In 1999, one of the then tutors at the Newark School of Violin Making had the great idea of setting up an annual one-day conference, open to professionals and students alike. Rob ran this single-handed for 21 years, with speakers from the UK, Europe and North America, until Covid shut it down in 2020. Post-Covid Rob felt it was time to hand on to a new team, so I stepped in with my friends Tim Southon and Nicole Terry. The original venue wasn't available but we were lucky to be able to move … [Read more...]