Frank Polidora always loved violin music, but he never had time to learn the instrument when he was a practicing physician. Jim Depristo was a musician all of his life, but never learned to play the ...

It’s true that most violin players start studying the instrument when they’re young—sometimes before they’ve even started school. (It’s admittedly pretty amazing to see a preschooler playing a ...

Professional violinist Laurel Parks, standing, instructs a beginners class for adults called "Drunken Fiddles" in January at Restaurant, Pub & Games, 724 Massachusetts St. Parks offers group classes ...

Point the Piano and Violin Learning Pen from Gigiway at notation in a music book and it will either play the piece through its built-in speaker or repeat and re-repeat a chosen passage and tell you ...

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I held my breath and drew the bow across the strings. I was rewarded with some sweet notes, sprinkled with a few thin, random ones I wasn’t aiming for at all. Meanwhile, the tip of my bow had drifted ...

AN ART ITSELF. >> WE FOUND STUDENTS LEARNING THAT ART RIGHT IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. WITH THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAIN THE CROWD ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY WORTH, 2022, ONE MUSICIAN’S VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ...

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