Alasdair Fraser’s Scottish fiddling camp focuses on teaching music by ear By Stephanie Powell “I talk about the tyranny of the written page—so many musicians come to me and to [Valley of the Moon] saying I just want to play…
This circa 1760 Landolfi allows the violinist to focus on the music, not the instrument How does this violin compare to your previous instrument? This is my primary (and only) violin! Prior to the Landolfi, I played a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume…
Intrepid prodigy turned mature artist, Caroline Goulding on her new album and change in scenery By Cristina Schreil It’s Caroline Goulding’s third day as a New Yorker. As rain falls outside her new home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the…
After a devastating illness, the creator of the chop builds a new life outside of music, picture by picture By David Templeton “Two years ago I was doing a tour of Japan,” recalls fiddler Richard Greene of Los Angeles. “It was…
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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Academy Week offers amateur musicians a chance to play with the pros By Yuval Boger The first time I missed a beat—a heartbeat, that is—was when I found myself standing in the green room at the…