For conservatory-trained string players who came of age in the 1980s and ’90s, a new score from Philip Glass could be met with a wary eye. In the past 15 years, however, Glass has produced a spate of solo string works that has won him new converts.
D’Addario triggered a few shockwaves earlier this year when he announced that his New York–based business had acquired the Super-Sensitive Musical String Company.
This 10-minute routine for cellists can easily be adapted for including violin, viola, and bass.
If you are considering planning an outdoor concert, what kinds of safety protocols should you follow? Here are 11 suggestions you’ll want to keep in mind.
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While we’re grappling with uncertainty and fear during this unprecedented time, many of us are also facing a new challenge: free time. Here are 7 strategies to help you handle uncertainty and use your free time more effectively.
Cellist Brandon Leonard discusses the most valuable lesson he’s learned from playing cello in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
Violinist Charlotte Marckx discusses how playing the violin has given her life purpose and structure in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
“A one-piece cello back of beautiful, quartered maple is, well, dead sexy,” says Marilyn Wallin, a noted violin maker based in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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The latest evolution in the string revolution! 50 Years ago, Thomastik-Infeld was the 1st string manufacturer in the world to successfully produce violin strings with a synthetic core of extremely fine nylon fibers. DOMINANT strings combined the qualities of outstanding…
Nicholas Cords' solo album, Touch Harmonious, juxtaposes music from the Baroque with Britten and a cluster of contemporary works, including two premiere recordings.
Taking off the clamps after successfully gluing the two halves in a perfect book-matched joint really sends me. It’s one piece!
On “Now More Than Ever,” the Katie McNally Trio tackles a mix of traditional and self-penned strathspeys, reels, and fiddle tunes.
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Violinist Pilar Winter Hill discusses juggling academics, extracurriculars, and practicing as a Julliard Pre-College student in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
Cellist Joshua Gindele of the Miró Quartet plays on a cello by the modern American maker Lawrence Wilke that's "basically a copy of Janos Starker’s Goffriller cello."
By Strings Staff In this exclusive preview provided to Strings magazine, Yo-Yo Ma describes the moment when, as a 16-year-old visiting the Marlboro Music Festival for the first time in the summer of 1972, “I began to glimpse a life…
Anna Clyne's "Mythologies" kicks off with the symphonic sweep of Masquerade, a sprawling orchestral fantasia commissioned in 2013 by the BBC to open the “Last Night” of the Proms.
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Appoggiaturas are so powerful in terms of emotional content because they create an influence on harmony as well as melody.
Wilhelmina Smith’s recital of virtually unrecorded solo cello music by veteran Danish composers Per Nørgård (b. 1932) and Poul Ruders (b. 1949) could go into any 21st-century cellist’s performance repertoire.
Violinist Gianna Pedregon discusses her love for jazz and the versatility of violin in this 2021 feature on teen string players.
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