Aaron Janse Music Studio
Violinist and Violist - Performer and teacher.
26/10/2023
Congrats to my students Isabel Li and Celine Bares for advancing to the finals of the GTCYS Concerto Competition this Saturday! They both sound incredible 😊 Isabel will be playing Walton's enchanting Violin Concerto and Celine will be playing Hindemith's heroic Der Schwanendreher Viola Concerto.
Saturday, October 28 at 3:00 at Sundin Music Hall (Hamline University, St. Paul) Free and open to the public.
05/09/2023
Wonderful memories of my students in their excellent Stillwater High School Orchestra Concerts in April and May! Below, Grace Weitzel, violin, after performing Beethoven Triple Concerto, and Zach Nelson, violist, after performing Hindemith's Trauermusik (SAHS Con Amici Chamber Orchestra)
Bravi Tutti!
14/08/2023
Congrats to all of my Minnesota MMEA All-State Symphony students!! Bravi Tutti! 👏👏
Aidan U (violin), Allison Britzius (violin), Carson M (viola), Charity Duran (violin), Claire K (violin), Eva F (viola), Jacklyn S (violin), Meredith C (violin), Sarah K (violin), Serena Z (violin), Sonia P (viola), Zach N (viola).
21/05/2023
Congrats to my seniors Evan Olds performing Stamitz Viola Concerto and Grace Weitzel performing Barber's Violin Concerto at Stillwater Concert Orchestra's Finale Sunday 5/21 at 3:00pm at SAHS. This fall Grace will be majoring in music performance at the legendary Jacob's School of Music at Indiana University with Grigory Kalinovsky, and Evan will be attending St. Olaf College studying viola in their revered music program.
18/04/2023
Congrats to my Stillwater HS Students celebrating the 50th anniversary of their legendary music program! 👏👏As part of the festivities, Janse Studio member Grace Weitzel will performing the violin solo in Beethoven's mighty Triple Concerto!
Tuesday 4/18 7PM at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, MN
29/03/2023
Congrats to my students for their excellent performances in our epic studio recital a few weeks ago! Bravi Tutti!
(l to r pianist extraordinaire Kerri Lejeune, Lukas Oddsson (Ysaye Ballade, Nate Lam(Lalo Symphonie Espagnole), Joe Weimholt (Ten Have, Allegro Brillante), Sonia Pillai (Hindemith Der Schwanendreher, Brooke H (Barber Violin Concerto), Charity Duran (St Saens 3rd concerto 1st mvt), Malcolm A (Bach Double), Sarah Kodama (Vitali Chacconne), Andrius Adomavicius (Sarasate Navarra - me 2nd violin), Claire Kodama (Telemann Fantasy #5), me, Isabel Li (St Saens 3rd Concerto 3rd mvt), Mattias Oddsson (Bruch 1st Concerto 3rd mvt)
17/03/2023
Congrats to my Minnesota All-State students - an incredible performance of Shostakovich 10th!
Carson M - viola, Meiling Mathur - violin, Jacklyn S - violin, Isabel Li - violin, Sonia P - viola, Evan Olds -viola, Zach Nelson - viola. (Not in photo: Ryan K - violin, Alexander L - violin, Meredith C - violin)
17/01/2023
A magnificent GTCYS Symphony concert in December! Congrats to all my students - they performed beautifully!
(L to R) Celine Bares (violin & violist), Charity Duran (violin), Sarah K (violin), Sonia P (viola), Grace Weitzel (violin), Claire K (violin), Aaron Richardson (violin), Meiling Mathur (violin), Brooke H (violin), Aven Carlson (violin), Claire C (violin - not pictured)
The MIA's Boticelli exhibit is truly stunning! I was able to get a bit of a private tour by the co-curator Rachel McGarry - and play my fiddle in front of his only self portrait in "Adoration of the Magi" (Not nervous at all 😬)
Try to see it before it closes on Jan 8 (the works go straight back to Florence, Italy - this is a one stop tour!)
You can see the full video with fascinating insights (from Rachel):
https://mnorch.vhx.tv/featured-category/videos/mn-orchestra-botticelli-complete?fbclid=IwAR0c-Br9s2ury8V6CA5kdZISMHJKAR5u3c5H7a4RDc2_s6_lTC1PMLS7Ydg
18/12/2022
Looking forward to my student Grace Weitzel's performance of Prokofiev's 1st Concerto with GTCYS Symphony on Monday night! Grace and GTCYS sounded sublime in the rehearsals I heard under the masterful leadership of Maestro Smith - Bravi Tutti!
“Performing one of my favorite pieces as a soloist with a full orchestra, with many of my close friends, is such an incredible and unique opportunity that has long been an aspiration of mine,” says Symphony soloist Grace Weitzel.
Don’t miss your chance to hear Grace perform in Symphony’s first full concert of the year at 7pm on Monday at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Purchase tickets online at https://buytickets.at/gtcys to attend in person, or tune in to the free livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/GTCYS1972
“Performing one of my favorite pieces as a soloist with a full orchestra, with many of my close friends, is such an incredible and unique opportunity that has long been an aspiration of mine,” says Symphony soloist Grace Weitzel.
