Morgan Fay

Just a little clip of my performance from a student violin recital. I was very happy and thankful to be joined by incredible musicians: my teacher Mirabai on viola, Dylan on cello, and my dear friend and director on octave mandolin 💕

This is “Nihavent Longa”, a Turkish instrumental dance song in the maqam Nihavent, plus the beginning of a short taqsim, or improvised solo.

This year my focus is on playing more complex pieces, getting faster, and understanding maqamat for taqsim. I’ve been playing for 4 years and 4 months now! There’s always more to learn. Grateful to all my teachers and all the jams I’ve been attending to try to get better at my instrument.

Improvisation! Both in the violin taqsim and dancing.

My favorite part of dancing to live music is the communication that happens between musician and dancer. Each responds to each other to make a conversation.

Thanks .moltke for the awesome taqsim and .guy for the video!

Practicing a Turkish Roman jam that I learned from ! What an incredible piece of music!

I am quickly approaching my 4th year of violin and while I know this is a lifelong journey and there is so much more to learn, this third year of playing has brought much happiness and growth.

I’ve had the opportunity to study with a few different teachers, attend violin class at music camp (where I definitely cried and had to go play by myself for a few hours to catch up with the other students), go to a bunch of local jams (and be super inspired by musicians with years of experience who can shred on songs).

I am so grateful to my teachers and bandmates who challenge me to continue to grow, giving me new songs to learn and making sure that practice is non-negotiable (because people are going to hear me play, I don’t have a choice 😬).

Happy early violin birthday to me and my precious baby Rufus 🎻. Here’s to another year of growth in 2027!