The Guarneri String Quartet (photo by Erwin Fischer) and Charles Avsharian
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What's In Your Case? (Part II)
Tuesday, April 09, 2013In today's blog, we share a few customer photos from our #caseconfessions series. We've got some great stuff here: a garden kneeling pad, old boxers, Phantom of the Opera, and a symphony name tag. Send your case content photos to jamese@sharmusic.com…
SHAR Has a New E-Magazine
Monday, April 08, 2013Hello to the SHAR faithful out there! Today marks the release of our first issue of Pizzicato, an e-zine (electronic magainze) devoted to all things strings. Click on the cover below to read the issue. Feel free to share the magazine with your friends,…
Suzuki Violin School Book 6, the Revised Edition
Tuesday, March 19, 2013Alexandra Ostroff, one of our Customer Service Supervisors, has some great news for the Suzuki violin crowd out there: SHAR now has the revised edition of Book 6 in stock! Alexandra offers a sneak peek below.We are so happy to see the newly revised…
Making the Case for Retail Stores
Friday, March 15, 2013Today's blog is from Andy Monefeldt, the manager of SHAR's Ann Arbor retail store. Andy makes the case for visiting SHAR's retail store in Ann Arbor. Sure, everyone will continue to shop online for a long time to come; that's not going to change. But…
Inching Through Twinkle Variations with Nonpareils
Thursday, October 25, 2012Our latest blog is from Nerissa Nields, a Suzuki mom of two and folk singer in the band The Nields. Nerissa confronts an important question in this post: How do family dynamics show up in her son's Suzuki lessons? Her response is refreshingly honest:…
Choosing Music
Tuesday, October 23, 2012We have a wonderful guest blog today from Kim Wren, the upright bassist for the indie-folk band Doug Mains & the City Folk. Ms. Wren has been a member of Doug Mains & the City Folk since 2010 and is currently a senior music education major at Michigan…
Suzuki from a Pop Musician’s Perspective
Friday, October 19, 2012Our latest blog is from Nerissa Nields, a Suzuki mom of two and folk singer in the band The Nields. Nerissa discusses the importance of process in the Suzuki method: her kids' teacher, Emily Greene, considers the violin almost a "by-product" of the…
Violin Bridges: The Details Matter
Wednesday, October 17, 2012Many of us don’t pay very much attention to our bridges unless they fall down, go askew, or break. But do we realize how important the violin bridge is to the setup of the instrument and how much its position can affect our sound? Here are some notes on…