Shar Music Blog

There are so many types of violins around the world that an orchestra could be filled with all of them! Here are five more exotic violins.

To celebrate SHAR's 50th Anniversary, we held a recital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Employees and friends of SHAR came out to watch their coworkers and community memebers perform their favorite pieces. The applause was hearty, the music was excellent, and…

We are all familiar with the Western violin, but what about violins from other cultures? Check out these five violins from around the world.

In today's post, Nerissa Nields talks about the big fear every music-loving parent encounters at some point: If I push my child too hard, will he just end up hating music? For me, the highlight of Nerissa's post is the moment she realizes that both…

… besides how to play Italian songs with as much schmaltz as possible and how to avoid stabbing the servers with my bow.

SHAR Apprentice Megan Fedor shares videos of the winning groups from our 2012 String Quartet Competition. Watch below!Division 2: Violinists Sho Harvey and Trevor Herman Hilker, violist Jacob Caldwell, and cellist Angelina Cicchella formed their string…

There's been a lot of press recently about bullying and hazing: a Rutgers student hid a camera in his dorm room to record his roommate being intimate; the hazing practices of the Florida A&M marching band led to the death of drum major; and Mitt…

SHAR Apprentice Megan Fedor shares videos from the second round of our 2012 String Quartet Competition. Watch below!

SHAR Apprentice Megan Fedor shares videos from the second round of our 2012 String Quartet Competition. Watch below!After surviving the first round, these Division 1 Quartets dazzled the judges and audience in the Competition Finals!