Violinist Tessa Lark is consistently praised for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance. She is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native […] ...

Musician Nathaniel Ayers’ chance encounter with L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez 20 years ago changed the lives of both men.

Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...

In the past, we’ve asked some of our favorite artists to choose the five minutes or so they would play to make their friends fall in love with classical music, the piano, opera, the cello ...

At Chamber Music Northwest, Fred Child is on stage with bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Peter Wiley. They play the second and third movements from Rossini's Duo for Cello and Double Bass.

The cello, otherwise known as a violoncello, is a bowed instrument with four strings. It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well ...

The double bass is the biggest of the string family of instruments - usually weighing nearly 30 kilograms (66 pounds) and with a height taller than most grown men. But whenever there’s an opportunity ...

Renaud Garcia-Fons is such a virtuoso and Beyond The Double Bass —a compilation drawn from ten previous albums, with an accompanying DVD documentary—is absolutely superb. Garcia-Fons—who favors a five ...

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The cello has a smaller body, is played with a long endpin (metal rod) coming out of the bottom of the instrument, and doesn't sound as low as the double bass. If you mistake a double bass for a ...