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Articles from the pages of Strings Magazine - read aloud by the editor and authors!
Strings keeps you informed on the music, musicians, and instruments that matter. Published since 1986, our editors and expert contributors share stories from the vibrant community surrounding stringed instruments. For teachers and students, amateurs and professionals, players of violin, viola, cello, bass, and fiddle, Strings is your magazine.
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English
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24 episodes
since Oct. 2, 2023
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This story was written by Megan Westberg for the May-June 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.
It is an impassioned voice. A raised female voice. “Human life, for us, is sacred,” she says. Music swells beneath her. Bittersweet. Soaring. Rushing in and then retreating. She goes …
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This story was written by Emily Wright for the March-April 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.
There’s an old Monty Python skit where a husband and wife are discussing what could be scraped together for dessert after a horrendous dinner. The wife begins listing the…
This story was written by Megan Westberg for the March-April 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.
Sometime around the year 2000, violinist David Harrington of the California-based Kronos Quartet received an email. Its author wasn’t a colleague or a publicist. Or even an adult. …
This article was written by Thomas May for the March-April 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.
“Music is embedded in everything we do in South African life,” says Selaocoe. “Not even only as an artist, but as a member of the public, being able to express yourself m…
Editor Megan Westberg shares highlights from the latest issue of Strings magazine. Get your copy of the March-April 2025 issue here. It's available in both print and digital editions. And, to be sure you never miss a new issue, why not subscribe? Strings Stories listeners get a special deal.
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This story was written by Megan Westberg for the January-February 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author...
Violinist Sarah Neufeld and cellist Rebecca Foon first met as teenagers at an Ani DiFranco concert. This seems a good place to start, as any discussion of their new album, F…
This story was written by Megan Westberg for the January-February 2025 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.
It exists at a crossroads, violin making. Where living hands take on the work of those who abandoned their tools several centuries before. And from that perspective, it seems…
This story was written by Megan Westberg for the September-October 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.I get the sense that violinist Ray Chen is still searching for the right answer—the perfect, succinct media-ready response—to a particular question. Funny thing is, it isn’t a…
This story was written by David Templeton for the July-August 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by editor Megan Westberg.
As a performer who often shares the statement, “We are magical creatures,” the notion of a Cirque du Soleil show built around her brand of inspirational pop grandeur—pe…
This story was written by Megan Westberg for the May-June 2024 issue of Strings magazine and is read by the author.It will have started before you notice it’s happening. You’ll hit play on fiddler Louise Bichan’s title track to her recent release, The Lost Summer (Adhyâropa Records), and you’ll sud…
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