When he was thirty-something, Robert Frank bartered golf lessons for violin lessons. His instructor was not only kind but infinitely patient.
Convinced that he got much the better of the bargain, he still has no plans to quit his day job (lawyer) for a career in music.
He has been with the Orchestra since its beginning.
The second, soulfully melodic, movement showed [Tessa Lark's] ability to make the violin sing, especially in the lower registers, and in the finale she came into her own entirely, with an up-beat tempo, world-class sound projection and near perfect rapport with the orchestra, especially the woodwinds.- MaineToday