UW-Eau Claire hosts third Violin Viola Day

UW-Eau Claire freshman, Molly Hanson Hilton said “I also got to learn a lot from my peers, and fellow students and learn from ...
Psychology Today

Transferable Mechanical Skills Between Piano and Violin Playing

We often marvel at prodigies who mastered the art of both violin and piano playing at a young age (e.g., German violin soloist and concert pianist Julia Fischer). Speaking from an ordinary person’s ...

UNM students learn to handcraft violins using centuries old techniques

Over at the University of New Mexico (UNM), a select number of students each semester have the opportunity to learn how to ...
The New York Times

Ida Haendel, Violin Virtuoso With ‘Fire and Ice’ in Her Playing, Dies

A link to the early-20th-century school of violin playing, Ms. Haendel was a noted champion of the concertos of Britten, Walton and Sibelius. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Ida Haendel, the ...