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Pandemic Challenges: Colburn Violin Teacher Robert Lipsett Pushes for...
By Laurie Niles: It's been nearly a year since that day in March when everything seemingly shut down at once, ushering in a devastating period for performing arts organizations whose seasons were cut...
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V.com weekend vote: Do you do wrist vibrato, arm vibrato, or both?
By Laurie Niles: Vibrato adds beauty, intensity and personal expression to string playing - but how do you accomplish it? Paul Stein's blog this week got me thinking about vibrato and how we do it....
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As a Violist, Does It Really Matter What Notes You Play?
By Scott Slapin: There are so many composers whose last pieces were for the viola. Bartok died in the middle of writing his viola concerto. Shostakovich's last piece was his viola sonata. Bloch didn't...
View ArticleGil Shaham and The Knights: the Music that Grows from Friendship
By Laurie Niles: When Gil Shaham decided to record the Beethoven and Brahms violin concertos with the Brooklyn-based orchestra called The Knights, he wasn't too surprised that the first rehearsal was...
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Live Music During the Pandemic
By Pauline Lerner: How do musicians and music lovers survive without live music during a pandemic? No matter how good the audiotaped or videotaped music is, its just not he same as live music....
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How to Practice Octave Harmonics (with Video)
By Susanna Klein: Meditation of Thais, Dancla 1st Varié, and De Beriot Concerto No. 9 What do they have in common? The charming, old school sound of the half-string harmonic, also called the octave...
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For the Record, Op. 145: Isabelle Faust Beethoven Triple; The Nordic Fiddlers...
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 play more than one musical instrument?
By Laurie Niles: Last night I was watching a special about the country singer Dolly Parton, and I had not realized that beyond her vocal gifts, she is also fairly adept at playing a whole host of...
View ArticleLive Today: Watch The Ulysses Quartet Perform Haydn, Shostakovich and Beethoven
By Laurie Niles: Watch below: The Ulysses Quartet played a live concert on Saturday - and the performance will remain available for a week (through Feb. 27): Here is the Program:Franz Joseph Haydn,...
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Strengthening Spiccato's Structure: Bouncy Landings that are Graceful
By Paul Stein: Does spiccato seem like a risky bowing? Are you more likely to crack the sound and shatter the string on impact rather than bounce on and off the string elegantly? Since playing off the...
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How to Prepare for Recorded Music Exams and Auditions
By Claire Allen: A new season is coming - and that means recorded performance exams and youth orchestra auditions. While the pandemic persists, most organizations are keeping things online this spring....
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Violin Breakfast: A Community Feast of Fundamentals
By Amy Beth Horman: When my daughter Ava was 5, she told us at breakfast that she felt the violin might be lonely in the next room while we ate our delicious food. After all, it was the most important...
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Exploring the Undeniable Non-Musical Benefits of Learning to Play the Violin
By Laurie Niles: The best thing about learning to play the violin - or any other musical instrument - is that after all those lessons and practice, you can play the violin! But that long learning...
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For the Record, Op. 146: Francesca Dego records on 'il Cannone'; violist...
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: A year into this pandemic, how are you feeling?
By Laurie Niles: As we near the year anniversary of The Day Everything Shut Down, I thought it would be nice to check in with how everyone is feeling. While the initial "quarantine" may have felt at...
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Find a Summer Music Program 2021
By Laurie Niles: Are you looking for a program this summer that will inspire and boost your playing, or that of your students? Violinist.com seeks to connect you to high-quality programs that are...
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Using Hymns to Practice Double Stops Technique on the Violin
By Paul Stein: When I introduce students to double stops on the violin I hope it will be pleasant for them, that the strings will blend and the fingers will find their half and whole steps. This is a...
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My 30-Minute Paganini Routine
By Stephen Brivati: In general, I find that although I lack for talent in virtually every arena of life, I can compensate quite well by a kind of dogged perseverance coupled with an ability to...
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Interview with Violinist Hilary Hahn: 'Paris' and Artistic Collaboration
By Laurie Niles: Looking at violinist Hilary Hahn's new album - which is out today, you might wonder at first why it's called "Paris." One piece is undeniably French - Ernest Chaussons Poème, but the...
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Rachel Barton Pine: Deep Dive into the Bach Sonatas and Partitas
By Diana Skinner: Personally, Im still reeling from the announcement that Rachel Barton Pine was going to tackle a different violin concerto each week for 24 weeks. Twenty-four weeks? And now I hear...
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