Category Archives: Strings

Special Focus: Contemporary Instruments & Bows Features & Departments: Special Section: Focus on Contemporary Instruments & BowsFeature: A String Player’s Guide to the Music of Philip GlassFeature: Teaching Cello Using MetaphorFeature: Bassist Toby Hughes’ Upcoming AlbumFeature: Rachel Podger Records Some (Recently Completed) Mozart SonatasAnne Akiko Meyers Tackles New Corigliano Cadenzas for the Beethoven ConcertoHow to […]

Special Focus: Teen Strings Features & Departments: Feature: A Conversation with Hilary HahnFeature: Tessa Lark’s Stylistic ExplorationsFeature: Jessie Montgomery’s “Ode to Friendship”Feature: Exploring the Rich History of Roma FiddlingSpecial Section: Focus on Teen Strings5 Minutes with Time for Three’s Ranaan MeyerFind Out What’s on Zoë Keating’s Music StandGoing Remote: Handy Practice ServicesApproaching Appoggiatura in Violin […]

Special Focus: Adult Amateurs Features & Departments: Feature: Yo-Yo Ma Releases New Album, Songs of Comfort and HopeFeature: The Enduring Fascination with Composers’ InstrumentsFeature: Ezinma Fuses Classical and Contemporary Sounds in Classical BaeFeature: Glancing through the History of String Stars and AdvertisingSpecial Section: Adult Amateur Players5 Minutes with Sheku Kanneh-MasonArtists Who Run their own LabelsBrush Up Your BariolageAndrew […]

Special Focus: Vintage Instruments & Bows Features & Departments: Feature: Violinist Damien Escobar Finds Creative Solutions to Pandemic RestrictionsFeature: Can Streaming Ever Pay?Feature: Celebrating Jazz Violinist Ginger SmockFeature: The Beethoven Quartet’s Close Ties to ShostakovichSpecial Section: Vintage Instruments & BowsStrings’ Holiday Gift GuideSan Francisco Symphony Musician Serenades an Audience of OneHow to Record Small Ensembles RemotelyBrush Up […]

Special Focus: Education Guide Features & Departments: Feature: Major Arts Organizations in the Midst of COVID: Planning the SeasonFeature: Cellist Thomas Mesa Tackles a Host of New CommissionsFeature: Violin Makers Investigating New, Sustainable MaterialsFeature: Niel Gow’s Enduring Influence on Scottish FiddlingSpecial Section: Education GuideHow Are College Music Programs Handling the 2020–21 School Year?What It’s Like to Play […]

Special Focus: Buyers Guide Features & Departments Feature: The Legacy of Isaac SternFeature: Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards Tap into a New SoundFeature: Niel Gow’s Enduring Influence on Scottish FiddlingFeature: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin Releases Recording of Handel’s Concerti grossiSpecial Section: Buyer’s GuideOn My Music Stand: Elena Urioste’s COVID-19 Recording ProjectA Guide to Mantuan MakersStage […]