Rosin the Bow with Joe McHugh Podcast
1) Bernd Müsing - Innovator of Art of Bow Making
Bernd Müsing is a German who has spent years perfecting a new design for carbon fiber violin bows. I interviewed Bernd at the annual convention of the Violin Society of America in Baltimore back in 20...Show More
2) "Say Old Man, Can You Play the Fiddle?" a short story by Joe McHugh
This is our 90th episode! and we thought we would try something different. Every five years or so over the course of nearly forty years I have written an original short story inspired by the supernatu...Show More
3) "Colonel" Greg Marsee - Kentucky Rosin Maker & Violin Maker & Orchestra Teacher
After conducting over 150 interviews for the Rosin the Bow project in the United States and in Europe with musicians, violin makers, composers, tone wood experts, string designers, violin shop owners,...Show More
4) Mateo Messina - Film Composer
I recorded Mateo Messina when I performed at the St. Patrick's Day celebrations two years ago at the Seattle Center. Mateo, who lives in Southern California, was serving as the grand marshal of the pa...Show More
5) Trevor Stuart - North Carolina Mountains Fiddler and Violin Maker
I recorded this conversation with old-time fiddler and violin maker Trevor Stuart in 2015 while attending the National Folk Festival that was held that year in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina. ...Show More
6) Jonathan Cooper - Violin Maker from Maine
I met Jonathan at the Wintergrass Music Festival some years ago where he was exhibiting some of his instruments. Mark O'Connor was performing at the festival and was playing one of Jonathan's violins....Show More
7) Purnaprajna Bangere & David Balakrishnan - Mathematics as Muse - Part 2
This podcast continues my conversation with two remarkable and thoughtful musicians. It also explores how the principles of abstract geometry can inform both the composition and performance of violin ...Show More
8) Purnaprajna Bangere & David Balakrishnan - Mathematics as Muse - Part 1
Purnaprajna Bangere is both a brilliant mathematician and a highly-respected violinist trained in the classical violin music of southern India. David Balakrishnan is a violinist, composer, and member ...Show More
9) Bashar Matti - Iraqi-American Violinist
Bashar Matti was born in Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War and endured the troubled times of the Kuwait-Iraq War and subsequent United States invasion of his country. Through it all he clung to his love o...Show More
10) Amanda Forsyth - Cellist
Amanda Forsyth is a cellist who was born in South Africa and grew up in Canada. Her father was a composer who inspired her to become a musician. She is married to the violinist Pinchas Zukerman and I ...Show More