March 2021

Violinist and singer Melissa Barrison, 31, is a music graduate from Point Loma Nazarene University. She is a member of the country music group Young Guns and a solo artist who has opened gigs for CeeLo Green, POD and Pepper.…

BIS Records announced the release of the Swedish violinist Johan dalenethe new album, titled "Nordic Rhapsody". The disc includes Sinding's Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 10 "im alten Stil," Two Sentimental Romances by Stenhammar…

It is generally accepted that violins, especially first violins, play the most notes of any orchestral instrument. This is not meant to denigrate the noble endeavors of the contrabassoon, piccolo, or triangle. We all have our…

Egyptian violinist Ashraf Heikal died on Wednesday morning on the eve of a sudden health crisis, the Musicians' Union revealed. Heikal graduated from the string department of the Cairo Conservatory in the early 1990s and continued his…