The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.

Guitarist Steve Vai is signing autographs in a music store when two cello players come in, set up their instrument and start playing, “Highway to Hell”. Gradually, the rock guitarist’s fans leave to ...

Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...

Debbie Davis had auditioned about 30 cellos before finding a promising partner. Here was an instrument, she thought, with the depth, the richness, the penetrating baritone she’d sought for a long time ...

When a student breaks a string on their violin, viola, cello or bass in class, orchestra teacher Jennifer Brown-James replaces it right away so they can keep practicing and playing. So, what to do ...

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will feature principal cellist Susan Babini in its June 6 and 7 concerts. Babini will play Aaron Jay Kernis' "Colored Field," a concerto inspired by a visit to Auschwitz ...