The Cello Still Sings – A Conversation with Janet Horvath
This week I was privileged to speak with cellist and author, Janet Horvath, about her powerful memoir, The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music. Janet Horvath is an award-winning professional cellist and writer who served as the associate principal cellist
Miranda Wilson: Life, the Universe of Bach, and Everything
Miranda Wilson, Cellist and Writer Miranda Wilson is a cellist, a professor of cello at the University of Idaho, and the author of two books. One is Cello Practice Cello Performance. Even in my work, it is rare to come across someone so passionate about cello and writing that they
Cello Birthdays – 3 September
1695 Pietro Locatelli (3 September 1695 – 30 March 1764) Italian composer and violinist – Here is his Sonata in D Major (a mix of two of Locatelli’s violin sonatas) performed by cellist Min Ji Kim and pianist Ofelia Montalvan: 1704 Giovanni Battista Costanzi (3 September 1704 – 5 March
Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir Discussion
March 2021 Cello Book Club This is the page for book club members to discuss this month’s title: Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood by Maureen O’Carroll and Leora O’Carroll We are thrilled that Leora O’Carroll has agreed to talk with our book club online on
From Sidesaddle to the Symphony: Cellist Maureen O’Carroll
Looking for a cellist memoir? Maureen O’Carroll: A Musical Memoir of an Irish Immigrant Childhood by Maureen and Leora O’Carroll gives us a glimpse into the life of a remarkably talented musical Irish immigrant family in Sydney c.1930-50. This beautifully written memoir is a series of short episodes that bring
