2012 Oberlin Workshops 3 Reasons to Start a Baroque Ensemble at Your School Playing ancient music can optimize learning in the modern classroom 4 Ways to Enhance Your Head Game Juilliard psychologist suggests 4 ways to build your mental muscle 5 Minutes With . . . Violist and early-music specialist Elizabeth Weinfield can be heard on the newly released CD Gregory Spears: Requiem 6 Essential Effects: From Metal to Magic How effects can help shape your voice 7 Ways to Recruit a New Chamber Ensemble Member Learn to survive—and thrive—after a member bids adieu A Notebook for Viola Players By Ivo-Jan van der Werff. Kingsley Literary Services, $30 A String-Quartet Arrangement You Won’t Be Able to Forget Immortalized in a classic ’80s movie, Simple Minds’ ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ finds its groove decades later Art of Sound Competition Aural Training in Practice, ABRSM Grades 1–3, 4 & 5 John Holmes and Nigel Scaife. ABSRM, $29.95. Background Trios for Strings, Volume 1, Violin A, Viola B, Cello C Greenblatt & Seay, $25 set; $9 per part. Beantown Finds a New Edge Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Opp. 127 and 131 Brentano Quartet. (Aeon) Berlioz: Harold In Italy; Paganini: Sonata Per La Gran Viola E Orchestra, Op.35. David Aaron Carpenter, viola; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond. (Ondine) Chamber Music Gets a Boost in South Korea David Finckel co-hosts chamber music program Choosing a Bow for Your Plugged-In Instrument Why a carbon-fiber bow may be your electric fiddle’s best friend Class Acts: String Students in the News Spotlight on violinist Brian Hong, cellist Chas Barnard & violinist Yolanda Bruno Concert Artist Guild Award David Oistrakh Plays Russian Violin Concertos The Russian Archives Series (Brilliant) Edward Huws-Jones' 'The French Fiddler' Selected and arranged by Edward Huws-Jones. Boosey & Hawkes, violin part only, €9.85; complete, €18.95. Eric Allen's 'Success in All Keys for Violin' Edited by Elizabeth Coffman. Versions also available for viola, cello, and double bass. Better Bands and Orchestras, $19.95. Fall 2011 Auction Results GL Cases Combi Violin Case A stylish instrument case—unreasonably good at a reasonable price Glière: 12 Duets for Two Violins Muzyka Moscow, $13.95. Hilary Hahn 2.0 Hahn sponsors composer contest How to Achieve the Best Tone ProMusica launches major recording project of newly commissioned works How to Put an End to A violin’s Squeaky E Strings in 3 Easy Steps Understanding a violin’s vibrations and connections can give you control when engaging the string Jazz String Players Team Up Bassist Christian McBride and violinist Regina Carter record together Joseph Lin Starts Tenure with the Storied Juilliard Quartet Violinist sees his latest job as something of a homecoming Joseph Regh’s ‘The Art of Bow Restoration’ Review of a new, high-end guide to restoring bows Largest Cello Taiwanese artist Yu Jung-Hua has spent $16,000 making a 5.2 meter-tall cello (17 feet). Largest Playable Violin Liverpool 1, Manchester 0 Lorin Maazel’s 1783 Guadagnini Violin sold at Auction for charity Sale of renowned instrument raises money for arts foundation Milestones Distinguished bassist Anthony Bianco dies Musical America Kudos Cellist David Finckel and violinist Gil Shaham receive honors Mysticism, Mathematics & Thimbles: the Cello Music of Sofia Gubaidulina This fascinating composer has written extensively for the cello, often calling for extended-range techniques New Master’s Program Mixes Science, Tech & Violins Stradivari Master of Science and Technology of String Instruments would have opportunities to work in acoustics research or in musical-instrument quality assessment and research, preservation, and music production. Niccolò Paganini’s Quartetto No. 12 Urtext edition. Musikverlag Zimmermann, $45. Notable Women: Trios by Today’s Female Composers Lincoln Trio (Cedille). Ohio Ensemble Helps to Create ‘a Musician’s Dream’ Learn to break down your stroke at different ranges of the bow in 5 simple steps Power Play: How to Get More Volume The pleasures and perils of setting up your instrument for a bigger sound Quatuor Ebène's Mozart: Dissonances CD & Fiction—Live at Folies Bergère DVD Special guest vocalists Natalie Dessay and Stacey Kent. (Virgin Classics) René Morel, 1932–2011 Remembering A Master Restorer Reviving One of the UK’s Great Lost Cello Concertos The Stanford Concerto is reborn in an upcoming critical edition Silent Symphony Uttica Symphony cancels season Sonoma Wire Works GuitarJack 2 South American Siblings Sizzle on Baroque Concertos & Sonatas Sol and Andres Gabetta are light on their feet in a program filled with charm StradPet Leather chin rest and violin cover This ‘Teenage’ Contemporary Violin Continues to Captivate with Hidden Depths A 1996 Marilyn Wallin that’s been through hell and high water Triple Play: The Triolin is a Communal Experience Because six hands are better than two Violinist Ray Chen, Man on the Fast Track Violinist Ray Chen, 22, rides into the limelight with a Romantic-era classic he first played at the tender age of nine What Are the Best Strings for an Electric Instrument? In a plugged-in world, the opportunity to explore different strings is limitless. Or you can play it safe.
