Nathan Cole - violin
There is method to the mastery
Here's a secret they don't tell you about joining a professional orchestra: over the years, your colleagues get younger and the jokes get funnier. When you start out as a bright-eyed 20-something, …
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I have an ambivalent relationship with the metronome. We've had enough difficulties over the years that we eventually had to set some ground rules. Still, the metronome (or its modern cousin, the …
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If you joined the Violympics this past summer, this Mazas is already an old friend! If not, you'll love exploring what seems at first to be a run-of-the-mill etude. It's all about hand frame on the …
Now that the Violympic Games are over, I've been itching to get back to my YouTube roots. So here's a new video for the fall, even though the thermometer is supposed to hit 111 degrees Fahrenheit in …
In the spring of 2020, as the entire world shut down, I looked for comfort through the violin. For me, that meant the solo violin works of J.S. Bach. Of course, I wasn't alone in this! So many of …
Many years ago I asked a colleague, "how do you practice spiccato?" He answered, "Oh, I practice it off and on." I assumed that meant "now and then", so I asked, "OK, but how?" "I practice it …
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