I just re-did the vocal track of this original song today but recorded the other instrumental tracks earlier in 2013, playing guitar, violin and cello myself. I was inspired to complete the song by mentor and brilliant sound engineer Robert Javier, who tinkered with this mix when hanging out in my living room last December. I hope I didn't ruin his work but wanted to share this fun experiment. I love the ambient forest sounds he added...makes me yearn for summer in this never-ending Winnipeg winter.

There Is Music

Light classical music performed by Winnipeg's Cathedral Avenue String Quartet.

Beethoven Minuet in G

Scaled down to three acoustic instruments, the musical collective that is Half Man Half Elf uses mandolin, mini electric grand piano, and violin/cello/acoustic 6-string guitar. These tracks were recorded during a practice in the Fiddler's living room for educational purposes only. Just Like Heaven is our cover of The Cure song. Canto de Maria Clara is a cover of Clemen Castro's musical setting of the Jose Rizal poem from the novel Noli Me Tangere. Brilliance, Never Ending Sun and Brother's Pen were written by Alfie Mella and his bandmates from Dream Kitchen and Half Life Half Death.

Canto con ParuParong Sept21

We also enjoy playing cover arrangements of 60's and 70's artists like The Beatles and The Mamas and Papas.

Let it Be

When I'm 64

Cover of Someone I Know by Margo Guryan. Recorded at a kitchen table in Huntington Beach, CA, Nov. 8, 2012. Clementine on guitar and voice, Christine on violin and vocal harmony.

Someone I Know by Margo Guryan (cover)

Canto de Maria Clara, poem by Jose Rizal from the novel Noli me Tangere (Touch me Not), music by Clementine. Recorded Nov. 8, 2012 at a kitchen table in Huntington Beach, CA by Clementine (guitar, voice), and Christine (violin, vocal harmony).

Canto de Maria Clara

A fusion of the first movement of J.S. Bach's Partita for Solo Violin in D minor and my own arrangement of Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Recording quality is a bit rough, being done on my computer's built-in mic.

Bach Stones solo

The 18th Century Scottish fiddler's Lament for his Second Wife. 

Neil Gow's Lament

Traditional jig combined with the Canadian folk ballad "She's Like the Swallow."

Swallow Tail

This is what happens when you leave a violinist alone with a guitar, the F#m chord, a book of Spanish renaissance music and Garage Band! Anon - Setting, Intro and Variations by Allan Alexander. Violin and guitar performed by Christine Mazur.

El Noy de la Mar by Anon

The violin has been my voice for over 30 years. Though classically trained, I enjoy lighting up faces with jigs and reels, ballads and simple, pleasing melodies.  I play both solo and with others, improvising harmonies even when I've never heard a song before. I'm no prima donna: I'm easy-going, patient and open to new ideas.

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