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 ...

Violinist Lara St. John encourages young people to take up music because, regardless of how proficient they become, it adds to the quality of their lives. "When kids play any instrument at all, in any ...

Although there have been jazz violinists ever since the music began, formal jazz education programs in schools usually are set up to cater mostly to trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm sections ...

I started playing violin in 2008. I was 56 years old. My wife and I were on a weekend trip to New York. We had just seen some downtown theater and were making our way back to our hotel. On a mostly ...

While some parents might hear their toddlers banging on pots and pans and fear their musical dreams are doomed, students at ...

Is it possible to start violin as a senior citizen? I was visiting my 86-year-old father last week when this question came up ...

Robot exoskeletons improved physical coordination between musicians through transmitted touch, a recent study's findings ...

Nearly 80 years ago, a music teacher changed Betty Haag-Kuhnke’s life. As the violin instructor and founder of the acclaimed Arlington Heights music academy that bears her name prepares to retire, the ...