Mechanicsburg, PA- Master violin maker Scott W. Hershey has been selected “Luthier in Residence” for the 2010 West Branch International Music Festival and Academy, July 18th through August 1^st in Hancock, NY.

With the magnificent Catskill Mountains as a backdrop, the West Branch International Music Festival and Academy brings together an internationally recognized faculty of artists and teachers and talented students for a unique, immersive experience. Talented young musicians will be exposed to world-class festival performances, individual lessons, seminars, masterclasses and chamber music coaching over the two-week session.

As Luthier in Residence, Hershey will be available for on-sight services including bow rehairing, seam closing, bridge and sound post cutting and adjustment, and spot retouching as well as other repairs. Known for his multi-layered, brush-applied spirit varnish, taught to him in Beubenreuth, Germany by master violin maker Gottfried Raabs, Hershey will also offer a representative selection of his fine hand-crafted instruments for trial and consideration during the festival.

An award-winning member of the Violin Society of America, Hershey has crafted 122 instruments to date, including instrument commissions and repairs for premier instrumentalist such as Xiao Dong Wang, Netanel Draiblate, Peter Sirotin, Orlando Wells, Cheung Chau and Odin Rathnam. Most recently, the story of Hershey’s reproduction of Odin Rathnam’s 1755 Bartolomeo Calvarolla violin was featured in Central PA Magazine, November 2009.

“Scott Hershey comes to us with 28 years of experience as a luthier,” cites Odin Rathnam, the festival’s Artistic Director. “It is his high level of expertise and craftsmanship that made him the clear choice for this event.”

For more information on the West Branch International Music Festival and Academy, please visit: thewestbranchfestival.org. For further information on violin maker Scott W. Hershey, visit hersheyviolins.com.

Meet the teaching and performing faculty

Link to more information on the festival

Hershey Violins (Mechanicsburg, PA) would like to introduce you to our latest addition to the violin shop. Ryan P. Crider,  a Perry County native, Ryan will be our resident apprentice. He will be studying the art of violin making and repair under my direct tutelage. Ryan is a accomplished fiddler, instructed by the award winning fiddler Glenn Knisley and shows fine wood working skills. He is a West Perry High School graduate, married to biology teacher Abby Crider and they are currently living in their recently purchased home in Perry County. We look forward to building a strong student/teacher relationship with Ryan and developing his violin making skills to the fullest during his apprenticeship with Hershey Violins. Please join me in welcoming Ryan aboard when you see him working around the shop.

January 12, 2010
7:00 am
January 19, 2010
7:00 am
January 26, 2010
7:00 am	to	7:07 am
February 2, 2010
7:00 am
February 9, 2010
7:00 am
February 16, 2010
7:00 am

Evening classes begin at 7:00pm til 10:00pm

How to build a violin classes begin January 12th and run thru Feb. 16, 2010. Available only to pre-registered students. This class meets once per week for six weeks. If you missed registering for this session, check back for future class dates or call our shop for details.

Click here for course details.

 

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