**Special Advertising Section: Holiday Gift Guide**
On the Cover
Leonidas Kavakos
Special Focus: Trends & Trendsetters of 2017
- Joshua Bell on children’s books and virtual reality
- BAM: where fashion meets function
- Musicjot: easy notation software
- Innovative new materials in bowmaking with Michael Duff
- Editor’s Picks – Holiday Gift Guide: A Year in Mics
Features and Departments
- American Masters Series: John Adams
- Leonidas Kavakos on new recording Brahms Piano Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
- Tales of the Trade: Music Librarians
- Your Instrument: Wood choice
- What’s in the Case: Amit Peled on playing Casals’ cello
- For the Record: Alina Ibragimova on new Mozart recording
- On My Music Stand: Anne Akiko Meyers
- Rep Prep: Determining tempo in Bach cello suites
- My Studio: Bryan Hall
- Stage & Studio: Tackling Stage Fright
Key Dates
- Advertising reservations due by September 29, 2017
- Advertising materials due by October 6, 2017
- Issue on sale November 21, 2017