Ruth Brons, Martha Brons inventors: the Bow Hold Buddies™ bow accessory for violin and viola and the CelloPhant® bow accessory for cello.
Meet the Inventors
Things 4 StringsTM bow accessories were developed to help students in the inventor’s own studios, each of which has many former students continuing on as professional musicians.
Ruth Brons maintains a full studio as the Suzuki Violin Program Coordinator and Visiting Specialist for Montclair State University in New Jersey, has been a clinician for the past twenty years at the South Carolina Suzuki Institute at Furman University, is music education conference session presenter, and is an active free-lance violinist/violist and chamber music coach in the New York City area. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Viola Performance from Temple University, and is an alumna of Charles Castleman's Quartet Program. She studied with Max Aronoff, Leonard Mogill, Heidi Castleman, Evelyn Jacobs Luis, and Davyd Booth.
Distinguished performer and teacher, Martha Brons, named South Carolina Teacher of the Year 2008 by the American String Teacher Association™, has had many cello students win the South Carolina All State Concerto Competition. She also maintains a busy cello studio in Greenville, SC. Martha studied with members of the Walden String Quartet at the University of Illinois, where she earned a B. Music degree in Cello Performance, and holds a Master's Degree in Cello Performance from the Philadelphia Music Academy, where she studied with the legendary Elsa Hilger.
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