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On a warm June night in 1933, Paul Katz, a 25-year-old violin prodigy, founded the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a Father’s Day concert on Sunday ...

HARRIS: And I see this beautiful Black woman maker holding a violin. I began to find out that this was Amanda Ewing and that she certifies as the first Black woman violin maker luthier in the country.

She learned that Ewing was certified as the first Black woman violin maker — luthier — in the country. "I knew that I had found the baby mama of my future second violin," says Harris.

Updated June 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM EDT The violin glows in its case in a Nashville apartment. "It's golden sunshine," says luthier Amanda Ewing. Even before she started forming the block of spruce ...

"The violin I've been playing for pretty much my entire playing career — since I was 10 years old — was given to me by my mother," says Harris, 59, of her 1961 Roth violin.

She learned that Ewing was certified as the first Black woman violin maker — luthier — in the country. "I knew that I had found the baby mama of my future second violin," says Harris.

"The violin I've been playing for pretty much my entire playing career — since I was 10 years old — was given to me by my mother," says Harris, 59, of her 1961 Roth violin.

The violinist, Luthier, and Stamford Strings creator, Libby Summers, has officially launched Brazenose Violins - a unique collection of handmade violins, violas, and cellos crafted to meet the ...

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