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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.
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Departments
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.
Cover: Fabio Biondi.
Cover photo: Simon Fowler.
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