The Jon Rose Web - Colophony

Violin Pegs, Rosenberg Museum, Berlin, 1999
Record Playing Violin, Rosenberg Museum, Brno, 2009
Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor play The Fence, Strzelecki Track, 2004
Clock Violins, Rosenberg Museum, Berlin, 1988
The 10 String Double Violin, Sydney, 1982
Rosenberg Museum, Sydney, 2018
The Data Driven Violin, Rosenberg Museum, Berlin, 2015
Interactive Violin Bow Mark 4
Part of the Violin Collection, Rosenberg Museum, 2018
Street Sign from the Town of Violin, Slovakia
12 String Perspex Cello, The Rosenberg Museum, 2018

Turn on/off the embedded sound. Album title: Colophony - Track title: Colophony 1

Title	Colophony
Artists	Jon Rose, Richard Barrett, Meinrad Kneer
Year	2013
Label	Creative Sources Recordings

As it says in one review "This trio is the ideal meeting point between strings and electronics" and another compliments the music with "a testament to the skill and creative powers of these artists, making this a highly recommended release" So go get it and support us! Creative Sources Recordings

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