Author: NotahEuthymia

If you have ever spent hours in a luthier’s shop, drawing a bow across dozens of instruments only…

For many aspiring musicians, the viola represents a hauntingly beautiful middle ground between the violin and the cello….

There is a unique kind of anxiety that strikes parents and adult learners when they first step into…

I remember the day I realized my first student viola had reached its limit. I was sitting in…

There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a bow first touches a string, producing that…

There comes a moment in every violist’s journey—usually about eighteen months to two years in—where the initial excitement…

For many of us in the strings community, the viola is an instrument of profound soul and rich,…

For many of us who have spent years in the string world, there comes a moment when the…

For many violists, the struggle is real: how do you transition from the rich, resonance-filled world of acoustic…

Starting a musical journey is one of the most rewarding experiences a child can have, but for parents,…