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David H. Blackwell ( &#; )

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The Game Theory Society reports with sadness that its charter member David Blackwell passed away on July 8, at the age of

David Blackwell was an outstanding statistician and mathematician, who contributed fundamental insights in many areas. In game theory, he provided a number of important results. One of them is a central tool known as the &#;Blackwell approachability theorem&#; (An analog of the minimax theorem for vector payoffs, Pacific J. Math. 6 (), ) See Eran Shmaya&#;s blog entry on the significance of this and other results for game theory.

The following biographical sketch is adapted from :

David Blackwell lived in Berkeley, California. He joined the faculty at University of California at Berkeley in after having spent ten years at Howard University, in Washington, DC, one year at Stanford, one year at Clark College, now Clark-Atlanta University, one year at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and one year at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.

Born in April in Centralia, Illinois, Blackwell spent ten years there attending public schools. At the age of sixteen

Violin Mix 1, Kathy and David Blackwell (Book 1, Grades Initial to 1)

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Violin Mix 1, Book 1 covering grades initial to 1, by Kathy and David Blackwell

Violin Mix is an original series of arrangements for violin that offers attractive repertoire in a variety of styles. The series has been compiled by string specialists Kathy and David Blackwell and covers the musical and technical elements of the early grades in three progressive volumes. Many of the arrangements are featured on the ABRSM violin syllabus from and, in addition, are all ideal choices for performance grade exams.

Violin Mix 1:

  • Covering Initial grade to Grade 1
  • New arrangements and attractive repertoire in a wide variety of styles
  • Featuring well-known music like La donna e mobile from Rigoletto, Jupiter from Planets and Supercaifragilisticexpialidocous from Mary Poppins.
  • Accompaniments for Piano, violin and guitar providing flexibility for learning and teaching
  • Featured on the ABRSM syllabus
  • Perfect for players exploring repertoire for the own choice piece in ABRSM&#;s performance Grade exams.

Violin Mix Book 2, Grades 1 to 2

Violin Mix Book 3, Grade 3

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Fiddle Time

From the very first lessons to Grade 8, the Fiddle Time books are packed with lively original material, duets, and traditional and concert pieces for all to enjoy.

Take a tour of the Fiddle Time series with this scrolling score.

We&#;ve also published titles with ABRSM, including our new Violin Mix &#; see details below.

ABRSM violin syllabus from we have a number of pieces selected on this syllabus &#; click here for more details: ABRSM. We also have pieces on the Trinity violin syllabus Trinity.

Fiddle Time Duets
30 progressive duets for violin

An exciting collection of violin duets to celebrate years of music publishing at Oxford University Press. Suitable for established beginners to approx. Grade 4, with some duets with parts of equal difficulty and some with an easier and harder part. Original pieces, classical and folk music, lively concert repertoire, this is a great resource for all violinists. Read Kathy&#;s blog on this new collection here.

Violin Mix
3 Books, Grades Initial to 3

Violin Mix is an exciting collection of pieces in 3 volumes arranged for violin. With repertoire spanning classical music of all periods to folk music from

Biography

David Blackwell was born in , grew up in Oxford, and studied music at Edinburgh University, graduating First Class in

He worked for many years in music publishing, becoming Editorial Director at ABRSM Publishing and Head of Music Publishing at Oxford University Press. He now works as a freelance composer, arranger, writer and editor.

With his wife Kathy, he has written and published award-winning books for young string players: Fiddle Time, Viola Time, Cello Time and a number of ensemble collections. Kathy and David have presented workshops on string teaching across Europe and in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong, and in received an ESTA UK award in recognition of exceptional services to string teaching.

David has sung in and conducted church and concert choirs throughout his life, and has written and arranged a variety of choral pieces, from anthems and carols to concert encores. For Oxford University Press he co-edited In the Mood – choral arrangements from the Great American Songbook – and (with Bob Chilcott) Carols for Choirs 5, published in to mark the 50th anniversary of Carols for Choirs 1.

He has written educational music for piano, published by

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