{"id":15337,"date":"2020-04-27T13:31:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000010066"},"modified":"2020-04-27T18:48:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T01:48:52","slug":"video-violinist-jordan-busa-plays-outdoor-porch-side-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/video-violinist-jordan-busa-plays-outdoor-porch-side-concerts","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Violinist Jordan Busa plays outdoor, &#8216;porch-side&#8217; concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violinist Jordan Busa plays \u201cporch-side\u201c for people\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhJ7sqt7pbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>W.H. Auden wrote, \u201cMusic is the best means we have of digesting time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, these days, time is all we seem to have. Local violinist Jordan Busa never thought he would be playing to audiences after his gigs dried up due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A week ago, the out-of-work musician announced in a social media post that he\u2019d play a 25-minute, \u201cporch-side\u201c mini-concert in front of people&#8217;s homes for only $10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to get creative, and after I posted it on social media, my phone just blew up. Now I have more than 80 bookings,\u201d\u00a0 said Busa, a Long Beach native who graduated from Poly and has been playing the violin since age five.<\/p>\n<p>In his younger years, Busa played as a featured violinist at Disney Concert Hall with the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, an organization he\u2019s still involved with, and performed at the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. as well as a fundraiser honoring First Lady Michelle Obama, where he was able to shake her hand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018703\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018703 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26131253\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS04-1110x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"634\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa performs a porch-side, 25 minute mini-concert at the Cary family home in Lakewood. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of others, Busa is now working more than ever, performing from L.A. to Orange County and, of course, Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Busa had been playing churches, weddings and smaller gigs. Now, for less than a week, he has been busily playing neighborhood sidewalks and lawns.<\/p>\n<p>After Busa played for friends and family of Jessica Cary in Lakewood, Cary said \u201cIt blew me away in a way I didn\u2019t expect. It made me feel like crying; this is an emotional time for everyone. We\u2019re all grieving lots of losses, and music has a way of tapping into that on a different level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Busa plays his 25-minute set, he puts his violin named Aurora 2 into the trunk of his red Ford Mustang and rushes to the next performance.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018704\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018704 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26131624\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS06-1110x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"771\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Busa performs a Porch-side 25-minute virtuosic classic repertoire mini-concert, for Ruth and Scott Mosier and their 1-year-old son Carter, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Busa says when he plays, \u201cIt makes me feel more settled. People tell me how much it meant to them.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>After Busa played for Ruth and Scott Mosier and their young son in the Bixby\/California Heights neighborhood, Scott Mossier said, \u201cMusic is really something that brings people together. It gives you a moment of escape. In these trying times, it gives us a sense of normalcy.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>After one of Busa\u2019s performances, he was given a large tip by an elderly woman. He asked her why she did that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told me, people like us don\u2019t have much time on this earth, and we will certainly remember this experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>To contact violinist Jordan Busa, you can reach him on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fiddleofflowers\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>.or texting him at 562-896-9040.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018705\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018705 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26131854\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS17-1110x872.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"872\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shari Clemans, of Corona del Mar gets emotional as violinist Jordan Busa performs for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018706\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018706 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132126\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS19-1110x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"736\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Busa performs a porch-side, 25-minute mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018708\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018708 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132420\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS02-1110x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"733\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right, Joyce Byrd, Mark Gray and Mildred Grey listen to Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa as he performs at the Cary\/Murphy home in Lakewood. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018709\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018709 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132423\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS03-1110x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"703\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa performs a porch-side mini-concert at the Cary family home in Lakewood. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018710\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018710 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132426\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS05-1110x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"688\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violinist Jordan Busa performs at the Cary family home in Lakewood. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018711\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018711 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132429\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS07-1110x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"705\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa performs a mini-concert for Ruth and Scott Mosier and their 1-year-old son Carter, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018712\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018712 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132432\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS08-1110x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"767\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa performs mini-concert for Ruth and Scott Mosier and their 1-year-old son Carter, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018713\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018713 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132435\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS10-1110x832.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"832\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa performs mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018714\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132438\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS12-1110x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"727\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach local residents listen as Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa performs a porch-side mini-concert, at the home of Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018715\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018715 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132444\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS14-1110x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"713\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa performs a mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018716\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018716 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132448\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS015-1110x761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"761\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joleen Adams, 6, listens to Jordan Busa during a mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018717\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018717 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132451\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS16-1110x730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"730\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah and Brian Dreebin listen to Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa perform. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018718\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018718 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132454\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS18-1110x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"722\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents listen as Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa during a mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018719\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018719 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132458\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS20-1110x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"739\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach freelance Jordan Busa performs a mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018720\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018720 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132502\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS21-1110x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"707\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa talks to neighbors after performing a 25-minute mini-concert for Thelma and Manny Valenzuela, at their home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018721\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018721 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132505\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS22-1110x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"685\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet and Les Ogilby sing along with Long Beach freelance violinist Jordan Busa. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018722\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018722 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132507\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS23-1110x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"676\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa plays a song with Thelma Valenzuela at the Valenzuela home in Bixby Knolls. Photo by Stephen Carr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000018723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000018723\" style=\"width: 1110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10000018723 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/26132511\/0425-COVIDCONCERTS24-1110x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"579\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000018723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents listen in as Long Beach violinist Jordan Busa perform. 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