String Players News Today

The Livingston Symphony Orchestra will hold open rehearsals for string players from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, Sept. 12 and 19, at the Livingston High School orchestra room at

Grand prize winner Leah Dutton is a doctoral student in the School of Music.

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Moab Music Festival, an annual festival dedicated to bringing talented classical musicians to play within Moab’s landscape—venues include a whitewater rafting trip and

But courage comes before confidence – as I discovered with my friend and colleague Lucy Russell. Internationally recognised violinist and leader of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Lucy is no stranger to improvisatory music. But despite her ability to play divisions in 17 th century repertoire, her flair for baroque ornamentation and her experience in collaborating with composers, Lucy felt unable to play completely ‘off the sheet’. Talking about this, she expressed a tangible fear: she be...