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Irene Sharp reviews the Eugene Friesen's video, "Celloman."

Irene Sharp reviews "Viva Vibrato," a method book for teaching vibrato.

Chase Morrison describes his experience at the 1998 New Directions Cello Association Festival.

Tim Janof describes his experience at the 1998 RNCM Cello Festival.

Tim Janof describes his experience at the 2001 RNCM Cello Festival in Manchester, England

Tim Janof shares his notes from the 2003 National Cello Congress in Tempe, Arizona.

Tim Janof describes his experience at the 2003 National Cello Congress in Tempe, Arizona.

Author Margaret Bartley describes her discovery of Piatigorsky.

Christopher Nupen discusses his film on Jacqueline du Pre.

Aaron Minsky discusses his cello etudes.

Alban Gerhardt discusses his musical upbringing and his technical and musical ideas.

Read about Aldo Parisot's musical upbringing and his thoughts on music and technique.

Paul Katz Yo-Yo Ma Zara Nelsova Krosnick Ying du Pre Dvorak

Bob Edgerton reviews Rajan Krishnaswami's CD.

Amit Peled discusses his musical upbringing, his career, thoughts on technique and music.

Edward Hines discusses Turkish cello music.

Bylsma's views on Bach and a little Brahms

A review of Anner Bylsma's performanc of Bach.

Damir Janigro shares some stories about his father, Antonio.

Interview with Apocalyptica, pop cello group

Ignacio Berghelli describes the cello scene in Argentina.

ICS member Arnie Williams discusses his musical life.

Arto Noras discusses his musical upbringing, Paul Tortelier, and his views on Bach.

Humorous Cello Advice Column

BettyLou gives tongue-in-cheek advice to cellists.

BettyLou offers advice to cellists.

Humorous Cello Advice Column

BettyLou Stevens gives humorous advice to cellists' questions.

Dr. Bret Smith describes the ASTA Conference.

Robert Battey discusses his ideas on the manuscripts and various approaches to Bach.

Tim Janof discusses well-known Bach Suite editions.

David Abrams reviews One World Symphony's concert that featured cello music.

Music Garden in Toronto championed by Yo-Yo Ma.

Discussion of the BACH.Bogen curved bow.

Victor Sazer reviews the Bambach Saddle Seat

Tim Janof discusses the Bach Cello Suites and their relationship to Baroque Dance.

Membership Spotlight -- Becky Myers

Beethoven A Major Sonata -- A Closer Look

Benjamin Myers provides an analysis of the last movement of the Beethoven D Major Sonata.

Tim Janof discusses etudes based on the Beethoven String Quartets.

Read about Bernard Greenhouse's musical upbringing and his thoughts on technique and music.

Membership Spotlight -- Betsy Clark

BettyLou discusses her musical upbringing.

Membership Spotlight -- Beverly Gray

Bion Tsang discusses his musical upbringing and his views on music.

Membership Spotlight -- Bjorn Stenvaag

Membership Spotlight -- Bobbie Mayer

Bonnie Hampton discusses her musical upbringing and her ideas on music and careers.

Robert Battey reviews the book, "Bowed Arts -- Reflections of Bernard Greenhouse."

James Nicholas discusses the history of the Brahms F Major Sonata, as well as providing an in-depth analysis.

Goofy cellist

Build your own cello stand from scatch.

Caramia helps recover a stolen cello

"The Song and the Slogan" features a new 33 minute chamber work for tenor, piano, cello, and small ensemble.

Read about Carter Brey's musical upbringing and his musical ideas.

Read about Cassado and his relationship with Casals.

Barbara Hedlund reviews the Cellaire Travel Case.

A list of books about the cello.

Thesis on Cello Chat

Interview with Sebastian Comberti of Cello Classics

List of movies with cellos or cello music.

Tim Janof discusses some fundamental principles in cello technique.

New cello ensemble music now available for four cellos.

A note learning program for cello students.

Chinese version of the cello and double bass.

Brandon Voo discusses the challenges of being a classical musician in China.

