An Intriguing Bach

A few months ago, I posted a collection of intriguing bits of information about Mozart.(You can read that post here.) My post consisted of several sections, including quotes by and about Mozart, some fun stories about him, and of course, a selection of his most beloved music. Today, I'm going to post along those same lines, …

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What to Do When You’re Drowning in Music

Do you ever come home from a lesson and just want to collapse? You have four pieces in progress, one you're trying to polish for a concert, and now your teacher just gave you a new one. Where on earth are you supposed to start? It's never easy to have a big workload, but here …

Felix Borowski and Adoration

Felix Borowski, composer and teacher, wrote more than 60 pieces in a variety of styles, including 3 symphonies, 3 string quartets, and 3 organ sonatas. But it is neither Borowski's symphonies nor his string quartets that made him famous. His biggest claim-to-fame is a violin piece called Adoration. As I was preparing Adoration for my …

My Top 6 Exercises and Stretches for Musicians

Musicians are stuck in relatively unnatural positions for hours at a time nearly every day, so it's no wonder we have aches and pains sometimes! I thought it was time for a post on some stretches to ease your pain, so here it is - my top six exercises and stretches to help you improve …

10 Modern Melodies

Recently, Maggie and I got to talking about modern music - specifically, beautiful modern melodies. We agreed that film scores have greatly contributed to the "melody" world - and then there are the pieces that have pretty melodies but sound "film-y". A couple relatively modern composers have written beautiful melodies - Charles Ives and Samuel …

Our Favorite Things

For our 50th post, we thought we'd do something fun - a joint post of 25 of our favorite things! Enjoy! 1. Favorite key signature Cammi: Such a hard question - but I'd have to say it's E minor (at least right now - and you'll see why in a moment). My favorite single note is …

Our Favorite Musical Links

This week we're doing another joint post! To start us out, Cammi will share her favorite musical websites/blogs, and Maggie will weigh in next. Violinist.com I can proudly say that Violinist.com is a home-away-from-home for violinists of all ages and stages. You will benefit from the forums on this site whether you be a beginning …

Math In Music

We musicians are always boasting about how diverse music is. It's art, it's science, it's mathematics. A lot of mathematics. Sadly, no one believes us - after all, how mathematical can music get? Aside from pitch frequencies, we never have to deal with numbers. Right? Of course not! Music is littered with numbers, whether you …

Tidbit #6 – Musical Giveaways

There are two great violin giveaways going on right now! The first one is sponsored by StringsMagazine. This giveaway package is comprised of a: John Cheng Limited Edition 4/4 size violin Guy Laurent Three Star 4/4 size violin bow Musafia Momentum Z 4/4 size violin case 2 Cakes of Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin The total value of …

An Intriguing Mozart

Since Mozart's Birthday was on January 27th, I felt a little pressure to post about him this Monday. But I didn't want to write up a biography about him - of which there are gazillions on the WWW. And no, I didn't want to post "10 Interesting Facts about Mozart" - there are already hundreds …