CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Shelia Sudberry heard there was an opportunity to learn to play the violin for free she jumped at the chance. She has been driving her granddaughter, Jamiyah Dotson, to ...

If you've got an hour, Adam Riccinto will give you a song. Actually, he'll teach you to play the song yourself on the violin. Riccinto will teach interested string neophytes of all ages at the "Fiddle ...

On Saturday I met a ranking member of an elusive, secret society: the luthiers. In layman’s terms, that means Gary Garavaglia is a violin maker, but in the world of string instruments, he’s a master.

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 ...

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Every Monday and Friday afternoon a handful of kids and their parents slip into a side door of St. Charles Boromeo Church on Detroit's east side. The young people carry violin cases and backpacks and ...

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 ...

The folks at [Design I/O] have come up with a way for you to play the world’s tiniest violin by rubbing your fingers together and actually have it play a violin sound. For those who don’t know, when ...