Matthias McIntire 🎻🎵

Good evening, Nostr! 💜 I hope you’re all doing well. I just wanted to post a little update, since I haven’t been posting my regular music content recently. The last couple weeks have been very busy irl! I had to finish my violin concerto, which was a ton of work. The premiere performance for that piece, entitled “lost child”, is taking place on November 29th in the evening. Phew! Between that and my regular concert and teaching schedules sort of ramping up at this time of year, it has just been a very busy stretch! I hope to start posting my regular videos to Nostr again soon. Hopefully next week! Thanks for your understanding and thank you to @Grace and Truth for the little nudge. Happy holidays to all 🦃🎄

Good evening, Nostr ⭐️ In case you missed it earlier, here’s a viola improv alongside one of my favourite orchestral works: Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2. What does it remind you of? 📝 b69e438c…

Good morning, Nostr 🌅 Still on viola today in preparation before my recording gig tomorrow. This morning I was listening to Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, one of my favorite orchestral works. In the opening, “Lever du Jour” (“Daybreak”), Ravel paints the sunrise so beautifully, with everything slowly waking up, light spreading. I couldn’t resist improvising a viola line over it, just for fun. Hope you enjoy this little morning sunrise duet with Ravel 😊 #musicstr

Good evening, Nostr 🌙 In case you missed it earlier… I’m back on viola this week, warming up for a recording session on Saturday. This morning I shared a little improv inspired by Bach’s C major cello suite, same key (in minor), but a totally different vibe. Hope you enjoy if you haven’t seen it yet! 📝 ebb08247…

Good morning, Nostr ☀️ Hope you’re having a great day. This week I’m on viola duty, getting my chops back in shape for a recording session on Saturday. This morning I started with a little Bach, the Prelude from the C major Cello Suite, just as a warm-up. Then I drifted into some improvising in C minor, but still carrying that Bach energy with me. I recorded a little bit of that improv session and you’ll hear those Bach inspired descending scales and flowing lines, but filtered through my own semi-fiddly, semi-jazzy style on viola. It’s funny…. when I listened back, I realized it sounds nothing like Bach, and yet I can feel his influence everywhere in it! Somehow it’s all connected on a subconscious level. Hope you enjoy, and have a great day. #musicstr

Good night, Nostr 🌿🎻 The sun’s gone, my plant and I are calling it a day. Sharing my pizzicato viola improv in case you missed it earlier! 📝 8e68d9f8…

Good afternoon, Nostr ☀️🎻 Just a fun little pizzicato improv on the viola today! I was running out the door but wanted to share something quick before the day got away. Inspired by the sunshine and my lovely green houseplant. 🌿 Hope you enjoy! #musicstr

Another nice mix by @Bare Sounds Project 🙌 📝 d3c2d31d…

Goodnight Nostr ✨ In case you missed it earlier… here’s my improvised ode to the heartbreak of the Blue Jays losing the World Series in Game 7 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 📝 699c97b1…

Good afternoon, Nostr ⚾️🎻 Hope you’re having a good day. I last posted on the day of Game 7 of the World Series… and I was personally rooting for those who lost. It was a heartbreaking night. So today’s little improv is an ode to the Blue Jays… and what might have been 😭💙 It’s always fun to improvise a melody like this. I feel like the internal logic kind of works itself out as I play. By the end, some ideas start to feel more set, if I were to write this down for a composition, I would be finding ways for it to continue “making sense” like it’s starting to at the end of this improv. But for now, it’s just a little musical reflection of heartbreak. Hope you enjoy, and have a great day, and a great November so far! #musicstr

GN Nostr! ⚾️⚾️⚾️ I am glued to the TV for Game 7 of the World Series… feeling anxious 🫨 If you need a break from the intensity, check out my progress on St. Anne’s Reel! 👇 📝 44b95eac…

Good afternoon, Nostr 🎻 This week I am deeeeep in crunch time, orchestrating like mad to finish my new piece. So I’ve decided: it’s St. Anne’s Reel week! Here’s another progress update. Today I’m playing it noticeably faster, trying to get into that boppy, up-tempo feel… and it’s allllmost there. The tricky part is the start of each new section. My bow’s just not totally organized yet, and I keep flubbing those first gestures a little. The A and B sections begin so similarly, but they’re rhythmically just different enough to throw me off. Still, that’s the process… play through, keep the rhythm, don’t stop, and it gets tighter over time. Here we go: St. Anne’s Reel, progress update #3! #musicstr

GN Nostr! 🎃👻💀 If you need a break from Halloween or game 6 of the World Series… ⚾️🏟️ Here’s St. Anne’s Reel!👇 📝 0df815ee…

Afternoon all! 🌿 Sharing my progress on St. Anne’s Reel, in case you missed it earlier! I’m off book now and finding a faster tempo. Hope you enjoy it 🙂 📝 0df815ee…

Good morning, Nostr ☀️ Hope you’re having a great day. This is just a little St. Anne’s Reel progress update! Today I’m off book, no sheet music! Also playing a bit faster than yesterday. I’ve dropped that slight swing I had before, and now I’m playing the rhythm more straight, just with a touch of bounce. God, I love this tune. It’s so fun and beautiful. I still have to think a bit as I go, but a few more days of practice… and a few more years of playing it… and it’ll be totally in my bones. I love this process. Hope you enjoy. 🎻 #musicstr

Good evening, Nostr 🌟 See below my video of the beautiful French Canadian fiddle tune St. Anne’s Reel! 👇 Learning this great tune today after hearing it swirl around the internet recently… 📝 93c22f14…

This is cool. Happy for @SoapMiner ! 📝 a9de5783…

Good afternoon, Nostr 🎻 I hope you’re all doing well. Today I thought I’d get back to my fiddly roots here on Nostr. I’ve been hearing this tune pop up in a few corners of the internet lately: St. Anne’s Reel. It’s a really popular one with French-Canadian origins, but I’ve also heard people like American mandolinist Chris Thile play it. It’s just been stuck in my head the past few days, so I decided to finally learn it. Here I’m reading it from the sheet music (the fast way to learn!) and adding some of my own ornamentations while trying to keep the rhythm steady. There are a few little stumbles, but I just try to get right back on track. It’s such a great tune. Hope you enjoy St. Anne’s Reel! #musicstr

GN Nostr 💜 Sharing again my windy, seaside town piano improv from earlier in case you missed it! Funny how a little thing like a fan sound can spark a whole world 😁 Sleep well, everyone. 🌌 📝 8db8e4da…

Good afternoon, Nostr 🌬️ Coming at you today from the university where I teach. I found a few quiet minutes and an upright piano in a practice room… or at least, it’s almost quiet. There’s a fan going in here that I can’t turn off!! I tried a few other rooms, and it’s the same everywhere, a constant pfffffffffffff 😮 So rather than let it stop me, I thought: what does this sound remind me of? Well, it feels a bit like the wind or like weather blowing through. So here’s a little improvisation inspired by that. I imagined a misty seaside island town at night. Wind, rain, something mysterious in the air. Maybe it’s the score to a video game that doesn’t exist yet?? I think I caught a mood. Hope you enjoy my seaside, misty, windblown town for piano. 🌫️🎹 #musicstr