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About Ribbons & Bows 
An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

A girl, play violin? Not too long ago, it just wasn’t done. These women did it. Then, they disappeared.
In this episode, we set the stage for the violin in music, and meet four shining starlets of the early stage through the late Romantic Era – those wonderful women born in the late 1800s at the turn of the century –the pioneering pioneers in our evolving story… Ms. Maud Powell… Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow.
Podcast 1 Featured Violinists
Maud Powell, Florence Austin, Florence Hardeman, and Vera Barstow.
Other Mentions
Andrea Amtai, Antonio Stradivari, Nicolo Armati, Henry Shradieck, Camille Urso, Ovdie Musin, Eugene Ysaye, Luigi Von Kunits, John Philip Sousa, William Lewis, Hanry Schradieck, Charles Dancla, and Joseph Joachim.
Podcast 1 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla), Polonaise Op. 38 (Vieuxtemps), Air-Have Pity, Sweet Eyes, Deep River (Coleridge-Taylor), Tambourin (LeClair), Bouquet American Op 33 St. Patricks Day (Vieuxtemps), Violin Concerto No 2 Op 22 Romance (Wieniawski), Violin Concerto No 7 in G (Arr) Allegro Maestro (Beriot), Zephyr (Blumenleben), La Boheme Potpouri/introduction, musetta’s waltz, Bright Eyes as Yours (Wieniawski)
Devon Filo – Improvisation
Smithsonian Institute Brass Band – Free and Easy
Ralk Kirkpatrick – Sonata in G Major, K105 (Scarlatti)
Billy Murray –  Over There (George M Cohan)
Vera Barstow –  Ballet Music from Rosamunde (Schumbert-Kreisler), Viennese Popular Song-The Old Refrain (Transcribed by Fritz Kreisler)
Bill Brown and his Brownies – Hot Lips (Brusse, Lange, Davis)
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About Ribbons & Bows 
An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 2 
In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition.
In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray!
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Featured Violinists
Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Featured Violinists
Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Minty
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven), Aucassin (Kreisler), Romanze (Kreisler), Nocturne in C#m (Chopin)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
Josh Workman – War Theme, Sad Theme
Hayden Quartet – Silent Night Hallowed Night
Irma Seydel – Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb Major (Beethoven)
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Hungarian Dance No 1 (Brahms), Concerto Op 64 (Mendelssohn), Parita No 1 in Bm (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Aucassin (Kreisler)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
Josh Workman – War Theme
Helen Ware – Melody in F (Rubenstein)
Dorothy Minty – Violin Sonata in Fm Op 4 (Mendelssohn)

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 2 
In this two-part episode,  we move through to the 1930s.  Part one takes us from World War I through the roaring 1920s, when the legendary Fritz Kreisler was sent to war. We see how war affected the careers of so many of our young heroines, and how an era of new freedoms affected life for them and for all of us! Part two delves into the tumultuous times and newfound freedoms experienced in the ’20s, including suffrage and prohibition.
In this episode, you’ll meet six starlets of the musical stage – Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow,  Estelle Gray-Lhevinne,  Barbara Lull,  Ilse Niemack, and Ruth Ray!
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Featured Violinists
Irma Seydel, Kathleen Parlow, and Estelle Gray-Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Featured Violinists
Barbara Lull, Isle Niemack, Ruth Ray, Grace Freeman, Thelma Given, Helen Jeffrey, Louise Foote, Amy Neil, Mary Chainey, Catherine Wade-Smith, Catherine Fry, Ruth Breton, Cordelia Lee, Helen Ware, Emily Gresser, Ruth Kemper, Sylvia Lent, and Dorothy Minty
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer, and Moritz Lhevinne
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Guilio Minetti, Henry Bettmen, Antonio de Grassi, Alexander Bloch, Frederick Stock, Hubert Butler, Fredric Han, Clarke, Sevcik, Hubay, Sam Franko, Eugene Ysaye, Georges Enesco, Robert HG Minty, Louis Persinger, Ansel Adams, Cedric Wright, Fritz Kreisler
Podcast 2 Segment 1 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven), Aucassin (Kreisler), Romanze (Kreisler), Nocturne in C#m (Chopin)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
Josh Workman – War Theme, Sad Theme
Hayden Quartet – Silent Night Hallowed Night
Irma Seydel – Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Kathleen Parlow – Minuet in Gb Major (Beethoven)
Podcast 2 Segment 2 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Hungarian Dance No 1 (Brahms), Concerto Op 64 (Mendelssohn), Parita No 1 in Bm (Bach), Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Aucassin (Kreisler)
Tiny Parham and His Musicians – Washboard Wiggles (Parham)
Josh Workman – War Theme
Helen Ware – Melody in F (Rubenstein)
Dorothy Minty – Violin Sonata in Fm Op 4 (Mendelssohn)

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 3 
In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott.
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Featured Violinists
Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Featured Violinists
Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki – Aucassin (Kreisler), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Nocutne in C#m (Chopin)
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Ruth Posselt – Baal Sherm (Bloch), Concerto for Violin Op 38 (Hill), Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky), Interview with Ruth Posselt Violin Concerto (Hindemith)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven)
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About Ribbons & Bows 
An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.

Ribbons & Bows Podcast 3 
In this episode,  the roaring 20s grind to a terrible halt – the stock market crash and the great depression!  To escape from depression into joy, people willingly placed themselves under the spell of the entertainer.  And there was something particularly transportive about the magical bows of Ruth Breton, Leona Flood Viola Mitchell, Ruth Posselt & Byrd Elliott.
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Featured Violinists
Ruth Breton, Leona Flood, and Viola Mitchell
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Featured Violinists
Ruth Posselt and Byrd Elliott
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Other Mentions
Leopold Auer, Niccolo Paganini, Margaret Horn, Eugene Ysaye
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Other Mentions
Emanuel Onkricek, Jacques Thibaud, Franklin Poosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt
Podcast 3 Segment 1 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki – Aucassin (Kreisler), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Violin Concerto No 1 in D major Op 6 (Paganini), Nocutne in C#m (Chopin)
Podcast 3 Segment 2 Music & Credits
Maud Powell – Souvenir (Drdla)
Ruth Posselt – Baal Sherm (Bloch), Concerto for Violin Op 38 (Hill), Violin Concerto in D major Op 35 (Tchaikovsky), Interview with Ruth Posselt Violin Concerto (Hindemith)
Deborah Tien-Price/Karen Shinozaki Sor – Sonata for Violin KV454, 2nd Movement (Mozart), Symphonie Espagnole (Lalo), Romance in F Op 50 (Beethoven)
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About Ribbons & Bows 
An exciting new podcast series from Elfenworks Productions, LLC “Ribbons & Bows ~ American Women in Violin History”  delves into the stories of dozens of pioneering American women who helped shape today’s robust violin scene.  These are fabulous tales of perseverance,  vision, and hope.   Why has so little been said about them, in history books, until today?  More importantly, won’t you please join us for an enchanting trip down memory lane as we call them back to us to tell their stories, ensuring they’ll never be lost in the mists of time?  You’ll love these brave and beautiful souls, as you share their experiences back in the days when little girls were not encouraged to play violin.  After all, who among us hasn’t felt like the odd one out, the person interested in trying something different, in going where they didn’t exactly fit in?  Ribbons & Bows… a Podcast Series with accompanying downloadable CD release from Elfenworks Productions, LLC,  expected in 2018.