The 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition has come to a close, with a string player counted among its 11 winners. Violinist Samuel Vargas, a student at Columbus State University from Acarigua-Araure, Venezuela, has taken home the honor. Winners are…
Mark Wood of Wood Violins introduces the Van Viper, a fretted 6-string electric violin inspired by Eddie Van Halen.
Lance Rohrecker from Connolly Music talks about Boveda 2-way humidity control, and the company’s new Safe & Sound Sensor. The sensor detects temperature, humidity, impact, motion, and proximity within your instrument case, and connects to a free app on your…
Congrats to the 61st Grammy Award winners! For a full list, visit grammy.com, but here are a few of the string-related triumphs: Best Bluegrass Album The Travelin’ McCourys by the Travelin’ McCourys (with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram)…
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Rachael Ryan Dahlgren of CodaBow discusses the company’s Marquise GS bows, part of its Masters category. The carbon-fiber bows, available for violin, viola, and cello, are designed for the professional classical player.
Heather Mansell of Yamaha introduces the YVN Model 3 violin, the company’s newest offering for the student violin market. The instrument is built with consistency, durability, and eco-friendliness in mind.
Sam Finlay of David Gage Instruments talks about the latest Realist violin offering, which solves passive signal problems. The latest iteration comes complete with a new capacitor that holds power with one 90-second charge and can last for 16 hours…
By Inge Kjemtrup Vienna may be the finest city for walking in the steps of great composers, and Berlin may boast an exciting new-music scene and a legendary orchestra, but for sheer musical variety and richness, London is hard to beat.…
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By Jeanne Collins On a crisp fall afternoon, our viola da gamba consort gathers to share in creating the sweet sounds of the viol. I am right in the middle, on the tenor line, surrounded by silver sounds above and…
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. Win a C5 Müsing Carbon Fiber Bow! Made with a revolutionary process, the Müsing bows bring incredible ease and precision to your playing, while offering significantly improved response and power over a typical carbon bow. The…
Ned Steinberger of NS Design gave us a tour of the company’s booth at the 2019 Winter NAMM Show. Steinberger shows off a new ultra-light NS violin that weighs less than 550 grams and is very light on the shoulder.…
Robert Goetz of BAM Cases shows off the company’s latest releases at the 2019 Winter NAMM Show. Gigs by BAM, its latest release, is an app that will track an instrument case from anywhere in the world. It functions with…
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Lyris Hung, D’Addario‘s orchestral product manager, gave us a tour of the company’s booth at the 2019 Winter NAMM Show. This year, D’Addario plans to focus on Ascenté, a synthetic string line available for violin and viola. Ascente targets the…
By Rebecca Fischer The other night I had a friend, whom I hadn’t seen in years, over for dinner. We went to music camp together in the mid-’90s, and after spending a good amount of time examining photos and discussing…
By Toni Sicola Gesina Liedmeier has lived a creative life for as long as she can remember. As a child, she found inspiration in music and the visual arts, taking up the recorder and the guitar, as well as crafting…
In honor of Black History Month, the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation has made several pages of its Coloring Book of Black Composers available for free. This coloring book is a part of the foundation’s Music by Black Composers project, which…
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By Bob Doerschuk To really understand what Hillary Klug is doing, imagine a doctor who has figured out how to do brain surgery and deliver babies simultaneously. Or an artist who can paint a masterpiece with her right hand while…
By Laurence Vittes J.S. Bach’s Six Sonatas for violin and harpsichord have been recorded more than 50 times. Georg Philipp Telemann’s sonatas for the same combination have been recorded less than five. Undaunted, American violinist, conductor, keyboardist, and educator Dorian…
Sponsored by The Sphinx Organization The Sphinx Organization is proud to partner with the Curtis Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) and collaborate with The Juilliard School to present its Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) for summer…
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