Physics Program Presents
Perspectives on Violin Making, Restoration, and Scientific Inquiry
Friday, February 21, 2020
Hegeman 107
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Rachel Becker ’12
Rachel Spitz-Becker ’12 is a maker and restorer of fine instruments in New York City. She will discuss her unusual career path after receiving degrees from Bard in cello performance and physics, and reflect on the influence of a Bard education on her training and work in this unconventional field. Other topics will include the current state of research in stringed instrument acoustics and the shifting attitudes in the violin-making world toward scientific inquiry. She will also show examples of her current work executing complex restorations of historical instruments, and in the construction of new violins, violas, and cellos.For more information, call 845-752-4391, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Hegeman 107