Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...
While winning acclaim for her concert performances with orchestras and in competitions around the world, violinist Tessa Lark is trying to broaden the kind of programming being performed. And Michael ...
I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...
Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...
Is it a violin or a fiddle? If you’re Tessa Lark, it’s both. She’s a prize-winning classical violinist and accomplished fiddler. Hear her unrestrained artistry in the Fantasie by Franz Schubert, today ...
Back and forth, their bows glide across violin strings; hands noodle over fingerboards. But for all the effort, the students can't quite keep the rhythm. "I can tell we've had two weeks off. That was ...
Colin McGlynn was 3 years old when he heard classical music on the car radio and announced, “I want violin.” Not long afterward, the Portsmouth boy stunned his mother by plucking out the “Star Wars” ...
If you’ve ever asked what the difference between a violin and a fiddle is, you may have been subjected to the pithy response: “The way it’s played.” I guess it’s not an out-and-out untruth, but it’s ...
We're not letting this instrument play second fiddle anymore. Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your ...