Instead of sitting in on her 10-year-old’s violin lessons, Rochelle Thomsen of St. Paul decided she had to join in. “Our daughter Kiana really wanted to play the violin, she had been asking for quite ...

I held my breath and drew the bow across the strings. I was rewarded with some sweet notes, sprinkled with a few thin, random ones I wasn’t aiming for at all. Meanwhile, the tip of my bow had drifted ...

Exposing children to music at an early age has been widely known to bring about a host of benefits such as teaching patience, improving memory, instilling discipline and more. It is no wonder why ...

Vignesh S. had always wanted to become a violin teacher. On Saturday, the dream of this differently abled violinist came true when he began giving violin lessons to five children who attend the autism ...

April 4, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — Patients with Alzheimer's disease with otherwise limited cognitive function who had never before played the violin showed the potential not just to learn to play the ...

When I first picked up a viola three years ago I never imagined what a demanding instrument it would be. I wasn’t even sure what it was when I lifted it out of its dusty case, having just inherited it ...

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 ...

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