Rob Landes on MSN

Surprising Strangers With a Violin in Public

Rob Landes surprises people with his violin playing at a farmer's market. Features live music, improvisation, and interaction ...
The Telegraph on MSN

Alton violin teacher thrives after moving lessons to home studio

A lton private violin instructor Kelsey Waits runs her violin studio out of a small room at the front of her house. With a ...
WFRV Local 5

With deep roots and dynamic sound, Stillhouse Junkies take the stage their way

Their free-flowing musical style and improvisation make every performance unique. In this segment, Fred Kosak from Stillhouse Junkies discusses where they will be performing, his musical ...
Chargers Wire

Ranney student heals with her violin, serenading Monmouth Medical Center cancer patients

Ava Silva Costa, a 15-year-old sophomore at the Ranney School in Tinton Falls, plays her violin to help heal patients at ...
insider.si.edu

The history of violin playing, from its origins to 1761 and its relationship to the violin and violin music [by] David D. Boyden

Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...
CNN

Nuno Santos: Meet the violin-playing surfer

Professional Portuguese musician Nuno Santos enjoys playing the violin. He also enjoys surfing, though finding the time to practice both to a high level can be a challenge. So he’s come up with a ...
People

Woman Undergoes Brain Surgery While Playing Violin to Ensure She Can Still Play Instrument

Dagmar Turner, who plays with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, had a brain tumor removed in her right frontal lobe Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Confluence of sound: Black Violin hits the Pablo

Black Violin excels in combining classical music and hip-hop, two genres that at first glance do not seem at all compatible. The group, consisting of Kev Marcus on the violin and Wil B, aka Wil ...
The New York Times

Ida Haendel, Violin Virtuoso With ‘Fire and Ice’ in Her Playing, Dies

A link to the early-20th-century school of violin playing, Ms. Haendel was a noted champion of the concertos of Britten, Walton and Sibelius. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Ida Haendel, the ...