No. 198, October 2011

Teaching Strings

Learn to accommodate a variety

of learning styles

Master Class

Play a solo violin transcription of Liszt’s B minor Sonata for piano

News & Notes

Arbitrary rule change mars 2011 Int’l Tchaikovsky Competition; Anthony Hopkins waltzes with André Rieu; fiddler Darol Anger starts online string lessons; and more; plus News Briefs and 5 Minutes with . . . Sofia Gubaidulina.

On My Music Stand

Mark Fewer on George Antheil’s

Violin Sonata No. 2

Oh, Lucky Man

Superstar cellist Zuill Bailey on connecting with

an audience

By David Templeton

SPECIAL FOCUS ON TEEN STRINGS

Violinist, educator, and manufacturer Mark Wood

is plugging kids into

their inner rock star

By Katie Robbins

Nurturing the Teen Perspective

Spotlight on the innovative Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Student Producers program

By Louise Lee

How to Jump-start a College Education

Prep schools with a strong string focus can spark

a student’s higher learning

By Louise Lee