Christopher Haritatos discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on music and technique, and on baroque instruments.

Membership Spotlight -- Circe Diaz

Colin Carr discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on technique and music.

Membership Spotlight -- Corrina Connor

Nicholas Anderson describes the cello scenes in Costa Rica and Chile.

Membership Spotlight -- Dave Thomas

Membership Spotlight -- David Baxter

David Tonkonogui, cellist in the Seattle Symphony, discusses his musical upbringing in Russia, Rostropovich, and orchestral playing.

Read about Dimitry Markevitch's musical upbringing and his thoughts on music, especially Bach.

Jeffrey Krieger describes seven works for e-cello.

Read about Eleonore Schoenfeld's musical upbringing and her technical and musical ideas.

Bobbie Mayer profiles the founder of Cellos2Go.com.

Robert Battey pays tribute to Emanuel Feuermann

Annette Morreau discusses writing her biography of Emanuel Feuermann

Read about Emanuel Feuermann

Roland Siemons, an mechanical engineer, discusses the physics of the bow.

Dr. Ozan Tunca discusses etudes commonly used in the United States.

Eugene Friesen Concert Review

James Nicholas describes his process in writing a solo sonata that is inspired by Eva Czako.

Eva Heinitz discusses her musical upbring, her encounters with historic musicians, and her views on Bach.

Tim Janof discusses some of Eva Heinitz's ideas on Bach.

Barbara Hedlund talks about the Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center Foundation

Exercises for Beginning String

Cabin Seat Baggage: Flying with the Cello

Read about amateur cellist Frances Walton's musical upbringing and her thoughts on music.

composer offers free score & parts

Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690) was a member of the group of elite cellists that operated in Bologna, Italy in the seventeenth century. Along with his teachers, Petronio Francheschini and Giovanni Battista Vitali, Gabrielli was one of the pioneers of baroq

Read about Gary Hoffman's musical upbringing and his technical and musical ideas.

George Neikrug discusses his musical upbringing and his musical and technical ideas.

Read about Gerhard Mantel's musical upbringing and his technical and musical ideas.

Glenn Garlick, assistant principal cellist of the National Symphony, discusses his musical upbringing, Rostropovich, Wendy Warner, and thoughts on orchestral playing.

Gordon Epperson discusses his time playing under historic conductors, his thoughts on music and teaching, and Bach.

Selma Gokcen interviews Greenhouse about the recent master class video, which was produced by Cello Classics. He also discusses the state of cello playing and musicianship in today's world.

Robert Battey discusses the Bernard Greenhouse Celebration at the University of North Carolina.

Robert Battey pays tribute to Gregor Piatigorsky.

Membership Spotlight -- Guilherme Carvalho

Learn about the life of Suggia, a great cellist of the early 20th Century.

Everything cello students should know about theory.

Membership Spotlight -- Heather Blackburn

Luigi Silva's Pedagogical Papers

Gordon Epperson discusses the emergence of holistic ideas in cello technique.

Natalie Williams describes her behind-the-scenes experience at the 1998 RNCM Cello Festival.

Tim Janof describes some key issues to consider when playing the Bach Solo Cello Suites.

Irene Sharp discusses her teaching philosophy.

James Nicholas discusses performance practice issues related to the Bach Suites.

ICS Member, James Kocher, aka Zen Lunatic, discusses his cello story.

Horvath's book on minimizing pain for musicians is discussed.

Cello works for cello by Tim Janof

Robert Battey pays tribute to Janos Starker

Janos Starker discusses his ideas on teaching, music, and performing.

Janos Starker discusses his past and his thoughts on performing.

Tim Janof reviews a Janos Starker performance of the Dvorak Concerto.

Tim Janof describes his time behind the scenes with Janos Starker and Zuill Bailey.

Report on Janos Starker's 75th Birthday celebration.

Cello Music of Rear Admiral Jean Cras, a French Post-Romantic.

Jeffrey Solow discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on teaching, technique, and music.

Joel Krosnick discusses his musical upbrings, thoughts on music and technique, contemporary music, and playing in a professional quartet.

