People are shy about asking for help, but they certainly need it right now. I have assembled this list of fundraisers for ...

Some 100,000 scores by Arnold Schoenberg were lost in the Palisades fire last week in Los Angeles. The fire destroyed the ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your ...

No, Robert doesn't play the violin - his wife, Laurie (the site's editor) does that - but he did play viola in the Indianapolis Youth Symphony many, many, many years ago.

GENE WIE enjoys an international career as a conductor and performer of violin, viola, clarinet, saxophone, and trumpet, with over twenty years of experience as a full-time K-12 educator. He directs ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

Can any violinist truly conquer this diabolical instrument's formidable technique, to the point where it simply sings, ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: <a href=" Wetzel is a longtime violist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and also teaches at the Colburn School.