We’re coming to you from the 51st Annual Violin Society of America Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Instrument makers, restorers, shop owners, musicians, dealers, and more, gathered together for 3 days of presentations and demonstrations We caught up with violin-maker Julie Reed-Yeboah (@ReedYeboahFineViolins ), shop owner Jeff Anderson (@HouseofNote ), and double bassist and author Duane Rosengard, to learn more about this year’s edition | The Violin Channel

We’re coming to you from the 51st Annual Violin Society of America Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Instrument makers, restorers, shop owners, musicians, dealers, and more, gathered together for 3 days of presentations and demonstrations We caught up with American violin-maker Corrine Hopkins, curator of the New Instrument Exhibit, featuring a broad selection of modern instruments and bows | The Violin Channel

Earlier this week, The World's Biggest Stage Competition - Violin Edition took place in Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center | The winner, which will be partly chosen by a public vote, will receive $5,000 and be the featured violinist at the 20th Water Island Music Festival Each finalist performed one movement selected from the newly composed Violin Sonata by Julian Gargiulo | The four movements were assigned randomly Here, violinist Zach Brandon performs the second movement "Initiation" of J