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August/September
2002
Issue
104
FOCUS ON EDUCATION
Music,
Motion, and the Evolution of Midori
Writer
David Templeton finds Midori has endured and matured over
her 20-year career.
Luthiers
Sin Fronteras
Musician and luthier
Carl Appelbaum learns a life-affirming lesson at an impoverished
yet sprited music school on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
Music
School Directory
Thinking
about pursuing a music degree? Strings offers listings to
over 150 universities, colleges, and conservatories, plus tips on
landing scholarships, how to ace that entrance audition, and finding
support for minority enrollment.
The
Improper Bostonian
It's
not business as usual at the Berklee College of Music, where strings
educator Matt Glaser says he is building the American alternative.
Kevin McKeough reports.
Golden
Ears
The New Horizons orchestra
program provides adults a chance to learn a stringed instrument.
Sarah Freiberg talks to participants.
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Departments
News
& Notes
Lara St. John signs with Sony,
a Strad goes missing, Kurt Masur moves on, blustering baritone sounds
off on Bond, plus Benchmarks.
Letter
from Prague
The Manhattan String
Quartet hosts a musical holiday. Inge Kjemtrup tries her hand at
Dvorák.
Play It!
David Laurence's
string quartet arrangement of the first Gershwin piano prelude.
In
Print
What Vivien Mackie learned
from Pablo Casals, Sam Bardfeld looks at Afro-Cuban string music, a colorful
tale about the viol, and old-time Kentucky fiddle tunes.
On
Record
Gidon Kremer records a pair
of George Enescu works; new CDs by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, the Eroica
String Quartet, Jasper Wood, 4tet San Francisco, and much more.
Auction Highlights
Toys
in the attic—turning up a treasure. Click
here to read the story.
Shop Visit
Dressed for success—Pat
Kaden profiles horsehair dresser Michael Sowden.
Your
Instrument
Richard Ward
gives expert advice on packing your violin for a safe flight.
New Products
The MusicPad Pro opens a new
book on digital sheet music, plus Studio in a Box, a fiddler's friend,
the Wiplstix, and more.
Encore
Animal magnetism—hand-painted
Romanian violins lure young players.
Cover: Midori.
Cover photo by:
Dan Borris
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