This week from Strings Daily…
Teaching Tip: Stock Emergency Supplies
Anticipate broken bows, forgotten shoulder rests, or mysteriously misplaced endpin stops. As the student and teacher fumble to find a solution, the clock keeps ticking. Nip this by having a stock of emergency supplies that students may borrow through the end of their lessons.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Explains Her Dangerous Approach
How do you approach a piece?
That depends on whether the piece is truly fresh or whether it’s something that I’ve heard a lot. Once all the notes are learned, I go into an analysis of what I want to do with it musically.
Breakfast Club Fans: Learn ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’
Jump back to the ’80s with Modern English’s timeless smash hit “I Melt with You” and Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” These quintessential ’80s pop songs inspire feelings of love and romance, and are sure to be crowd-pleasers, no matter where they’re performed.
How to Find Chamber Music Partners
It all begins with an idea, a notion that you want to play in a string quartet. But it isn’t like you can go to the neighborhood bar and pick up a violinist or a cellist who has an affinity for the same music you like.
‘Bad Boy’ Nigel Kennedy to Play Proms
British violinist Nigel Kennedy will take the stage August 6 at Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC Proms. Learn more about the program and with whom he allegedly took drugs.
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