Download or read book America's Concertmasters written by Anne Mischakoff Heiles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book, based on extensive research on more than 180 concertmasters and dozens of interviews, looks at the training and personality traits that have yielded great leaders in the string sections of orchestras in the United States and Canada. Includes in-depth profiles of twenty-two of the men and women who are the recent and present occupants of the first chair in these symphony and opera orchestras.