Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

As the name implies, when it comes to chamber music — music composed for a small ensemble as opposed to a large orchestra — the space in which the music is performed matters. The slimmed-down size of ...

String Theory at the Hunter, in collaboration with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will present a concert on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring world-class violinist ...

A national fiddle champion at age 14, Seattle’s Mark O’Connor has maintained a frenetic pace as a composer and performer: a Nashville sessionman who played on more than 450 recordings during the 1980s ...

The Newport String Project will present the third weekend of its Newport County Concert Series on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. at Jamestown Arts Center and Sunday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. at Trinity Church’s ...