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Two for the Top from Grapevine


by Jerome Weeks 25 Jul 2008 12:59 PM

Alexandra and Robert Switala, a brother and sister violin-viola duo from Grapevine, will appear Sunday on From the Top, the NPR/PBS program about young musicians performing at Carnegia Hall. They’ll play Johan Halvorsen’s jumpin’ Passacaglia on a theme from Handel for violin and viola. Their playing the final variation, back to back — so they […]
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Alexandra and Robert Switala, a brother and sister violin-viola duo from Grapevine, will appear Sunday on From the Top, the NPR/PBS program about young musicians performing at Carnegia Hall. They’ll play Johan Halvorsen’s jumpin’ Passacaglia on a theme from Handel for violin and viola. Their playing the final variation, back to back — so they can’t get any visual cues from each other — is a bit of a feat. Both Robbie and Allie study with Jan Mark Sloman, associate principal concertmaster with the DSO, and Allie will play with the Fort Worth Symphony this fall.

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About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.

COMMENTS

  • An earlier post talked about the financial troubles of local orchestras. Adding acts like this to the normal orchestra repertoire would go a long way in making them even more popular and financially solvent.