FEBRUARY/MARCH 2003
Issue 108

ITALIAN STYLE
Baroque violinist Fabio Biondi has employed solo virtuosity, ensemble playing, and scholarship to lead Europa Galante to international acclaim. Patricia Kaden reports.

Celtic Flame
Kevin McKeough catches up with Chicago-based fiddler Liz Carroll, one of the most exciting figures on the Irish music scene. With music to play.

Summer Study Guide
Want to spend your summer vacation in the California redwoods, the Catskill Mountains, or the Canadian Rockies? Managing editor Elisa M. Welch offers more than 250 directory listings for string players seeking to improve their skills at a summer-study program.

Roadside Attractions
Strings surveys dozens of readers, players, and instrument dealers to get their opinions on the best ways to protect your violoncello. A little traveling music, Sam! Associate editor Heather K. Scott reviews 11 cases.

 

Departments

News & Notes

Mark O'Connor does double duty; stolen Strad spurs a lawsuit; Edgar Meyer's good fortune; and Kronos@30, plus Benchmarks.

 

News & Notes

The Pacifica Quartet takes the Elliot Quartet Cycle on the road; Butler University stirs

a brouhaha; the Feds cast a wide net and snare–a cellist?; the Peabody classical music archives enter the digital age; and much more, plus Benchmarks.

Encore

Don’t knock aluminum, unless you’re Steve Shain playing the bass. David Templeton gets down.

Music & Musicians

practical musician

How much is too much too soon? Janet Horvath offers health tips to young players.

strings 101

Stan Funicelli suggests the best approach for Bach for beginners.

master class

Cellist Sarah Freiberg discusses the art of Baroque bowing.

letter from tucson

James Reel reports from the nation’s 33rd largest city about its burgeoning

chamber-music scene.

Reviews

in print

Abram Loft on how to succeed in an ensemble.

on record

Young bloods tackle Shostakovich, plus

Eliza Carthy, Sir Simon Rattle, and Max Reger.

on stage

Daniel Felsenfeld reviews performances by the Milton Quartet and the Ahn Trio; Edith Eisler on opening night at Chamber Music at the Y, and Paul Neubauer at Mannes College.

Workbench

shop visit

Daniel Felsenfeld on the 2002 Violin Society of America competition winners.

auction highlights

The untouched Strad gets a new owner.

New Products

New geared pegs for violin and viola, digital metronome, play-long practice material, and more.

: Patrice Jackson.
Cover photo: Michael Marsland, courtesy of Yale University.

 


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