From this week’s “Rockelbel’s Cannon” to the “Cello Wars” spoof on the Star Wars soundtrack, to the “Smooth Criminal” low-strung duel, the cello has gone viral. The last two videos saw over 5 million ...

When the cello is heard in pop music, it’s usually to provide solemn accompaniment to a poignant ballad, be it the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” or Nirvana’s “All Apologies.” In the hands of Melora Creager ...

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SEATTLE — Cello X began as an experiment of the group's director Peter Williams to push the boundaries of Cello playing. They play a broad range of tunes from hard rock to classical. The group has ...

The city of Santa Monica is many things to many people: To some, it is a playground for the super wealthy; Jack’s Mannequin deemed it home to a freak show. But cello rock duo Oak and Gorski could call ...

The combination of cellos in a rock band is a little unusual, but the members of the band Cello Fury said it enhances some of the beautiful qualities the string instrument can bring. Cellists Simon ...

In 2003, Eastman School of Music student Patrick Laird asked his friend, percussionist Ivan Trevino, to play drums for a cello rock group he was forming. “I didn’t know what ‘cello rock’ was or what ...

The Oregon Symphony's Nancy Ives. (Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand) Nancy Ives, principal cello ( Torsten Kjellstrand) After centuries of playing second fiddle to the flashy violin, then decades being ...

PUT A BOW ON IT: Cellist and songwriter Jenette Mackie liked the dichotomy of existential crisis that the name Polly Panic scared up — the dueling paths of losing one’s grip and regaining it. She felt ...

The violin is to the fiddle what the cello is to - well, the cello. There is no alternate name for the cello in folk and rock music like there is for its little cousin. Its value as a crossover ...

When Nicole Myers was in third grade at Lincoln Elementary School in Ephrata, a group of high school string-quartet players performed for her class. “I kind of fell in love with the cello at that ...

Rebecca Roudman started playing the cello as a child growing up in Terra Linda, performed with the Marin Youth Orchestra, studied classical music in college, and is now a member of the Santa Rosa and ...