Jonathan Cooper - Violin Maker from Maine

About this episode

Joe McHugh interviews violin maker Jonathan Cooper, who he met at the Wintergrass Music Festival.

I met Jonathan at the Wintergrass Music Festival some years ago where he was exhibiting some of his instruments. Mark O'Connor was performing at the festival and was playing one of Jonathan's violins. Mark loved the violin and he made sure I interviewed Jonathan for the Rosin the Bow project. Here is that interview.

People in this episode

Guest: Jonathan Cooper

Topics covered

• violin making
• music festivals
• interviews

Keywords

• Wintergrass Music Festival
• Mark O'Connor
• violins

Mentioned in this episode

Products: violins

Places: Maine

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