Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

The violin is the second most popular instrument for student musicians (thanks, Lindsey Stirling!), so how do you go about finding the right one for your child? Cris Behrens, general manager of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Holding a violin, using a bow and plucking strings are some of the basic foundational skills when learning how to play the instrument — and it’s an experience being brought to ...

A Lithuanian actor and musician has his hair turned into violin strings while still attached to his head in this amazing video. Actor and musician Andrius Mamontovas has a lot of hair: Mamontovas is a ...

Watch this cool-headed soloist do exactly the right thing in one of the most stressful concert situations imaginable. You know when you’re playing Britten’s violin concerto and your E-string snaps?