Kurt Sassmannshaus: Teaching Left Hand Basics
"I spend the first two years speeding my students up, and I spend the next 10 years slowing them down." Kurt Sassmannshaus shares his wisdom on teaching left-hand techniques, including finger action, vibrato and shifting.
http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20156/16841/

James Stern: Putting the Arc in Arco
A reason for 'crooked' bowing, and why we move when we play.
http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20156/16836/

Full Coverage of the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies
Violinist.com Editor Laurie Niles covers the biennial event at The Juilliard School. Here is a link to all the stories:
http://www.violinist.com/starling-delay/

The Violin Society of America issued an alert early last week about an "organized violin theft ring" operating in the southeast United States. Suspects were arrested
Thursday morning in Georgia. For more information:

http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20156/16839/

The art of vibrato -- which kind of vibrato do you mostly do, arm, or wrist?

http://www.violinist.com/blog/weekendvote/20156/16842/

LA Phil First Associate Concertmaster Nathan Cole: Key to a good audition is to have it learned around a month in advance.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/ncole78/20156/16827/

It is so easy to lose perspective when reaching for higher and higher levels of playing -- sometimes we need to pause enjoy our current level and the journey so far. By Amy Beth Horman.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/hormanviolinstudio/20156/16832/

Playing pop: there is an underrated artistry to being able to play with others, and express yourself in two or four bar phrases that contribute to part of the whole. By Michael Fox.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/foxieviolin85/20156/16825/

Violinist Ji-Young Lim, 20, expresses joy after winning First Prize at Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015. By Heather Kurzbauer.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/hkurzbauer/20156/16834/

"Janine Jansen has recently started playing the 1727 'Baron Deurbroucq' Stradivarius, and it's a match made in Heaven." Reviews of concerts by Janine Jansen, Christian Tetzlaff, Lisa Batiashvili and more.

http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20156/16835/

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