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EAST SPENCER — JaQuan Jackson didn’t have a problem identifying the musical note when asked by music instructor Karen Franks. The 17-year-old easily answered several questions during an afternoon ...

Laurel Parks instructs the beginner "Drunken Fiddles" class at Belger Crane Yard Studios. Learning to play an instrument as an adult can be difficult, especially when many beginner level classes are ...

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Frank Polidora always loved violin music, but he never had time to learn the instrument when he was a practicing physician. Jim Depristo was a musician all of his life, but never learned to play the ...

After wondering whether it was possible to master a new instrument as an adult, Therese Trollbu, a 24-year-old from Norway, spent two years learning to play the violin. On her YouTube page she said ...

Learning the violin is difficult enough on its own, but when you're BLIND and racing against the clock, it feels almost ...

Amy Matherly began her career as a violin teacher in the public schools on Long Island. She is currently Suzuki Program Coordinator at Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester in Auburn, where she ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Holding a violin, using a bow and plucking strings are some of the basic foundational skills when learning how to play the instrument — and it’s an experience being brought to ...

The on-set violin teacher for ‘Chevalier’ reveals all the tips and tricks he used when teaching Kelvin Harrison Jr. to play the 18th-century Black musician. The 18th-century violin virtuoso Joseph ...