For the first time since I was a student myself, I attended the annual Diploma Day at the Newark School of Violin Making. I'm the chair of the RAB Trust which supports student violin makers, and in that role I have come to know many of the students that have benefited from awards from us, and several of them have come to me for a period of work experience. It was lovely to see the workshops spick and span with all the student work to look at, and to chat to the students who are about to leave … [Read more...]