No. 239, March 2015

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Natural High Janine Jansen is right at home pairing Bach with the premiere of a modern violin concerto By Laurence Vittes Pine’s Time Rachel Barton Pine opens up about tackling Moz art, becoming a confident cadenza composer, and being a mom By Whitney Phaneu The Pablo Pablo Casals’ 1733 Goffriller is the crown jewel of cellos By Martin Steinberg Special Focus on: 2015 Summer Study Guide Rambling Around the New England Festival Scene Or what I did on my last summer vacation By Sarah Freiberg Annual Summer Study Guide Our annual summer guide to workshops, seminars, music camps & more! News & Notes The Knights continue to mature as a chamber-music force; Silk Road Ensemble hits the road; and more; plus Milestones, and 5 minutes with the Cypress String Quartet News Spotlight Remembering violinist and educator Mark Sokol, 1946–2014 Encore Chargeaux is a violin and viola duo that’s doing it their own way Strings 101 Getting contradictory information on bow-arm technique? Try to tap into your instincts Master Class The Russian teaching method: its inception, evolution, and application Practical Musician Beyond the urtext—successful interpretations require research and creativity Teaching Strings 10 ways to boost your school orchestra’s musicianship Strings Trade Differences between auction houses and buyers blur as auctions gain popularity; Charles Beare is back in the market; new study explores the Golden Age of Neapolitan violins; and more Your Instrument Your humidifier might be the best friend your fiddle ever had Ask the Expert A cellist ponders the pros and cons of those mini-bass tuners What’s in the Case The soul of Danjuro Ishizaka’s 1730 ‘Feuermann’—one of Stradivari’s last cellos New Products Cremona ups its game in the beginner to step-up set; Krentz String Works Modulator; and more Reviews Discs Turtle Island delivers the goods on their latest chamber-jazz disc; and more In Print Matt Glaser’s new fiddle book melds the familiar into a new musical language; and other editions Show more