Preview, download or stream Jonathan Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 "Heichalos" (Performed on the Violins of Hope) by Nashville Symphony, Jason Vieaux & Giancarlo Guerrero
At school she was quiet, uncertain. Then a new violin changed all of that.
More children are playing instruments today than two decades ago - but is the violin seen as too difficult?
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this ethereal quality of music is why musicians spend a disproportionate amount of time practising compared with actual performing for live audiences. In a way, like dancers and actors, we are the 'product.' Yes, we study and train for our art, but more than anything else, we just practise. Love it or not, the not-so-gentle Art of Practice is a significant part of musicians' expertise - and life.
I often sit in my tiny office in DMH and spend hours doing all the background work it takes to keep the school going and growing. I can be working on anything from researching for some idea that popped into my mind recently...to working with GoDaddy.com and WordPress to resolve some issue of spam and hacking against our website... and everything else in between. People are usually surprised to find that I was here, at DMH, for hours when I pop out to…
If you're like me, you have no idea what is going on when people talk about Bach and Beethoven and symphonies and numbers.
Ludwig van Beethoven's nine symphonies cover pretty much every facet of human existence in one way or another. In other words, they're pretty indispensable.
A dispute at a big neuroscience meeting erupts over whether the field needs new thinking about the way clusters of neurons process information
Today, anyone can learn how to play the violin, as long as he or she has a reliable and fast Internet connection. However, there is no denying the fact that studying music in person has numerous advantages.
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Music has been a big part of my life since I was little. When I was three, I begged my mom to allow me to start playing the violin. She played the violin in the local orchestra and I longed to emulate her playing with vibrato and passion. Thus, when I had my daughter MacKenzie …
Many people have trouble stringing violins and this is a video to help with that problem. If you follow the processes and necessary steps to take present in ...
Eliminate the guesswork and find the perfect strings for your instrument by Richard Ward Some violinists stick with the strings they’ve been using for years, while others constantly seek different …
Making and performing music seriously is something bound to leave a person with some sort of emotional baggage at some point. The frequency and severity of disappointments an average musician routinely faces on the path towards making something meaningful happen with their music is so significant that it causes most songwriters to throw in the
How much of what we think of as the beautiful sound of a Stradivarius is the instrument itself — and how much is the brand?
In my experience, young children love the violin! It is small and huggable—and it makes sounds! How can we nurture this initial enthusiasm for the instrument and to transform it into a deeper love of music? That's the goal of my books.
Stand near a river and you’ll hear a symphony of sounds: birds chirping, frogs croaking and water flowing. But what would it sound like if the stream
The mental, emotional, and physical benefits of playing the violin are amazing. Learn what benefits you can expect from learning an instrument.