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- Why Star Performers Want New Compositions from Aaron Jay Kernis
- The Theofanidis Cello Concerto Reaches the Lyrical Heights of the Instrument
- Results from Two International Violin Competitions
- Dig In to Traditional Fiddle Tune 'Whiskey Before Breakfast'
- Lead Poisoning at the Root of Beethoven's Torment--and His Death
- Fed Up with the Acoustics, Mariss Jansons Says Goodbye to Oslo Concert House (and the Philharmonic)
- Violist Kim Kashkashian Joins Staff of New England Conservatory
- News & Notes: Remembering Educator Milton Salkind and Fiddler Wilson Douglas
- News & Notes: BBC Music Releasing Remastered Recordings from BBC Archives
- Lost: A $1.6 Million Strad
- Jaime Laredo Is One of the Judges for Indianapolis Violin Competition
- Patrice Jackson Wins Fifth Sphinx Competition
- Seiji Osawa Ends Tenure with Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Violinist Dorothy DeLay Dies at 84
- Flux Quartet Records Morton Feldman in Surround Sound
- Patriot Act Snares Artemis String Quartet Cellist
- Walt Disney Concert Hall to Be Dedicated October 23
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Named 'Ensemble of the Year'
- Joshua Bell Takes to the House Concert Concept, Hilary Hahn Expands Her Web Presence, Anne Akiko Meyers Joins University of Texas Faculty
- Rachel Barton Pine Pens a Book of Cadenzas, Alina Ibragimova Is Annointed as a Super Brit, the Carolina Chocolate Drops Sign with Nonesuch
- Juilliard String Quartet Introduces Newest Member, Fisher Career Grant Winners Announced, Zuill Bailey Heads North to Alaska
- NEA Grant Funding Update, 2009 American String Teachers National Conference Winner
- Who Got Grammys, Lincoln Fiddle Restored, a Mozart Premier, Violin Community's Generous Donation
- Violinist Richard Tognetti Connects Surfing and Sound, the Lincoln Center Celebrates 50 Years, Los Angeles Embraces Gustavo Dudamel
- Julia Fischer Wins Classic FM Gramophone 2007 Artist of the Year
- Midori Becomes a United Nations Messenger of Peace
- Strings and Sgt. Pepper: a Good and Memorable Mix
- Nagano Leaves Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
- Hurricane Katrina: Aid for Musicians
- 2005 Sphinx Winners Announced
- Mstislav Rostropovich, Naoto Otomo Will Conduct at Annual '1,000 Cellists Concert'
- Swedish Cellist Among Missing After Massive Thai Tsunami
- Geraldine Walther Joins Takács Quartet
- Bassist Dave Holland Launches Dare2 Records
- Kurt Sassmannshaus Launches 'Violin Master Class'
- Kansas City Symphony Signs Lease with New Arts Center
- Rock Violinist Antonio Pontarelli Wins America's Most Talented Kids Contest
- April 1 Deadline for Violin Audition Workshop
- Global Encounters Connects Strings Students Worldwide
- Steve Wilson's Basses Donated to American String Teachers Association
- Amati Ensemble Commemorates Amati's 500th Anniversary
- Bard Opens New Conservatory
- James Levine Begins First Season with BSO
- Passings: UK Luthier Wilfred Saunders, Jazz Violinist Claude Williams
- First Grants Awarded by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music
- VSA Awards Luthier Feng Jian Gold Medal for Violin
- Master Violin Maker Arthur Toman Dies
- Jupiter String Quartet Wins at Banff
- Cellist Natasha Brofsky Joins Faculty of New England Conservatory
- Luthiers Combine Talents for Historic Violin Project
- Remembering Philanthropist Richard D. Colburn, Cellists Boris Pergamenschikow, Edmund Kurtz
- Midori Takes Her Seat at the Thornton School
- Carnegie Hall Selects Clive Gillinson as Artistic Director, BBC Names Young Musician of the Year
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Names Artistic Directors
- Violinist and Conductor Iona Brown Dies
- Violin Society of America Announces 16th biennial VSA International Competition
- Violinist Will Knuth Named Fulbright Scholar
- Conductor Eugene Reichenfeld Retires at Age 93
- Japan Chamber Music Foundation Seeks Ensembles for Annual Competition
