Obama Inaugural Quartet Video

Below you can watch and listen to the Obama Inaugural quartet video. Masters of the quartet included Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Anthony McGill on clarinet and Grabriela Montero on piano. The piece played was an original composition by John Williams, exclusively for the Inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama, titled "Air and Simple Gifts". Read more

Violin Lessons for Beginners to Advanced Violinists

Thinking of getting violin lessons? We've summarized some of your options and what's available both online and offline.

Private Violin Lessons

If you want to find a violin teacher in your local area, there is a site called Private Lessons that can help find you one.  Start off by choosing violin under the instrument list, then enter your city or zipcode. Enter a larger city nearby to get the most results if you don't get many with your city.  You can see instructor's resumes and Read more

Fiddle Lessons for Beginners

You can find traditional fiddle lessons given by a teacher privately or if you’re a DIY’er, you can learn to play the fiddle online with videos or with instructional books. It helps if you know what style of fiddle music you wish to play such as American (Bluegrass, Cajun, Folk…) Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Welsh…), Jazz, Canadian, Scandanavian etc. because Read more

Learn Violin Beginner Tips

If you want to learn violin you have a few choices as far as how to learn to play the violin, whether it be classical or cajun fiddle.  The obvious choice is violin lessons.  But what kind of lessons?  With a private violin teacher?  Group violin lessons?  Or did you know there were online violin lessons that you can take?  And what about the Suzuki Read more