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Newark School of Violin Making under threat

27th September 2025

In the Spring of 2025, the unwelcome news broke that the courses at Newark School of Violin Making would close to new students as of September 2025. I was asked by The Strad magazine to write a piece about the school. The latest news is that as of September 2025 the current three year degree course has been replaced by unfunded one year courses. Watch this space…

Read here: End of an era?

Conscious that the future of the school might well be in doubt, I edited and produced a booklet detailing the history of the school, Newark School of Violin Making, The first 50 year 1972-2022. It’s available to purchase.

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