August 2010, No. 184
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- By Strings Magazine Editors
- Magazine
- Published by String Letter Publishing
Contents
'Dido’s Lament,' Arranged for String Quartet by Graham Bastable
'Five Scenes from Treemonisha,’ by Scott Joplin, Arranged for String Quartet by Graham Bastable
'Mozart Effect' Dismissed
'Shostakovich in Dialogue'
'The Violinist's Wedding Album,' Arranged by Lynne Latham for Violin, with CD (Latham Music, $29.95)
'Violin Octet' Inspires Hutchins East
200 Years of Ole Bull
40 Years of Dominant Strings
5 Tips to Consider Before You Tweet
A Rare 16th-century Violin Fit for a King
Alan Gilbert Leads Lincoln Center Celebration
Banff String Quartet Competition Preps for Triennial
Banff Winners Take Home Bows
Baroque Meets Bluegrass in a Nashville Performance Program
Bowing Basics: Control the Speed of Your Bow
Bulgarian Violinist Receives First Helen Armstrong Fellowship
Cellist Nancy Green Explores the World of Paul Desenne
Cellist Tina Guo Combines Heavy Metal With Classical
Chinese Violin-Making Competition Debuts
Colburn School's Heifetz Studio Links Past to Future
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Not Playing
E. Wilfer Student Violins
Fiddler Johnny Gimble: Livin' in Western Swing Time
Harp-shaped Tailpieces from Frirsz
How Much Should You Spend on a College Instrument
How to Care for a Violin, Viola, Cello, or Bass Bow
How to Teach Beginning Teen String Students
Impressive Anthology Introduces Paul Tortelier's EMI Recordings
Juilliard Quartet Co-founder Arthur Winograd Dies at 90
Kevin Puts' 'Credo' Is a Contemporary Commentary on Turbulent Times
Khachatryan's Consummate Bach
Latin Flavor Spices Up Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's Debut Album for NCCO
Michael Tilson-Thomas Shapes New World on World Wide Web
Mighty Bright Orchestra Light
New College Programs for Alt-style String Players
NS Electric Strings from D’Addario
Paganini's “Il Cannone” Visits Norway
Play 'Paranoid Android' from Radiohead's 'OK Computer'
Post-Taliban Afghanistan: The Sound of Music
Renaud Capuçon on the Korngold Violin Concerto
Rosamunde Quartet Conjures the Dark Night of the Soul
Search on for New Kansas City Symphony Concertmaster
Spirited 'Encores' from Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Stanford University Readies New Concert Hall
Takako Nishizaki Records Suzuki Evergreens
Teaching the Secret Life of Trees and Violins
The Curtis Institute of Music Bolsters Staff
The Donati String Quartet Wins Parker Quartet Contest
Vadim Repin Premieres the MacMillan Violin Concerto
Violin Music: The Musicality of Rode's Caprices
Violinist Dayna Anderson New Concertmaster of Delaware Orchestra
Violinist Jaime Laredo Named as American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellows
Violinist Mikhail Simonyan Reaches Out to Afghanistan
Violinist Tereza Lucia Stanislav Joins Denali Quartet
Winner Announced for Maurice Gardner Composition Competition
Yamaha Adds Gold Sparkle, as Requested
Young Violist Garners Fisher Career Grant
'Five Scenes from Treemonisha,’ by Scott Joplin, Arranged for String Quartet by Graham Bastable
'Mozart Effect' Dismissed
'Shostakovich in Dialogue'
'The Violinist's Wedding Album,' Arranged by Lynne Latham for Violin, with CD (Latham Music, $29.95)
'Violin Octet' Inspires Hutchins East
200 Years of Ole Bull
40 Years of Dominant Strings
5 Tips to Consider Before You Tweet
A Rare 16th-century Violin Fit for a King
Alan Gilbert Leads Lincoln Center Celebration
Banff String Quartet Competition Preps for Triennial
Banff Winners Take Home Bows
Baroque Meets Bluegrass in a Nashville Performance Program
Bowing Basics: Control the Speed of Your Bow
Bulgarian Violinist Receives First Helen Armstrong Fellowship
Cellist Nancy Green Explores the World of Paul Desenne
Cellist Tina Guo Combines Heavy Metal With Classical
Chinese Violin-Making Competition Debuts
Colburn School's Heifetz Studio Links Past to Future
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Not Playing
E. Wilfer Student Violins
Fiddler Johnny Gimble: Livin' in Western Swing Time
Harp-shaped Tailpieces from Frirsz
How Much Should You Spend on a College Instrument
How to Care for a Violin, Viola, Cello, or Bass Bow
How to Teach Beginning Teen String Students
Impressive Anthology Introduces Paul Tortelier's EMI Recordings
Juilliard Quartet Co-founder Arthur Winograd Dies at 90
Kevin Puts' 'Credo' Is a Contemporary Commentary on Turbulent Times
Khachatryan's Consummate Bach
Latin Flavor Spices Up Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg's Debut Album for NCCO
Michael Tilson-Thomas Shapes New World on World Wide Web
Mighty Bright Orchestra Light
New College Programs for Alt-style String Players
NS Electric Strings from D’Addario
Paganini's “Il Cannone” Visits Norway
Play 'Paranoid Android' from Radiohead's 'OK Computer'
Post-Taliban Afghanistan: The Sound of Music
Renaud Capuçon on the Korngold Violin Concerto
Rosamunde Quartet Conjures the Dark Night of the Soul
Search on for New Kansas City Symphony Concertmaster
Spirited 'Encores' from Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Stanford University Readies New Concert Hall
Takako Nishizaki Records Suzuki Evergreens
Teaching the Secret Life of Trees and Violins
The Curtis Institute of Music Bolsters Staff
The Donati String Quartet Wins Parker Quartet Contest
Vadim Repin Premieres the MacMillan Violin Concerto
Violin Music: The Musicality of Rode's Caprices
Violinist Dayna Anderson New Concertmaster of Delaware Orchestra
Violinist Jaime Laredo Named as American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellows
Violinist Mikhail Simonyan Reaches Out to Afghanistan
Violinist Tereza Lucia Stanislav Joins Denali Quartet
Winner Announced for Maurice Gardner Composition Competition
Yamaha Adds Gold Sparkle, as Requested
Young Violist Garners Fisher Career Grant