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Those Who Can’t, Can Learn: Teaching Music Requires Far More Than Just Personal Proficiency

By Olivia Noh | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineIn college, I came across George Bernard Shaw’s infamous quote, “He who can, does; ... Read More...

Future Focus: Violinist Ezinma Fuses Classical and Hip-hop, and Hopes to Bring a Little Joy to a World That Needs It

Growing up as a young violinist, I would have loved to have seen someone who looked like me doing what I’m doing now... So, being that for the next generation of musicians is now a huge part of what I do and why I do it.

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...

Violin Maker Karl Dennis on Instruments with Emotional Impact

By Karl Dennis | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineOf all the violins you’ve seen, which left the greatest impression on you as a vio... Read More...

‘Life Is About Impact’: COVID Taught Violinist Damien Escobar What’s Really Important

By David Templeton | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“It’s been a wild and crazy journey, to say the least,” laughs violinist Dami... Read More...

Ginger Smock: First Lady of the Jazz Violin

100 years after her birth, violinist Ginger Smock is still due wider recognition for her contributions to the history of jazz violin

How Online Teaching Has Forged Unexpectedly Strong Bonds Between My Music Students and Me

By Caeli Smith | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazine“Wait, so—when I put my pinky down on the A string, it sounds the same as the ope... Read More...

Beethoven Quartet with Shostkovich, Courtesy of Bridgeman Images

The Beethoven Quartet’s Unique Relationship with Shostakovich

By Sasha Margolis | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineSeldom has a composer been more closely connected with a particular group of p... Read More...

Essential Historical Recordings: Violinist Zino Francescatti’s Virtuosity Extended from the Stage to the Page

Francescatti was one of the 20th century’s great soloists, with interpretations that were unfailingly gorgeous, often original, & never less than thrillingly virtuosic.