All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 531
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NewsHelp Musicians survey reports sluggish return to regular work for UK professional musicians
An independent study found that a third of musicians surveyed were earning nothing at all from music, with over a fifth considering leaving the industry entirely
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NewsGriffon String Quartet awarded Green Bay Packers Foundation Grant
The grant will enable the quartet to provide a range of musical outreach community programmes for local residents through Midsummer’s Music
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FocusHow to play a chop groove with Casey Driessen
Fiddle player Casey Driessen offers exercises and audio examples on chop grooves to accompany his Technique article in the December 2021 issue
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BlogsHow to be successful in an orchestral audition - LSO violinist Maxine Kwok
London Symphony Orchestra first violinist Maxine Kwok offers tips for string candidates on preparing for orchestral auditions in this interview from 2014
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VideoViolinist Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Don Juan masterclass
’In an audition you only have a couple of minutes to make a big impression… we need a little more on the character and sweep of this’
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NewsViolinist Elias David Moncado wins Valsesia Musica International Competition
The former winner of the Karol Lipiński and Sendai violin competitions wins €8000
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade secrets: Wood ponding
Minnesota-based luthier David Folland reveals his procedure for treating the raw material for stringed instruments. From February 2015
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Premium ❘ FeatureWood treatment: Choosing resonant wood
Rémy Gug examines a method of selecting wood for making instruments. From January 1991
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BlogsIn search of the Irish double bass
Principal double bassist of the Irish Chamber Orchestra Malachy Robinson reflects on his journey seeking Irish double bass repertoire
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FocusThe ideal candidate: Preparing for orchestral auditions
Charles Noble offers tips to violists seeking an orchestral job in this extract from July 1999
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #22: Chad Hoopes on interdisciplinary teaching and learning
’Every student is different, every lesson is different. You have to teach according to the student’
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FocusAlchemy and wood treatment in Cremonese instruments
Wenjie Cai and Hwan-Ching Tai discuss the possible influence of alchemy in Cremonese wood treatment, in this extract from the December 2021 issue
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BlogsPositive audition preparation outcomes – even when you don’t get the job
While the process may be daunting, repetitive and sometimes demoralising, there is huge value to be found in preparing for auditions. Online editor and cellist Davina Shum examines five positive things to take away from preparing for orchestral auditions
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NewsMelbourne violinist awarded 2021 Freedman Classical Fellowship
Violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller intends to use the AUD $21,000 prize to shine a light on new compositions by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) Australian composers
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NewsViolinist Gillian Eastwood has died
The long-standing principal second violinist with the Philharmonia and English National Opera orchestra passed away on 9 November
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BlogsFrank Bridge’s Concerto Elegiaco ‘Oration’ – a listening guide by cellist Gabriel Schwabe
Cellist Gabriel Schwabe provides commentary and audio examples from his newest album featuring a lesser-known work by Frank Bridge
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Blogs‘Bartók has been with me for a long time and is irrevocably linked to my personal story’ - Violinist Franziska Pietsch
As a violinist who grew up in East Germany and moved to the West, Franziska Pietsch examines the parallels between her childhood and Béla Bartók’s inner turmoil of emigrating to the US, in recording her new album Bartók - The Quiet Revolutionary
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VideoAttacca Quartet perform Philip Glass
The quartet perform the third movement from Glass’ String Quartet no.3 ‘Mishima’
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NewsLiverpool Philharmonic launches Emerging Musicians Fellowship
Applications are now open to musicians on the brink of an orchestral career for a year-long immersive professional development programme
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Focus‘Surrounded by musicians and immersed in music’ - the early life of Giovanni Bottesini
In our December 2021 issue, Stephen Street examines early influences on the virtuoso bass player, composer and conductor
