When Rebecca Hannigan was 7 she begged her parents for violin lessons for a year until they gave in. When she was 10, she knew. “I wanted to be a violinist when I grow up, and that’s exactly what I ...

END. WHEN THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAINED THE CROWD OUT ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY 4TH, 2022, ONE MUSICIANS VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ACROSS TOWN INSIDE THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. THE ...

RED WING, Minn.—With a small saw, hunched over his woodworking bench, Mike Burns cut a tiny wedge from a block of maple wood about the size of a Tic Tac. The wedge will go into what’s called a frog.