Playing the Hall: Adjust Your Playing Based on What the Audience Hears
By Paul RobinsonI remember many years ago performing in a chamber orchestra with guest artist Isaac Stern. The virtuoso arrived for rehearsal, removed his v... Read More...
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Nathaniel Ayers: Journey from Juilliard to Skid Row
Today, his life is about film and book projects
by Louise LeeIn some ways, Nathaniel Ayers at age 57 is a typical adult beginner on the violin. Taking his ... Read More...
Perpetual Anticipation: String players finally get a taste of Sondheim
By James ReelNot too many years ago, everybody woke up one fine morning and realized that Stephen Sondheim is one of America’s great composers. Oh, it had b... Read More...
Pilgrim’s Pride
What stories lurk in the church bass-ment? This forgotten New England lutherie tradition reportedly was born of a jackknife and a couple of wood blocksBy Er... Read More...
An Insider’s Guide to Violin Labels
By Erin Shrader
Just the other day another Strings reader wrote inquiring about the value and authenticity of his violin. Like most readers who write to us, try... Read More...
A Primer on Pegs
By Erin Shrader“Pegs don’t get a lot of respect,” says Eric Meyer, a Portland, Oregon, craftsman whose handmade fittings grace some of the world’s great ins... Read More...
The Effects of a Tailpiece on Tone
By Erin Shrader“It’s amazing how they are overlooked in terms of aesthetics and function,” marvels Eric Meyer, when asked about tailpieces. “Especially sinc... Read More...
How the Beatles Launched a String-Playing Revolution
It was 40 years ago today . . . or was it 'Yesterday'?
by Greg CahillIt all began with a dream. Beatles bassist Paul McCartney—then a harried singer and s... Read More...
How Dorothy DeLay Turns Pupils into Performers
From the May/June 1995 Issue of StringsBy Edith Eisler“This room is where I spend most of my life,” says Dorothy DeLay, one of the most respected and e... Read More...
The First Impressionist
Cellist Anner Bylsma Rhapsodizes Luigi Boccherini, Whose Chamber Works Are Ripe for RediscoveryBy David M. BrinAnner Bylsma has been at the forefront o... Read More...