Esteemed concertmaster, teacher, and virtuoso Rodney Friend puts a lifetime of orchestral experience into the pages of this essential book. With carefully selected excerpts from the repertoire, Rodney Friend Shares his technical and musical knowledge in the form of fingerings, bowings, tricks of the trade, and hundreds of interpretive notes about performing these difficult pieces. A must for any violinist starting out on an orchestral career, The Orchestral Violinist goes well-beyond conservatory training, to the very heart of what audition committees and music directors look for in successful violinists.