“In the few weeks fol­low­ing the release of the iPad 3, Mac users across the board have been weigh­ing in on the device’s improve­ments — a shiny new retina dis­play, updated music soft­ware, a built-in cam­era that actu­ally works. How­ever, pro­fes­sional musi­cians, espe­cially in the clas­si­cal field, haven’t been asked about the iPad much: Maybe we’ve men­tally already sent them to stand in the techno­phobe cor­ner. But real­ity, as usual, is surprising. ”

For the full story, please see the San Fran­cisco Clas­si­cal Voice.