- Violinist Jung-min Amy Lee Wins Klein Competition,
- Bard Music Festival to Feature Shostakovich
- Anne Crowden Remembered
- Search Continues for Thief Who Nabbed a Stradivari Cello
- Passings: Remembering Jazz Violinist Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Luthier William H. Moennig III
- Banff Competitors Announced
- Winners Announced for Sphinx, ASTA National Orchestra Competitions
- Royal Academy of Music Acquires Archive of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin
- Vanessa-Mae Signs with Sony Classical
- People: Barantschik Joins Faculty of SF Conservatory of Music, Kahane Goes to Colorado
- Scores Wanted for Kronos: Under 30 Project
- Passings: Remembering Violin Maker Ole Steffen Dahl, Bassist Malachi Favors
- Rome Chamber Music Festival Announced
- Irish Fiddler Kevin Burke Hosts Master Classes at the University of Portland
- Yale to Host Hugo Kauder Society's Inaugural String-Quartet Competition
- Dates for Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition Announced
- ASCAP Honors Musicians, Festivals for 'Adventurous Programming'
- Musical Chairs: David Soyer Joins Juilliard's Cello Faculty
- In Memory of Jacques Pierre Francais
- Korean-born Composer Unsuk Chin Wins Grawemeyer Award
- Denmark Tunes Up for Carl Nielsen Violin Competition
- Cellist Stephen Isserlis Speaks Out
- Musical Chairs: John Axelrod Heads for Lucerne, Jung-Ho Pak Goes to Interlochen
- Musical Chairs: St. Louis Symphony Taps David Robertson to Replace Hans Vonk
- Strad's Secrets Revealed: It's All About the Weather
- Scottish Fiddler Johnny Cunningham Dies of Heart Attack
- Britain Plans First Festival Devoted Solely to the Violin
- Ventura Music Festival: Turning Ten and Almost All New
- Dublin International Symphonic Festival Begins July 11
- Valparaiso University Alumni Fund New Institute for All Things Bach
- Philadelphia Orchestra Launches 5-Season Mahler Cycle
- Berkeley Symphony to Premiere New Cello Work by Karen Tanaka
- Update on The Reeltime Travelers
- Winners of Triennale "Antonio Stradivari" Competition Announced
- Local String Students Benefit from Grand Teton Music Festival
- Other Minds Festival in San Francisco Turns Ten
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra Seeks Works by Young Composers
- Seattle Symphony Cellist David Tonkonogui ? Dies
- North Carolina School of the Arts Shows Off Its New Chamber Music Hall
- Musical Chairs: Neeme Järvi to Lead New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
- György Ligeti Wins Sweden's Polar Music Prize
- Minnesota Orchestra Celebrates 100th Birthday
- Lark Quartet to Perform Complete Cycle of Beethoven's 17 String Quartets
- Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Back on Tour After 14-Year Hiatus
- University of Saskatchewan Chooses Musicians for Its Amati Quartet in Residence
- Constructions Begins on New Digs for San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Passings: Remembering Violist Kathleen L. Carroll
- There's Still Time to Enter the International Society of Bassists Composition Competition
- Cyprus String Quartet Signs on as Musicians in Residence
- Jukka Tiensuu and Keeril Makan Win Hultgren Solo Cello Works Competition
- Da Vinci Quartet Announces Residency with the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association
- Golijov Wins MacArthur Fellowship for 2003
- New York Philharmonic: Up on the Roof for the Letterman Show
- Harlem-Based Opus 118 Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
- Matt Haimovitz's New 'Anthem': The Cello as a Reflection of American Culture
- Cellist Sadao Harada Joins San Francisco Conservatory of Music Faculty
- Jeffrey S. Kimpton Named New President of Interlochen
- Passings: Remembering Juilliard's David Walters
- Eroica Trio Featured on PBS Series
- New England Conservatory Celebrates Jordan Hall Centennial
- Patricia McCarty Joins Meadowmount Faculty
- Winners of International Violin Competition of Sion-Valais Announced
