Category Archives: Members Articles

From NPR: The violin and viola that Mozart played himself are in the United States for the first time ever. The instruments come out of storage only about once a year at the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria. The rest of … Continue reading →

From the New York Daily News: This was one captive audience. When four members of the Philadelphia Orchestra found themselves stuck on board a delayed flight for nearly three hours, they decided to get to work. Two violinists, a cellist … Continue reading →

From Science Daily A good violin depends not only on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. The Swiss wood researcher Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze (Empa, Swiss Federal … Continue reading →

From the New York Times: OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y. — On a spring Sunday in the Catskill Mountains, Jay Ungar, a fiddler wearing a black vest and hiking boots, and his wife, Molly Mason, playing guitar, stood on a stage in a … Continue reading →

From the Kansas City Star: No delusions here. Daniel Bernard Roumain knows what most kids think about the violin. “Not very cool, not very cool at all,” he said once to a group of high school musicians. “Bass guitar, cool. … Continue reading →

From The Guardian: If Yaron Zilberman’s film, A Late Quartet, can’t make Christopher Walken and company look like real string players, at least it understands the dynamics of a quartet. It’s very difficult to make an actor look as if … Continue reading →

From the Huffington Post: There is nothing we love more than an impressive freestyle throw down, except perhaps an impressive freestyle throw down accompanied by a classical instrument. The unlikely combo of rap and violin is causing quite a stir … Continue reading →

From NBC News: Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new research suggests. The research, … Continue reading →

From ABC News: A battery of forensics tests has determined that a violin found in a British man’s attic is the instrument that was used by the bandmaster of the Titanic to play, according to lore, “Nearer My God to … Continue reading →