Oliver Schroer [2009 Camino] - 01. Field Of Stars

 

 

 

 

Oliver Schroer (June 18, 1956 – July 3, 2008) was a Canadian fiddler, composer, and music producer.
Schroer was a prolific composer, recording ten CDs in 14 years. He performed in Europe and North America in clubs, cathedrals, and New York’s Lincoln Center. Altogether, he produced or performed on over 100 albums of new traditional, acoustic, and popular music, and wrote more than 1,000 pieces of music. [1] He recorded with artists such as Jimmy Webb and Barry Mann, Canadian singers James Keelaghan, Loreena McKennitt and Sylvia Tyson, acoustic guitar mavens Jesse Cook and Don Ross, East Coast rockers Great Big Sea, and West Coast rockers Spirit of the West.

Toronto critic Robert Everett-Green described his style as a “fusion of ontario fiddling traditions with the kind of architectural, string-crossing music of Bach’s solo violin works.”[2] Schroer’s music also frequently employs violin harmonic and double stop techniques to create distinctly modern sounds.

Schroer taught and mentored intensively in Smithers, British Columbia, in the Canadian Pacific Northwest over the last seven years of his life. He wrote a tune for each of the young people he taught – 59 in total – and recorded the tunes with Emilyn Stam, a young pianist from Smithers. His album Smithers is a thank-you album recorded for Smithers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oliver Schroer [2009 Camino] - 01. Field Of Stars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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