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Musicians say funny things. Much like many other specialized fields, there are words and phrases that hold entirely different meanings in our vernacular than they do in everyday English. If a string player tells you, “I am going to meet my maker,” they are far more likely referring to something equipment related than a rendezvous […]

It’s not often that I feel the need to take a full maintenance day away from not only the viola, but music entirely. This past Saturday, however, became one of those days. Given the intensity with which the quartet has been preparing for our upcoming Shostakovich Cycle in Buffalo next month, combined with the warmest