I recently returned from a weeklong amateur adult chamber music program at Kneisel Hall, a picturesque, wooded campus in Blue Hill, Maine and renowned summer institute founded by Franz Kneisel [...]

Recently, I received an unexpected, e-mail from a trauma therapist who discovered my website and enjoyed listening to my music. It made me revisit the idea that music can play [...]

Something amazing came my way about 4 1/2 years ago. It was a viola played by my great uncle Rudy, a virtuoso violinist. Being a musician and composer, I realized [...]

As an intermediate viola player, I have made a disturbing discovery –there is a dearth of music literature for viola duets. I have looked online for free downloads and scoured [...]

Having played my great uncle’s 100 year old viola for three years, cracks on the instrument were becoming noticeable. Over the life of the instrument, repairs were performed but not [...]

Although music played such a vital role from the age of eight, it became a joyless experience over the years. I studied piano, voice and cello, but I lacked an [...]

As with any writing discipline, there is a process in creating a piece of music. The important step is to write down as many ideas on manuscript paper as they [...]

On a recent trip to New Zealand I was mesmerized by the turquoise waters, lush vegetation, and fertile landscape, I felt relaxed, at peace, and appreciative to be there. I [...]

Not long after man discovered the use of tools, instruments were created and music began. Music has been a part of human culture for more than 40,000 years. It is [...]

In my previous blog, I wrote about my great uncle, Rudolph (Rudy) Fuchs and the miracle of receiving his first string instrument, a small viola he purchased in 1923. In [...]

My great uncle, Rudolph Fuchs, was a virtuoso violinist. He tragically died in a plane accident at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933 at the young age of 25. I [...]