuet 2
“WOW! SuperNova is totally fun. What an amazing, inspiring asset
for young people playing the violin!"
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Mimi Zweig
Professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Director, JSOM String Academy