CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Shelia Sudberry heard there was an opportunity to learn to play the violin for free she jumped at the chance. She has been driving her granddaughter, Jamiyah Dotson, to ...

Laurel Parks instructs the beginner "Drunken Fiddles" class at Belger Crane Yard Studios. Learning to play an instrument as an adult can be difficult, especially when many beginner level classes are ...

Professional violinist Laurel Parks, standing, instructs a beginners class for adults called "Drunken Fiddles" in January at Restaurant, Pub & Games, 724 Massachusetts St. Parks offers group classes ...

University of Missouri School of Music graduate student Alexandre Negrão, 25, originally from Belém, Brazil, has spent the past 19 years in pursuit of mastering the violin. Negrão’s journey began ...

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I held my breath and drew the bow across the strings. I was rewarded with some sweet notes, sprinkled with a few thin, random ones I wasn’t aiming for at all. Meanwhile, the tip of my bow had drifted ...