John Koenig discusses his amazing musical upbringing.

Membership Spotlight -- Jose Sponberg

Julian Lloyd Webber discusses his musical upbringing, his brother's music, commissioning works by Rodrigo and Malcolm Arnold, and how the Philip Glass Concerto came about.

Karine Georgian discusses her musical upbringing, the Tchaikovsky Competition, and her musical and technical ideas.

Membership Spotlight --- Keith Hall

Cellist and collector discusses his musical upbringing and his collection of recordings.

Laszlo Varga discusses his musical upbringing and his experiences as a chamber musician, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, and teacher.

Chrys Wu reviews a recital for the Los Angeles Violoncello Society.

Robert Battey discusses Leonard Rose's recordings.

Leonard Rose biography

About an I. Perlman concert

Dimitry Markevitch discusses the cello works of Boccherini

Tim Janof describes the behind the scenes events leading up to a concert with Lynn Harrell, Zuill Bailey, and Shauna Rolston.

Irene Sharp discusses the teaching philosophy of the great pedagogue, Margaret Rowell.

Gambist Margriet Tindemans discusses the viola da gamba, Authenticity, and Bach.

Read about Maria Kliegel's musical upbringing and her technical and musical ideas.

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker discusses her musical upbringing and thoughts on music and technique.

Mark Summer, cellist in the Turtle Island String Quartet discusses the art of improvisation.

Marston Smith discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on performing as a non-classical cellist.

Membership Spotlight -- Mary Klein

Matt Haimovitz discusses his musical upbringing, his record label Oxingale Records, his Bach Listening Room Tour, and his Anthem Tour.

Cello citations in recent medical and scientific literature.

Tim Janof's notes from a video by Dr. Norris.

Member Michele Pedlar tells us her cello story and other things about herself.

Composer and cellist Aaron Minsky describes the spiritual background to his new work.

Rostropovich discusses his sound, pieces he played and didn't play, and Prokofiev and Shostakovich

Read about Natalia Gutman's musical upbringing and her thoughts on music and technique.

Nathaniel Rosen discusses his musical upbringing and his musical ideas.

An experiential article on developing one's natural cello artistry.

Sarah Freiberg reviews the new Barenreiter Editon of the Bach Cello Suites

recent release of original contemporary Australian cello compoistions cd entitled 'melancoly cello'

Terence Guzwa describes his experience at the 2006 New Directions Cello Festival.

A list of norwegian music for cello

Ofra Harnoy discusses her musical upbringing and her musical ideas.

Healthful sitting for cellists and other musicians

Olga Rostropovich discusses her life as Mstilav's daughter.

Orlando Cole discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on teaching, technique, and music.

Robert Battey pays tribute to Pablo Casals.

Jonathan Kramer discusses an upcoming presentation with Selma Gokcen about Casals. He describes why Casals is worthy of adulation as a person.

Pamela Frame discusses her musical upbringing and her ideas on teaching and playing.

Paul Katz discusses his musical upbringing, intonation, and quartet playing.

History of pedagogical ideas on right hand technique.

Pieter Wispelwey discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on Bach and Schumann

Plant, Page, and Me -- A cellist tells how he rocked the civic arena with members of Led Zeppelin

Richard Slavich discusses the Popper

Charlotte Lehnhoff discusses the Popper Etudes -- their history and structure..

Practice Log Template for Apple iWork Pages

Nancy Chapple describes her impressions of the 2002 Feuermann Competition

Ralph Kirshbaum discusses his musical upbringing and his musical ideas.

Dimitry Markevitch discusses his ideas on cello fingerings.

Dimitry Markevitch reviews the recent Bach Suite Editions.

Graded List of Cello Works

Selma Gokcen discusses Casals' recordings.

Read about Robert Cohen's musical upbringing and his thoughts on music and technique.

Robert LaMarchina biography

Membership Spotlight -- Roberta Rominger

Membership Spotlight -- Rogert Elsinger

Ron Leonard discusses his musical upbringing and his thoughts on orchestral playing and auditions.

