
Note by Note
“Anyone can play the notes. Music is what happens between the notes.” This wisdom of Isaac Stern, celebrated violinist and master teacher, continues to be quoted today by his fellow musician, cellist Yo-Yo Ma. This beautiful insight by Stern carries a lot of meaning. As a musician you consider what happens from one note to the next. Is it silence? Is there a transformation, a change, a movement in a particular direction? As a listener the pilgrimage from note to note, whether