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A Bow of Humility: Setting Aside My Pride Helped Embrace My Childlike Enthusiasm for Music

By Mary Chan | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineHow hard can it be? I thought, after watching a ten-year-old perform a Bach violin c... Read More...

A Lifelong Partner: How the Cello has Added Immeasurable Richness and Joy to My Life

By George Struble | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineNovember 2016. I had agreed to gather a string quartet to provide a concert in ... Read More...

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3 Technique Tips Especially for Adult Amateur String Players

Whether it's intonation, vibrato, different styles, or mastering your nerves, it seems there is always a technique that can help improve your stringed instrume... Read More...

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10 Leadership Tools I Gained From Playing Violin

By Meghan Cummings | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings MagazineWhen it became clear that playing the violin wasn’t going to constitute my liv... Read More...

Music as a Constant: Finding My Own Way to a Musical Life

By Erin Holt | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings MagazineMy hand is shaking so much I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold the whole-note double-... Read More...

A Burst of Light: How Finding String Music Ignited a Family and Personal Passion

By Tandum Lett | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings MagazineAs I walked onstage at the Mark O’Connor string camp with my fellow adult learner ... Read More...

My Second Career: How I Made the Leap from Surgeon to Violin Student

By Dan Guyton | From the January/February 2020 issue of Strings MagazineWearing a black suit, starched white shirt, and purple tie, I was sitting upright, ... Read More...

Eight adult amateurs talk transcendent moments and finding the time to keep playing

8 Adult Amateurs Talk Transcendent Moments & Finding the Time to Keep Playing

Sitting back down in the student’s chair is a challenge for any adult, no matter the subject. From carving out time for practice in a hectic schedule to being o... Read More...