Translations of French interviews done with Rostropovich.

ICS Member Ruthann Sutton discusses her musical life.

Sara Sant'Ambrogio discusses her musical upbringing, playing in the Eroica Trio, being in an all-women group, and the challenges of being a classical musician in today's market.

ICS member Sarah Schenkman describes her musical life.

Tracie Price discusses the history of Schelomo and provides an analysis.

Ideas on presenting classical music in schools.

Scottish Fiddle Tunes for Cellists.

Shauna Rolston discusses her musical upbringing and her ideas on teaching.

Palm discusses contempory music.

Marvin Ayres reviews Yamaha's "Silent Cello."

A 100th birthday year celebration of Luigi Silva and his living legacy.

Andor Toth describes his experience as a judge in the Tchaikovsky Competition

John Cloer talks about what it was like studying with Janos Starker.

Membership Spotlight -- Stefan Moberg

Stephen Kates discusses his musical upbringing, the Tchaikovsky Competition, and his thoughts on scales.

Steven Doane discusses his musical upbringing and his ideas on music.

Read about Steven Isserlis' musical upbringing and his thoughts on music.

Steven Isserlis discusses his thoughts on technique, practicing, degrees of analysis, and performance goals.

Linda Hickey discusses the importance of stretching before playing.

Exercises and activities for teaching strings

Descriptions of three summer camps that cellists would enjoy..

Membership Spotlight -- Susan Squillace

Membership Spotlight -- Susannah Kelly: Cellistic Meditations.

Naomi Sadler describes the process for purchasing a cello in an auction.

Membership Spotlight -- Terry Maurice

Ruth Phillips discusses the importance of breathing and describes how she helps people to become re-acquainted with their cellos.

Hugh Aitken discusses his 'Duo for Cello and Piano.'

Barry Green discusses his new book, "The Master of Music."

James Nicholas discusses Schubert's C Major String Quintet as well as performance practice issues related to playing Schubert.

Tim Janof says goodbye to David Blum, author of "Casals and the Art of Interpretation."

Thomas Demenga talks about his musical upbringing, recording the Bach Suites, and how being a composer affects his approach to playing other composers' music.

Read about Timothy Eddy's musical upbringing and his thoughts on music and technique.

The author discusses his book, "Tipbook Cello."

Todd French discusses his musical upbringing, StringWorks, ISIS, and his family.

ICS member Tom Sisk introduces himself.

Ken Iriuchijima describes the cello scene in Japan.

Read about Truls Mork's musical upbringing and his thoughts on music.

Truls Mork's Prokofiev CD is reviewed.

CONVERSATION WITH TIMOTHY EDDY and more!

Bobbie Mayer profiles cello historian Valerie Walden, author of "One Hundred Years of Violoncello"

Vera Gusuva, Daniil Shafran's step-daughter, discusses her father.

Victor Sazer discusses ideas on how to play without pain.

Robert Jesselson discusses the origin of the word "cello."

One of the more noticeable aspects of the modern cellist's performance is noisy breathing. On records or in the concert hall, sometimes heard as far back as the last row of a modest auditorium, the laboured breath of the cellist engaged in giving his or h

Selma Gokcen continues her series of articles on the Alexander Technique.

Selma Gockcen discussing what the Alexander Technique reveals about sitting for cellists

Read about Wendy Warner's musical upbringing and her technical and musical ideas.

Selma Gokcen discusses the videos she produced of a series of William Pleeth's master class.

A CD of some works of Lou Harrison is reviewed.

World Cello Congress III (2000) report

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Membership Spotlight -- Yoshida Hiromichi

Yosif Feigelson talks about Russian musicians and Russian music.

Read about Zara Nelsova's musical upbringing and her technical and musical ideas.

George Neikrug pays tribute to Zara Nelsova.

Zuill Bailey talked about his musical and career development.

Zuill Bailey describes his visit to Cuba.

Tim Janof watches Zuill Bailey record his Russian CD.