The Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute (WMI) is sponsoring concerts that aim to combine mindfulness, meditation, and live performance into hour-long experiences.
In the US alone, some 2.5 million people are Smiths. But can you name a single composer for strings with this name? How about Johnson? Brown?
Music therapists design sessions to help their clients that utilize music improvisation, receptive music listening, song writing, music performance, and other activities.
Paying homage to the laborers who constructed the transcontinental railroad, this concept album ranges from traditional American folk to world music to chamber and symphonic forms.
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By Megan Westberg | From the January/February 2025 issue of Strings String players will often begin their training long before they have grown into full-size instruments. To give budding musicians a tuneful start, the most must be made of fractional…
Among the benefits bestowed upon awardees of the coveted MacArthur Fellowship is the unrestricted ability to follow their creative impulses into uncharted realms.
On ‘Bach Abel Hume,’ German cellist Anja Lechner juxtaposes the first two Bach suites with pieces for viola da gamba played on the cello.
Practicing double-stop sevenths affords several physical benefits to left-hand technique, facilitating easier playing of other intervals, including octaves, thirds, and fingered octaves.
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With his second album, 'Hymns of Bantu', Selaocoe evokes a sense of shared experience, reverence, and storytelling through music.
After nearly two decades of playing cello for the Avett Brothers, Kwon has learned that the touring life can be challenging for musicians and instruments alike.
In recording her new album, the violinist’s commitment to authenticity was pushed to new levels when she decided to play the sonatas as Corelli himself would have done.
Avsharian donned an electrode cap in an effort to study the effects of music on brain activity during performance.
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Ultimately, success seems to come from a combination of diligent preparation, openness to learning, and the ability to apply feedback effectively.
Shaped by the unique challenges of Long Covid, the recording process for Roman’s newest release was unlike any of his previous projects.
Attempts to influence the classical music awards-voting community have intensified over the years, but just how effective are such efforts?
This is another joyful recording from Open the Door for Three, a seasoned Irish-American traditional-folk trio featuring fiddler Liz Knowles, uilleann piper Kieran O’Hare, and Dublin-born singer, guitarist, and bouzouki player Pat Broaders. These nine tunes run the gamut from…
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An open-mindedness to possibility has served the Oxford-based Kearns well over the decades.
These simple exercises focus on spiccato, a bow stroke that involves a controlled bounce at various speeds using arm, wrist, and finger motion.
The violinist’s latest release is inspired by Chinese poetry, dancing, calligraphy, and painting, and features new works by Chinese and Chinese American composers.
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