All Episodes

Episode 81: Yes You Can! How to Easily Make Your Own Arrangement of a Rock or Pop Song for String Ensemble

Episode 80: Hale be Your Heart! Hale Be Your Fiddle!

Episode 79: Making Fun WITH the Music: Aleksey Igudesman

Episode 78: Impromptu – Lullabies and More

Episode 77: Writing Women Back Into Music History!

Episode 76: Yes, It Really Existed! Meet the Shoulder Cello

Episode 75: To Memorize or Not To Memorize, That is the Question

Episode 74: Violin Lullabies, part 2

Episode 73: Violin Lullabies, part 1

Episode 72: No Guts, No Glory: Master Stringmaker Dan Larsen

Episode 71: Barely Controlled Chaos – Maestro Michael Morgan

Episode 70: Fiesta! Rachel Barton Pine's CD Capricho Latino, part 2

Episode 69: Fiesta! Rachel Barton Pine's CD Capricho Latino, part 1

Episode 68: Emoting with the Fiddle – Klezmer Violinist Yale Strom

Episode 67: Native Informant – Composer Mohammed Fairouz

Episode 66: Musical Passions, part 2

Episode 65: Musical Passions, part 1

Episode 64: Gorgeous Melodies in a Strange Structure – The Glazunov Violin Concerto

Episode 63: The Violin's Awesome Medieval Ancestors, the Rebec and Vielle!

Episode 62: "Blues and High Spirits" - Rachel Barton Pine on St. Paul Sunday

Episode 61: String Instrument Care 101

Episode 60: Why are you holding the violin like THAT? The surprising true story of early violin playing

Episode 59: Interaction! A Revolutionary Approach to Connecting with and Captivating Your Audience

Episode 58: Can playing rock music on your string instrument actually be ... gasp ... good for you?

Episode 57: Scotland's Music - a radio program with John Purser

Episode 56: When hard work and talent aren't enough - the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation is here to help!

Episode 55: An American Masterpiece: The Samuel Barber Violin Concerto

Episode 54: Seven cool new pieces for unaccompanied violin!

Episode 53: The beautiful science of strings

Episode 52: Getting the scoop on Franz Clement from a renowned British musicologist

Episode 51: Writing your own cadenza - don't be scared, it's fun!

Episode 50: Fantasies on Beethoven's Violin Concerto (a.k.a. my cadenzas)

Episode 49: The Beethoven Violin Concerto's forgotten origins - introducing Franz Clement and his concerto

Episode 48: Woodworms and the Three S's? Luthier Paul Becker discusses violin maintenance, restoration, and tonal adjustment

Episode 47: The second coolest family of string instruments - all about the viola da gamba.

Episode 46: More about the d'more: the fascinating 14-stringed cousin of the violin and its enthusiasts

Episode 45: The arts as a catalyst for American democracy - Exploring the world of arts policy

Episode 44: Bringing sound to life - the violins of Jan Van Rooyen

Episode 43: Violinist.com, an online community for violin enthusiasts

Episode 42: Discovering the exotic flavors of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole

Episode 41: Life without a conductor: a conversation with the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

Episode 40: So you want to start a festival do you?

Episode 39: Music for Life! A revolutionary idea for classical concert presentation.

Episode 38: Tips for making audio and video recordings for auditions

Episode 37: Containing your clutter - tips for storing your sheet music

Episode 36: Plucking and bowing at the same time - one violinist sounds like two!

Episode 35: Kirk Muspratt's innovative ideas about demystifying classical music

Episode 34: Tips for preparing for orchestral auditions

Episode 33: Tips for the day of a competition or an audition

Episode 32: Tips for preparing for competitions and auditions

Episode 31: Some of my favorite books about music and why I love them

Episode 30: Teaching yourself to become a great improvisor!

Episode 29: More tips about memorization and preparing for chamber music rehearsals

Episode 28: What in the world is Neo-Classical Metal?

Episode 27: Mozart's amazing Violin and Viola Duos with guest violist Eric Nowlin

Episode 26: Preparing for chamber music rehearsals - how to expedite the process

Episode 25: Meet the Viola d'Amore, a 14-Stringed Cousin of the Violin!

Episode 24: Memorization - The Conscious and the Subconscious Working Together

Episode 23: Rachel Barton Pine discusses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto

Episode 22: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Ralph Berkowitz

Episode 21: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Maestro Gil Shohat

Episode 20: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Israel Bar-On of the Israel Chamber Music Societies

Episode 19: Rachel Barton Pine discusses violinist Joseph Joachim

Episode 18: Rachel Barton Pine discusses Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major

Episode 17: Rachel Barton Pine discusses Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor

Episode 16: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Venezuelan violinist Jesus Florido

Episode 15: Rachel Barton Pine talks with Maestro Christoph Mueller

Episode 14: Rachel and her sister Hannah Barton talk about the R.E.B. Foundation's newest initiative, Global Heartstrings.

Episode 13: Rachel Barton Pine interviews Fred Spector (Part 2)

Episode 12: Rachel Barton Pine interviews Fred Spector (Part 1)

Episode 11: Rachel Barton Pine discusses violin mutes with Fred Spector

Episode 10: Rachel Barton Pine gives some practicing advice

Episode 9: Rachel Barton Pine discusses concerto choices

Episode 8: Rachel Barton Pine discusses classical concert etiquette

Episode 7: Rachel Barton Pine discusses classical improvisation

Episode 6: Rachel Barton Pine plays one of her favorite "fiddle" songs for the violin

Episode 5: Rachel Barton Pine introduces her new album "American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell" (Part 3)

Episode 4: Rachel Barton Pine introduces her new album "American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell" (Part 2)

Episode 3: Rachel Barton Pine introduces her new album "American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell" (Part 1)

Episode 2: Rachel Barton Pine explains how to find out-of-print sheet music

Episode 1: Rachel Barton Pine discusses Bruch's Scottish Fantasy