Improve Your Orchestral Playing, Even from the Back of the Section
By Daniel Levitov
Many string players perform not as a soloist, but from the string section of an orchestra. Though orchestra is almost always part of the cu... Read More...
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Playing the Hall: Adjust Your Playing Based on What the Audience Hears
By Paul Robinson
I remember many years ago performing in a chamber orchestra with guest artist Isaac Stern. The virtuoso arrived for rehearsal, removed his v... Read More...
Nathaniel Ayers: Journey from Juilliard to Skid Row
Today, his life is about film and book projects
by Louise Lee
In 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 Reel
Not 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 blocks
By Er... 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 Cahill
It all began with a dream. Beatles bassist Paul McCartney—then a harried singer and s... Read More...
How Juilliard Violin Teacher Dorothy DeLay Turns Pupils into Performers
Violin teacher Dorothy DeLay has been extraordinarily successful in turning gifted young students into promising performers.
The First Impressionist
Cellist Anner Bylsma Rhapsodizes Luigi Boccherini, Whose Chamber Works Are Ripe for Rediscovery By David M. Brin Anner Bylsma has been at the forefront o... Read More...