When should you clap?

I attended a concert recently at the Center for the Performing Arts.  It was a fabulous concert featuring the D-major violin concerto by Beethoven.  The audience clapped at the end of the first movement – traditionally a “no-no” in the classical...

BAM cases

BAM France is a manufacturer of cases for musical instruments.  In the string world, they are well known for their “Hightech” line of cases.  Most of the cellists I know either own, or aspire to own, a case from the Hightech line because of their strength...