No. 260, December 2016

Back to the Future Kronos Quartet kicks off the ambitious Fifty for the Future project and commissions 50 pieces in five years By David Templeton   Measure for Measure Bach’s works for solo violin and cello are the Shakespearean monologues of the string world By Thomas May   Taste Test Music and fine dining blend at the Crested Butte Music Festival By Cristina Schreil   Holiday Gift Guide How to shop for an instrument   SPECIAL FOCUS Strings’ 30th Anniversary   State of the Arts String stars on the joys and challenges of being professional musicians and their hopes for the future Compiled by Stephanie Powell and Megan Westberg   State of the Craft Contemporary makers on the trade today, how it relates to the past, and the way forward Compiled by Stephanie Powell and Megan Westberg   30 Faces, 30 Years A look back at what the string world had to say to ‘Strings’ over the past three decades Compiled by Stephanie Powell and Megan Westberg   Editor’s Note   News & Notes The Rolston Str