I held my breath and drew the bow across the strings. I was rewarded with some sweet notes, sprinkled with a few thin, random ones I wasn’t aiming for at all. Meanwhile, the tip of my bow had drifted ...

April 4, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — Patients with Alzheimer's disease with otherwise limited cognitive function who had never before played the violin showed the potential not just to learn to play the ...

Exposing children to music at an early age has been widely known to bring about a host of benefits such as teaching patience, improving memory, instilling discipline and more. It is no wonder why ...

Vignesh S. had always wanted to become a violin teacher. On Saturday, the dream of this differently abled violinist came true when he began giving violin lessons to five children who attend the autism ...

Alton private violin instructor Kelsey Waits runs her violin studio out of a small room at the front of her house. With a focus on teaching, Waits dedicates part of her life, and her house, to ...

Even during a global pandemic, Laura Schactler has never stopped giving music lessons from her Selah home. Primarily conducted over FaceTime, her lessons are an anticipated event in the homes of many ...

When I first picked up a viola three years ago I never imagined what a demanding instrument it would be. I wasn’t even sure what it was when I lifted it out of its dusty case, having just inherited it ...