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V.com weekend vote: Have you been listening to more music, or to less, during...
By Laurie Niles: Have you been listening to more music, or to less, during these pandemic times? Certainly the current situation has forced certain changes to our music-listening options. First of all,...
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2021 NAMM Show Canceled Due to COVID 19
By Laurie Niles: The NAMM Show - the yearly gathering of the National Association of Music Merchants which typically attracts some 100,000 people from more than 120 countries and regions to Anaheim,...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 10
By Diana Skinner: After compiling 17 issues of "Week in Hope-Inspiring Music Online" and "Week in Review: Summer of Change," its time for me to step away from this incredible listening and writing...
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Top Classical Musicians Help Launch New HD Streaming Concert Service: Dreamstage
By Laurie Niles: During the pandemic, both artists and audiences have been frustrated by the limitations of classical concerts streamed over social media, with disappointments such as poor sound...
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Relaxing Your Left Hand Through Visualization
By Paul Stein: The journey from the first finger to the fourth finger always seemed very far for me. As a young violinist, I had trouble spanning the relatively small area on the fingerboard, and my...
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Violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony to Join Faculty at Bard College...
By Laurie Niles: For everyone who was excited to play in a master class with the great concert violinist Gil Shaham last summer on our Gilharmonic on Violinist.com series, here is some fantastic news:...
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For the Record, Op. 127: Joshua Bell 'At Home With Music'; Daniel Hope...
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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The BACH Motif and Solitude: Video with Vijay Gupta, Gil Shaham and Laurie Niles
By Laurie Niles: Did Bach "sign his name" in many of his pieces? And what does "Sei Solo" really mean, on the cover page for the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin? Here is a conversation...
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V.com weekend vote: My violin cost about as much as....
By Laurie Niles: How much do people tend to pay for a violin, and how does that relate to other things we typically buy? Recently I started thinking about the cost of violins when several of my...
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Trendafil Milanov and the new Bulgarian violin school
By Yova Milanova: This Sunday, August 16th, 2020 would have been Trendafil Milanovs 111th birthday. Trendafil Milanov (1909-1999) was one of Bulgarias most important pedagogues, who left a legacy of...
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Good Vibrations - Don't Let Mixed Messages Interfere With the Bow
By Paul Stein: Tonalization exercises have done more for me than improve my tone. Theyve helped me concentrate longer. My mind wandered a lot during whole notes and dotted halves, and my wake-up call...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 11
By Laurie Niles: Late summer has not brought back live concerts in the U.S., but musicians continue to connect with their audience in a variety of ways: last Sunday Joshua Bell was featured in a PBS...
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Trills, Vibrato and Doublestops -- Oh My! Violympics Event No. 5
By Claire Allen: As the summer is winding down, so are the Violympics, the Olympic-themed violin technique course designed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Associate First Concertmaster Nathan Cole. The...
View ArticlePractice Videos for Beginning Violin Students
By Laurie Niles: These practice videos are designed for beginning violin students, to help them acquire the skills needed to play the Twinkle Variations, the first piece in Suzuki Book 1. I created the...
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Inside Music Academy's Anthea Kreston: What Works Best for Learning Online
By Laurie Niles: When we last spoke to violinist Anthea Kreston, she was about to start the summer portion of her newly-formed Inside Music Academy - a completely virtual music school that she had...
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For the Record, Op. 128: Nicola Benedetti; Jonah Kim; and Mike Block
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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V.com weekend vote: Do you respond best to a nice teacher, or mean teacher?
By Laurie Niles: Do you find that you work best with a nice teacher, or a mean teacher? I'd guess that most of us want a nice teacher, but perversely, a lot of people find fear to be a strong...
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Violinist.com Guide to Online Learning
By Laurie Niles: Looking for help with online violin lessons? Whether you are a teacher, student or parent, we have what you need: instructions on finding and maintaining an instrument, practice...
View ArticleThe Wide vs. Narrow World of Vibrato - Enhancing Both Kinds
By Paul Stein: When I hear violinists as different as Tasmin Little and Jay Ungar, I marvel at the various personalities and emotions vibrato affords violinists. Thinking about the effectiveness of...
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Managing Back-to-School Expectations During a Pandemic
By Laurie Niles: It's back-to-school time for teachers, students and parents, and this year - the year of COVID 19 - is certainly like no other. First of all, many students aren't physically going...
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