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 ...

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 ...

Student groups are created for a wide variety of compelling reasons at Princeton, but what better excuse exists than “Yale has one, so why don’t we?” Yale’s preeminent all-cello rock ensemble Low ...

Where: Washington Cracker Co. Building, 304 W. Pacific Ave. Cost: Eighty seats are available at $45. Two hundred standing spots are available for $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Tickets are ...

A single cello in a progressive rock band is a bit unusual - three cellos, with no other melodic instruments, would seemingly be insane. But that’s the unique approach to music from Break of Reality, ...

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 ...

Two musicians are using the cello to play contemporary rock music, drawing millions of YouTube views and filling concert halls. Stjepan Hauser, from Croatia, and Luka Sulić, from Slovenia, are both ...

Break of Reality’s Music Education Tour will bring the band across the country to visit 10 school districts, giving educational workshops and a performance for the public at each school. These visits ...

Editor’s Note: This show has been canceled due to winter weather. Zoë Keating made her name playing cello for indie rock and pop music crowds and going it alone onstage. In her signature style, she ...

My brother and I took our cellos to the street and performed a rock-style duet — something a bit different from the usual ...

Wednesday Addams is seen playing cello in the first season of Wednesday – and star Jenna Ortega didn’t arrive unprepared. She learned to play the instrument in real life. Ortega spent weeks practicing ...

Inon Barnatan has more than a few surprises and treats up his sleeve as he begins his fifth year as the music director of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, which will celebrate its 37th anniversary ...