In this brief activity, students will listen closely to a young cellist perform a piece played on only one string of the instrument and identify the variety of sounds he produces. In this episode, ...

Bach Air on the G String is one of the most beloved classical melodies ever written This cello performance brings out the warmth depth and emotional beauty of the piece creating a timeless listening ...

Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

Mozart String-- Imagine a composer obliged to write several works for the King of Prussia, including six string quartets. Imagine that the King makes it quite clear that he himself, a noted cellist, ...

Shelby Tauber / Special Contributor Joseph Kuipers knows the unique power of the cello and how it can transform those who commit to learning to play it. Drawn to the beauty of the string instrument’s ...

THE LARGE Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic is overcrowded with the public. This time, on October 21, the stage is given to young Slovak talents, participants in the International Summer Academy ...

It’s a rainy Saturday morning in Roxbury. It’s a rainy Saturday morning in Roxbury. About 30 youths, with cellos slung over their backs, scrambled into Twelfth Baptist Church for their weekly lesson ...

Classical musicians Toby Blumenthal and Douglas Harvey are taking classical chamber music out of the concert hall and into venues with Classical Sound. Douglas is the principal cello of the Austin ...