- Benefit Concert Gives Iraqi National Orchestra a Boost
- Miró Quartet Takes Up Residence at University of Texas at Austin
- Blues Fiddler William Howard Taft Armstrong Dies at Age 94
- Kent Nagano Celebrates 25 Years with the BSO
- Photo Exhibit Celebrates New York Philharmonic's 150th Anniversary
- La Jolla Music Society Celebrating 35th Anniversary
- Brooklyn Philharmonic Celebrates 50th Season with Free Concerts
- Hyo Kang to Launch Annual Music Festival in South Korea
- International Society of Bassists Launches Online Bass Journal
- Bard SummerScape Festival Gets Shiny New Digs
- Johansen International Competition Winners Announced
- Remembering Luciano Berio, Pete Compo, Julius Levine, and Harry Ellis Dickson
- Arizona Plays Host to American Cello Congress
- Interlochen's Cooperative Juilliard Project
- Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center Marks Its 25th Anniversary
- New Dean at S.F. Conservatory
- London Symphony Orchestra Brings the Music to Tomb Raider Video Game
- CSO Celebrates African-American Musical Heritage
- New York Phil Moves Back to Carnegie Hall
- New Pacific Association of Violin Makers Announced
- Mark Wood Wins an Emmy
- Cellist Erik Friedlander a 'Rising Star'
- Sony Signs Cellist Jan Vogler
- Joshua Bell Wins Indiana Governor's Arts Awards
- Stern Collection Goes on Auction Block
- Busy Times for Violinist Jenny Scheinman
- Kent Nagano's Bavarian Surprise
- Photo Exhibit Celebrates String-Instrument Makers
- NJSO Lands 30 Rare Italian String Instruments
- MIT's Toy Symphony Attracting String Players
- 2003 Sphinx Winners Named
- Vienna Philharmonic Recruits Its First Woman Player
- Wigmore Hall Names New Artistic Director
- Texas 'Round Top' Festival Marks Milestones
- Passings: Violinist Yfrah Neaman, Cellist Stephen Kates
- Michael Cleveland Wins Fiddle Player of the Year
- Violinist Yuri Bashmet Appointed Artistic Director of 'Young Russia'
- PBS Series Features Juilliard
- Sarah Yates Creates New Artful Violins
- Miró Quartet Gets Matched Set from Luthier Frank Ravatin
- Passings: Violist Peter Rybar, Bassist Robert Gladstone
- Philadelphia Orchestra Salutes Sawallisch
- Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra Receives Grant
- San Antonio Symphony Names Larry Rachleff as Music Director
- Winners of Oberlin's 2002 Concerto Competition Announced
- San Jose, California, Gets Its Own Symphony
- Chamber Music Sweetens Aspen Festival
- New World Symphony Warms Up in Miami Beach
- Missing Strad Now Object of Lawsuit
- Irish Fiddler Writes Music for Dorothea Lange Documentary
- Mark O'Connor's 'Simultaneous' World Premieres
- ASTA Launches a Strings Campaign
- MetLife Foundation Funds Urban Music Education Project
- Remembering Cellist Zara Nelsova
- Cellists Paul Katz, Paul Watkins Honored
- Tribute to Violin-Maker Raffaele Fiorini Announced
- Hahn Records Bach with LACO
- Web-Based Radio Must Pay Royalties
- Seiji Ozawa Bids Adieu, but Not in Fenway Park
- Fiscal Health of Symphony Orchestras: Half-Empty, Half-Full
- David Fulton Shares His Collection at Viola Gathering
- Kennedy New Artistic Director of Poland's Sinfonia Varsovia
- Symphony League Gold Baton Goes to Paul R. Judy
- Noteworthy: Jupiter Trio Wins Gold at Osaka Competition
- Musical Chairs: Steven Moeckel Named Tucson Symphony Concertmaster
- Music Historian Alan Lomax Dies
- Ralph Blizard, Luderin Darbone Win National Heritage Fellowship Award
- Musical Chairs: W. Harold Laster Retires from Aspen Music School
- Remembering Fiddler Gwen Sale, Cellist Arturo Bonucci, Violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan
- Celtic Fiddler Kevin Burke Wins NEA Fellowship
- Mark O'Connor in Nashville to Record New CD
- Bluegrass Fddler Alison Krauss Hits Grammy Jackpot
- San Jose Symphony Shuts Down
- The Unforgettable Stéphane Grappelli
- E. Wilfer Student Violins
- Aceto/Violect Violin Pickup
- The PSR Plus and PSR Petit Plus
- Shar's New Plug 'N' Play Silent Electric Violin Outfit
