
Online Video Lessons

Online video lessons for music students have come a long way over the last decade or so. Besides private...
Welcome to the new learningviolin.com, learningviola.com, and learningcello.com! You have entered the social network and blog for, about, and...
Väsen – The Essence of Sweden

I was going to make this post about one of my favorite bands, Väsen. But as I started to...
By Scott Metzger
I could be wrong, but doesn’t it seem like there isn’t that much written about the struggles we...
The majority of my time as a violin teacher was spent on teaching students how to practice. Teaching new...
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards – CD Release Tour

If your soul is yearning for beauty and healing, you may want to catch Laura Cortese and the Dance...
Inspiration – Anne-Sophie Mutter

As a teenage violin student, one of my first classical violin CDs was that of Anne-Sophie Mutter playing Mozart...
“I can’t even follow him on Twitter!” – by Pablo Helguera

By Pablo Helguera.
BYSO performs Peter & The Wolf – November 4th, 2017, 12noon @ Boston’s Symphony Hall

PROKOFIEV’s Peter and the Wolf Boston Youth Symphony Adrian Slywotzky, Conductor Ramona Lisa Alexander, Narrator The BSO’s Family Concert...
Colourstrings Teaching Method

I was recently introduced to the Colourstrings method for teaching string instruments. After watching a video of a beginner...
WHAT CAN CAUSE A SQUEAK OR A SCRATCH IN YOUR TONE – There is tension in your bow arm...