Shutdown Skills Series: Structure Your Practice Time
7 strategies to help you handle uncertainty and use your free time more effectivelyBy Diana LadioThis is an unprecedented time for ... 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: William Primrose
By Sasha MargolisViolist William Primrose, born in 1904, arrived on the music scene at just the right moment. For most of its history, ... Read More...
Essential Historical Recordings: Nathan Milstein
By Sasha MargolisIf ever a violinist was born to play the fiddle, it was Nathan Milstein. One of a seemingly endless line of spectacula... 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 with Kelly Hall-Tompkins
As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players and organizations are supporting and keeping in touch ... Read More...
LATEST STORIES
How To Choose The Right Violin or Viola Shoulder Rest
By Richard WardSometimes a string player needs a little support. It’s true in life and it’s true with playing the violin and viola. Vio... Read More...
Classical Vinyl Makes a Comeback: Old-school Recaptures Its Cool
By Laurence Vittes | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“Vinyl is the coolest thing and will outpace sales of CDs... Read More...
Strings’ 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Comfort Food For The Soul
By Megan Westberg | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineWho among us will not be glad to see the back of 2020? Eve... Read More...
7 Suggestions for Buying Your First Electric Violin, Viola, Cello, or Bass
By Blaise KielarFrom amplified praise bands in large churches to string players in Broadway shows to those sitting in with a local rock... Read More...
New Recordings of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto: 3 New Takes and 1 Archival Album
By Laurence Vittes | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineThree new recordings demonstrate the variety of what cell... Read More...
Function or Fashion: Buying a Violin Case Under $500
By Greg OlwellViolins have never been safer than they are right now. Manufacturers employ an abundance of luxurious materials to swaddl... Read More...
The San Francisco Symphony Launches an Intimate New Concert Series
By Barbara Bogatin | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineI wait excitedly behind the glass door, settling int... Read More...
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and His Musical Siblings Record an Enchanting Family Album
By David TempletonSheku Kanneh-Mason’s latest album, Carnival, is a delightfully charming and ambitious undertaking, marking the first ... Read More...
Untangling the Dodds: Re-evaluating Historical English Bow Making, In All Its Complexity
By Philip J. Kass | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineMy first article for Strings, back in the late 1990s, was ... Read More...
9 Tips for Getting Your Child a Good Student Instrument
A parent’s guide to renting or buying a violin for schoolBy Patrick SullivanIt had three strings, no bridge, and the top was coming... Read More...
Album Review: Calder Quartet, ‘Eclectic Currents’
The Calder Quartet’s (Benjamin Jacobson and Andrew Bulbrook, violins; Jonathan Moerschel, viola; Eric Byers, cello) new digital-only re... Read More...
6 Tips on Buying a Bow For Your Stringed Instrument
1. Type of Material: You'll find there are several choices in materials to consider; each offers a different mix of durability, affor... Read More...
Bravo! Vail Music Festival Rolls Out a Creative Solution to COVID Complications
By David Templeton | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineEarly this year, as the pandemic reared its head and perf... Read More...
Keep Connected with Cellist Hamilton Berry
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...
Essential Historical Recordings: Violinist Ginette Neveu’s Tragically Short but Musically Rich Life
By Sasha MargolisThe death of Ginette Neveu was one of the great tragedies in violin history. The French violinist was 30, and a still-... Read More...