String Academy of Chicago

03/25/2022

Bach’s solo cello suite reverberates through a deserted street in Ukraine...

03/15/2022

Iryna Manyukina's home in Bila Tserkva, not far from Kyiv, was bombed earlier this month

09/30/2021

Friend and colleague Jonathan Blumhoffer interviewed Anne-Sophie Mutter!

A packed, wide-ranging conversation with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter that touches on several subjects, from a lifelong love of jazz to her verdict on John Williams’ Violin Concerto no. 2.

08/31/2021

“If you practice slowly, you forget slowly”
Check out this article for practice tips from Perlman

In celebration of the violinist's birthday today, enjoy six pearls of wisdom from the man himself

12/15/2020

See teachers Ruth Mudge and Steven Sjobring perform in a Christmas Concert!

This is "Lessons and Carols" by Church of the Resurrection on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

12/15/2020

**UPDATE ~ Scroll down to see the answers!
Time for a recap! 🎶🎄Can you identify these familiar Christmas tunes by no more than their first few notes? Have fun!! 🎶🎄
(n.b. all of the melodies are accurate. Kudos to Jennifer Flanders for creating this fun carol quiz!) :: Yes, we'll update this text in a few days to include all of the 'answers'! 😊🎶
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**All of the answers are directly from the Flanders family website (for a pdf, click here and go to pg.2 - https://tinyurl.com/yxu7858u
1. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
2. The First Noel
3. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
4. Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’
5. Angels We Have Heard on High
6. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
7. As with Gladness Men of Old
8. Away in a Manger
9. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
10. Good King Wenceslas
11. O, Holy Night
12. I Saw 3 Ships
13. We 3 Kings
14. The Holly + the Ivy
15. Silent Night
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
17. White Christmas
18. Jingle Bells

12/09/2020

Promising!

A groundbreaking new app gives classical musicians access to an enormous library of interactive sheet music. And soon, it’ll also have the ability to listen to your playing and turn pages on time.

11/12/2020

What a project! These students worked so hard to learn and record their parts. So exciting to see it all come together!

“Concerto in F” composed and performed by Rudolf Haken (six-string electric fretted Wood Viper) with Wheaton North High School Sinfonia II, Wheaton, Illinois...

08/06/2020

An international violin virtuoso thanks healthcare workers by joining them in a virtual Bach concerto. This is wonderful…

08/06/2020

The String Academy is looking for input from our students and families about returning to in person lessons. Estimated completion time: 5 minutes. Thank you!