- 'Shostakovich in Dialogue'
- 'Beyond the Music Lesson,' by Riki Gerardy (Zelia, £12.99)
- 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Fiddle,' by Ellery Klein (Alpha Books, with DVD, $21.95)
- 'The Passion of Tasha Darsky,' by Yael Goldstein Love (Broadway Books, $12.95)
- 'Kwintus for Solo Violin,' by Christian Lauba (Alphonse Leduc, $23.60)
- ‘The Erlking for Cello Quintet,' by Franz Schubert, Arranged by Andrew Levin (Latham Music, $15.95)
- 'Ricci on Glissando: The Shortcut to Violin Technique,' by Ruggiero Ricci, Edited by Gregory H. Zayia (Indiana University Press, with DVD, $34.95)
- 'The Violinist's Wedding Album,' Arranged by Lynne Latham for Violin, with CD (Latham Music, $29.95)
- 'Five Scenes from Treemonisha,’ by Scott Joplin, Arranged for String Quartet by Graham Bastable
- 'Grand Concerto for Cello and Orchestra' (Cello and Piano Reduction), by Jacques Offenbach (Boosey & Hawkes, £15.50)
- 'The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn,' by Floyd Grave and Margaret Grave (Oxford University Press, $110)
- 'Duetto for Violoncello and Double Bass,' by Gioachino Rossini (Bärenreiter Urtext, BA 10544, Score & Parts, €14.95)
- 'Kronos Collection, Vol. 1 for String Quartet' (Boosey & Hawkes, £32.99)
- 'True Divided Light,' by David Carlson (Carl Fischer, $24.95)
- 'Violin Sight-Reading I: A Fresh Approach,' by John Kember and Roger Smith (Schott. Distributed by Hal Leonard, $12.95)
- 'Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra,' Edited by Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
- 'Diablerie for Solo Violin,' by Richard Wilson (Peer Music Classical, $10.95)
- 'Violoncello Exercises in 2nd Position and Violoncello Exercises in 3rd Position,' by R.V. Tabb and Martha Bishop (Hutchins and Rae, $15 each)
- 'Grande Sestetto Concertante (1808) After the Sinfonia Concertante,
- 'Irish: Nine Arrangements for Variable Instrumentation
- 'Debussy Album for String Quartet,' Arranged by Lynne Latham (Latham Music, a Lorenz Company, $18.95 all parts)
- 'Stringprovisation: A Fingering Strategy for Jazz Violin Improvisation,' by Ari Poutiainen (Finnish Musicological Society, €30)
- 'The Soloist,' by Steve Lopez (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $35.95)
- Urtext Edition Offers ‘New’ Violin Sonatas by Handel
- 'Three Songs for String Quartet by Henry Purcell,' Arranged by Graham Bastable (International Music Company, $15)
- 'The Early String Quartet, Volume 5: Gaetano Latilla, The Six String Quartets, Edited by Michael Talbot (Steglein Publishing, $80)
- 'Moravian Dances,' by Leos Janácek (Universal Edition, $24.95)
- 'String Quintet in Eb Major,' by Max Bruch (Henle/Hal Leonard, $48.90)
- 'Inside Beethoven's Quartets: History, Performance, Interpretation,' by Lewis Lockwood and the Juilliard Quartet (Harvard University Press, $35)
- 'Claude Debussy,' by Paul Roberts (Phaidon, $12.95)
- 'Ron Carter Solos—Transcribed from 22 Classic Standards,' by Eric Fusillier (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, $9.95)
- 'Eight Pieces for Clarinet (Violin), Viola (Cello) & Piano, Op. 83,' by Max Bruch, Urtext edition (G. Henle Verlag, €39)
- 'Two 18th-Century Pieces,' Arranged for Double Bass and Piano by H. Samuel Sterling (Stainer & Bell, £4.75)
- Bärenreiter’s New Urtext of Janácek’s 'Intimate Letters'
- 'The Erlking for Five Violas' (Latham)
- Sassmannshaus Gives Voice to Viola
- 'Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33: Commentary and Preparatory Exercises,' by Piotr Tchaikovsky, Transcribed and Edited by Daniel Morganstern and Elaine Fine (International Music Co., $26)
- 'Mozart, Haydn, and Early Beethoven, 1781–1802,' by Daniel Heartz (W.W. Norton, $75)
- 'Sonatas for Violin and Piano,' by Felix Mendelssohn (Bärenreiter BA 9066, €34.950)
- 'Trio in G Minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello,' by Bedrich Smetana (Bärenreiter Urtext Score and Parts BA 9518, €21.95)
