Shutdown Skills Series: 3 Ways to Improve Your Sight-Reading
Counting, looking ahead, and prioritizing are keys to success
by Robert BatteyEveryone knows that good sight-reading requires the player t... Read More...
SHUTDOWN SKILL SERIES
If you're planning on using more time alone at home to practice your instrument, master new techniques, or explore your own creativity, this series of how-to articles is for you.
ESSENTIAL HISTORICAL RECORDINGS
Essential Historical Recordings: Great Jazz Violinists
By Sasha MargolisDuring the opening decade of the twentieth century, some of the greatest violinists to ever draw bow across string wer... Read More...
Essential Historical Recordings: The Amadeus Quartet
By Sasha MargolisMartin Lovett passed away on the 29th of April. The British cellist, ninety-three years old at his death, was the last... Read More...
KEEP CONNECTED
Keep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players and organizations are supporting and keeping in touch with their audiences or students throughout the global coronavirus pandemic quarantine.
Keep Connected: Jupiter String Quartet (And Little Friends) Play ‘Don’t Worry’
Looking for something to do with your kids during the quarantine? Maybe just looking for something to focus their attention and nonstop ene... Read More...
LATEST STORIES
Essential Historical Recordings: The Tragically Short Lives of Gifted Violin Stars Hassid, Renardy, & Sitkovetsky
By Sasha MargolisWhen the thirty-year-old violinist Ginette Neveu perished in a plane crash in 1949, the music world experienced a deep... Read More...
A Hanukkah Medley from the Israel Philharmonic
The Israel Philharmonic has been celebrating Hanukkah by livestreaming original arrangements of holiday music—one per day. Here you'll find... Read More...
What Are Your Favorite String Music Holiday Albums?
The season is upon us (well, it's been upon us for a couple of weeks now) during which we listen fondly to albums that remind us of holiday... Read More...
Keep Connected with Baroque Violinist Augusta McKay Lodge
As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players are staying in touch with their audience or students d... Read More...
George Walker’s Sonata for Cello and Piano Deserves a Place in the Standard Cello Repertoire
By Seth Parker Woods | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineHailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace... Read More...
Will Streaming Ever Pay for Musicians?
As Artists Confront New Financial Challenges Due to COVID-19, They Can’t Rely on Streaming Services to Pay the BillsBy Brian Wise | Fro... Read More...
Album Review: Cellist Diana Golden’s ‘Tanbou Kache’ (Hidden Drum) is a Remarkable Collection of Modern Haitian Composers
By Laurence Vittes | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineThe most remarkable piece on Diana Golden’s recital o... Read More...
How To Master the Legato Bow Stroke (Hint: It’s Harder Than You Think)
By Laurie Niles | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineFlashy bow strokes, such as spiccato, sautillé, staccato, an... Read More...
Pilgrim’s Pride: A Forgotten New England Bass Lutherie Tradition Reportedly Was Born of a Jackknife and a Couple of Wood locks
By Erin Shrader | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“They’re awfully ugly,” opines violin auctioneer Jason Price... Read More...
Album Review: Twisted Pine’s ‘Right Now’ Expands Their Eclectic Bluegrass Sound Beyond Strings
By Pat Moran | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineTrue to its name, Twisted Pine represents an eclectic branc... Read More...
Keep Connected with Lindsey Stirling
As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players are staying in touch with their audience or students d... Read More...
Keep Connected with Cellist Jeremy Tai
As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players are staying in touch with their audience or students d... Read More...
How To Choose the Right Chin Rest For Violin or Viola
By Richard WardSome musicians can take any violin, use whatever chin rest is on it, and be perfectly happy. Most violinists and violist... Read More...
Tackling the Beginning of the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
By Emily Wright | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineElgar’s Cello Concerto has everything a player could dream o... Read More...
Album Review: Ray Chen’s ‘Solace’ Navigates the Twists, Turns, & Joy of Bach’s 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
By Greg Cahill | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineWhen the COVID-19 quarantine sidelined the globe-trotting vio... Read More...