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"Mark O'Connor Duo" with Maggie O'Connor music video of bluegrass classic. Directed by Forrest O'Connor
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From the cd "Duo"
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"Jerusalem Ridge" composed by Bill Monroe/Kenny Baker, arr. by Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor - Violin
Maggie O'Connor - Violin

Video Directed by Forrest O'Connor
Assisted by Jim Shirey

"Jerusalem Ridge"

Jerusalem Ridge is a bluegrass fiddle tune made popular by legendary fiddler and Kentucky native Kenny Baker. Kenny co-wrote the tune with Bill Monroe in 1970 as a member of Bill’s legendary Blue Grass Boys. I had the great fortune of recording a duet version of Jerusalem Ridge with Kenny himself for my album Heroes (1992). The arrangement of the tune for this duo is similar, except I expand the role of the 2nd violin by giving it plenty of chops. I also introduce a section that features a 20- to 30-second canon on two parts of the melody. The result is an exciting, adventurous duet that exhibits some of the energy and rhythm of a full-band rendition of the tune. -Mark O'Connor

Music from the cd "Duo" and sheet music available in - O'Connor Method Book V and "Seven Violin Duos") "A New American School of String Playing"

Album notes writer Professor Péter Kováts, a Bartok-Pasztory Award winner violinist from Hungary, compared Mark O’Connor’s duo compositions/arrangements to those of classical composer great Bela Bartok; “The roots of Mark O’Connor's compositions are in the traditional American fiddling styles, and I am sure his unique and excellent settings will serve the same goal that Bela Bartók’s Duos serve. Being a concert violinist and university violin pedagogue, I welcome the birth of these fantastic O’Connor Duos and wish great success for them!”

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Playlist created by The O'Connor Method on YouTube. Watch here:
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Mark O'Connor: http://www.markoconnor.com
Maggie O'Connor: http://www.maggieoconnorviolin.com

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Mark and Maggie use D'Addario Strings
Thanks to violin maker Lukas Wronski for the use of his violins.