- 'Three Easy Duets for Two Violins,' by Simon Leduc, Edited by Erich Doflein (Schott Music ED 2835, 11.95)
- 'Janos Starker, King of Cellists: The Making of an Artist,' by Joyce Geeting, with CD (Chamber Music Plus Publishing, $24.95)
- 'Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello Solo,' Edited and Performed by David Starkweather, 3-DVD set (Latham Music, $49.95)
- 'The Sassmannshaus Tradition: Early Start on the Violin,' Volumes 1-4' (Barenreiter, $14.95 Each)
- 'Works for Violin and Piano,' by Leoš Janá?ek, Edited by Jan Krej?í and Alena N?mcová (Bärenreiter Urtext, €16.95)
- 'Olivier Messiaen: Fantaisie for Violin and Piano' (Éditions Durand/Hal Leonard; $17.95)
- 'Romance in A Minor, Op. 42, for Violin and Piano,' by Max Bruch, Edited by Aaron Rosand (International Music Company, No. 3590, $17)
- 'Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87,' by Johannes Brahms, Edited by the American Chamber Trio: June DeForest, Violinist; Daniel Morganstern, Cellist; Eric Larsen, Pianist (International Music Company, $27)
- 'Celtic & More Violin Duets,' Arranged by Aleksey Igudesman (Universal Edition, $17.95)
- 'Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for All Music Teachers,' by Bonnie Blanchard and Cynthia Blanchard Acree (Indiana University Press; $24.95)
- 'Edward Elgar: Concerto in E minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 85,' Edited by Jonathan del Mar (Barenreiter)
- 'Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto in A minor for Viola and Piano,' Arranged and Adapted by Ronald Gorevic from the Violin Concerto in E minor, Edited by David Cerone (Shar Music, $20)
- An Edition of Hanns Eisler's Die Reisesonate Reflects His Times
- 'J.S. Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord,' BWV 1014-1019, Edited by Karl Schleifer and Kurt Stiehler (Edition Peters)
- 'Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life,' by John Adams (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, $26)
- NS Electric Strings from D’Addario
- 'Leoš Janá?ek: Works for Violoncello and Piano' (Bärenreiter urtext, €16.95)
- 'Concerto in C Major for Violin and String Orchestra (Piano Reduction),' by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (Schott, €11.95)
- Harp-shaped Tailpieces from Frirsz
- 40 Years of Dominant Strings
- 'Rush for Solo Violin,' by Augusta Read Thomas (G. Schirmer, $4.95)
- 'J.S. Bach Preludio in E, BWV 1006/1, and Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004/5,' for Violin and Piano, Piano Accompaniment by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Edited by Anselm Hartinger (Breitkopf urtext, €13)
- Mighty Bright Orchestra Light
- Blue Snowball USB Microphone
- The Bowstopper
- Evaluating a Stringed Instrument's Sound
- 'Rosindust: Teaching, Learning, and Life from a Cellist's Perspective'
- 'Playing (Less) Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians'
- Double-bassist Richard "Dobbs" Hartsthorne Plays San Quentin State Prison
- Joshua Bell Joins the IU Faculty & More
- Repin, Maisky, Lang Lang Trio Debuts & More
- Cellist Nancy Lesh Learned Indian Ragas at the Feet of a Master
- Fiddler Michael Cleveland Scores at Bluegrass Awards
- After Two Decades, Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud Says Goodbye to the Kronos Quartet
- Five Young Cellists to Perform with Yo-Yo Ma at BSO Gala
- 'Dido’s Lament,' Arranged for String Quartet by Graham Bastable
- 'String Quartet,' by Maurice Ravel
- Busy Days for Freestyle Fiddler Darol Anger
- A Fabulous Fiddle: The Story of the 1708 'Ruby' Stradivari Violin
- Take a Bow: 2010 Banff Competition
- Napalese Sarangi: A Passing Tradition
- Rumor Alert: Wolfgang Sawallisc Staying Put in Philly
- Beaux Arts Trio Loses Kim to Injury
- Violin Music: Copland's Nocturne and Ukelele Serenade for violin and piano
- Benchmarks: Violin Collector Herbert Axelrod Gets Jail Time
- Tools for Better Technique
- Canada Council for the Arts Helping Young String Musicians Succeed
