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R-E-S-P-E-C-T Underrepresented Composers	Repertoire	3
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Weekend vote: Did your mom first introduce you to music?	Teaching	20
For the Record, Op. 154: Vadim Gluzman's Beethoven/Schnittke; Alina Ibragimova's Paganini; Dallas String Quartet	News	0
How Good Bow Distribution Can Free the Bow Arm	Technique	1
Klezmer Fidl Blog: Klezmer Violin Ornamentation	Teaching	5

Violin Practice: A Little Instant-Gratification Goes a Long Way	Technique	11
V.com weekend vote: Can you speak, or sing, while playing?	Technique	13
2020 Shanghai Violin Competition Names 36 Contestants and Relaunches after COVID Delay	News	0
Senior Semi-Finalists Named in 2021 Menuhin Violin Competition	News	0
For the Record, Op. 153: James Ehnes' Ysaÿe: Boulanger Legacy; Ensemble Diderot	News	2
Junior Semi-Finalists Named in 2021 Menuhin Violin Competition	News	1
Menuhin Violin Competition Richmond 2021 Begins This Week	News	0
Livestream: Watch Violinist Aisslinn Nosky Perform Baroque Favorites	News	1

V.com weekend vote: Have you ever taken a hiatus from violin practice and playing?	News	27
Juilliard Announces 2021 Starling-DeLay Violin Symposium Details	News	0
Violin Practice: Using Both Hands to Connect the Technical and the Musical	Technique	7
Interview with Violinist Augustin Hadelich: Bach Sonatas and Partitas	Interviews	5
Paganini's 24th Caprice - Inspiring Composers for 200 Years	Repertoire	6
How We Breathe Matters!	Health	6
V.com weekend vote: Do you put your bow thumb on the leather, or 'in the notch' below it?	Technique	13
Because of COVID-19... The Impact of the Pandemic on My Music School Experience	News	9
The Quest for a Quality Fractional Instrument: Reviewing Shar's New York Phil Violin Outfits	Instruments	8
Do We Still Need Classical Music Reviews?	Reviews	4
The Well Aging Fiddler - Mile 20 is not Mile 26	Health	3
Orchestra Excerpts Part 2: Prokofiev 'Classical Symphony' and Strauss 'Ein Heldenleben'	Orchestra	1

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