About Violinist.com

Violinist.com covers the classical music industry, providing news, reviews and interviews of interest to violin performers, teachers, students, and fans.

More than 26,000 violinists have registered as members on Violinist.com, allowing them to post articles, comments and discussion board threads on the site. We require visitors to register before they may post to the site, but all are welcome to lurk here anonymously if they do not wish to submit comments to the site. Check out our rules for writers and privacy policy for more detail.

Our founder and editor is Laurie Niles, a professional violinist (AFM Local 47, Los Angeles) who has played with the Pasadena (Calif.), Omaha (Neb.) and the late Disney All-American and Colorado Springs Symphonies. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Indiana University, where she studied violin with Henryk Kowalski, and an undergraduate ad hoc degree from Northwestern University in violin performance and journalism. She is a Suzuki-certified teacher through book 10 and maintains a studio of a dozen students, in addition to performing and editing this site.

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