Don’t miss your chance to hear Grace perform in Symphony’s first full concert of the year at 7pm on Monday at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Purchase tickets online at https://buytickets.at/gtcys to attend in person, or tune in to the free livestream: https://www.youtube.com/c/GTCYS1972
29/11/2022
Bravi Tutti to all of my students for their excellent performances at our Fall Studio Recital last week!
(left to right) Pianist extraordinaire, Kerri Lejeune, Grace Weitzel - Prokofiev 1st Concerto 1st mvt and Bach G minor Fugue, Meiling Mathur - Saint-Saëns Intro and Rondo Capriccioso, Lukas Oddsson - Mendelssohn Concerto 1st mvt, Arthur S - Bach Double (with me 🙂) Aaron Richardson - Tchaikovsky Concerto 1st mvt, Isabel Li - Kreisler Recitativo and Scherzo, Cam Knapstein - Vitali Chaccone, Celine Bares - Hoffmeister Viola Concerto 1st mvt
01/11/2022
Tartini/Difference Tones are not an illusion and can help us play in tune!
The Strad News - Tartini tones: new research shows differences in old and new instruments An Italian team has recorded the mysterious 'third tone', created when playing a two-note chord, as part of its research
20/09/2022
Excited for the 2022-23 Minnesota Orchestra's Hall Pass program! It provides free tickets to many/most of our main classical concerts for students ages 16-18, as well as students ages 6-15 who come with an adult.
Hope to see you all at one or more of our concerts this season!
Details: www.minnesotaorchestra.org/hallpass/
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19/06/2022
Bravi tutti to my wonderful students for their excellent performances at our studio recitals last weekend!
1st Photo - L/R Pianist Extraordinaire Kerri Lejeune, Annika Griffith - Paganini 1st Concerto, 1st mvt - (Concordia Moorehead College class of '26 ), Grace Weitzel - Tartini Devil's Trill Sonata, Kyan Johnson - Bach 5th Suite (Peabody Conservatory, class of '26), Aaron Richardson - Brahms Concerto 3rd mvt, Meiling Mathur - Sibelius Concerto 1st mvt, Eleanor Clay - Moskowsky Duo with me as 2nd (New York University - class of '26)
2nd photo - L/R Ryan Kim - Vitali Chaccone, Claire - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Elise - Bruch Romanze, Aaron - Shostakovich 1st Concerto, Joe Weimholt - Accolay Concerto. (not pictured, Sonia - Walton Viola Concerto 1st mvt)
26/04/2022
Congrats to my student Grace Weitzel for her 1st place wins in both the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition and the Thursday Musical Young Artist Competition!
This is her captivating live performance of Walton Concerto from Orchestra Hall in March as part of YPSCA's prizewinner concert series (she submitted it for the prelim round of Schubert Club). She will be performing it again at the winners recital at the Ordway on Sunday May 15th at 1:00pm!
Bravissimo, Grace!
Walton, William: Violin Concerto, mvt 1 Walton Violin Concerto, Orchestra Hall Feb. 2022
Talking a bit about the bows I will be playing in the Minnesota Orchestra concert tonight 😊 Awesome Concert live streamed tonight at 8PM Central at minnesotaorchestra.org 👍
Strauss Don Quixote and Rachmaninoff's Last and perhaps Greatest work "Symphonic Dances"!
16/02/2022
Congrats to my student Evan Schuman for winning the 2022 SEMYO Concerto Competition! He will be performing his riveting Sibelius Concerto on May 15 with SEMYO's top orchestra in Rochester. Bravissimo, Evan! 👏👏
08/02/2022
Congrats to my students for their incredible live performances in our 1st Studio Recital in 2 years! A truly epic way celebrate live music once again!
Bravi Tutti!
Grace Weitzel - Walton Violin Concerto 1st mvt
Meiling Mathur - Barber Concerto 1st mvt
Eleanor Richards - Hindemith Der Schwanendreher 1st mvt
Andrius Adomavicius - Handel/Halvorsen Duo
Aven Carlson - Bruch Concerto #1 1st mvt
AH Shostakovich 1st Concerto 4th mvt & Grieg Sonata #3
Evan Schuman - Sibelius Concerto 1st mvt
Annika Griffith - Kenji Bunch Sarabande
Corrie Bascom - Prokofiev 1st Concerto 1st mvt
Aaron Richardson - Brahms Concerto 1st mvt
Eleanor Clay - Barber Concerto 1st mvt
06/12/2021
Congrats to my student Grace Weitzel for winning the GTCYS Concerto Competition a few weeks ago! She will be performing Prokofiev's enchanting and diabolical 1st concerto next Fall 2022 with Maestro Smith and GTCYS Symphony. Additionally she has been chosen through audition to serve as their Co-Concertmaster in their upcoming concert including Shostakovich's 5th on 12/20 at 7:00PM at Tedd Mann Hall at the University of Minnesota. Bravissima, Grace!