As a single mother of two, Starla Burkes was determined her kids would be exposed to the road less traveled. “I started playing cello when I was in the sixth grade,” 14-year-old Taytum Jones said.

It's the first time in music history a robot has performed such a feat, according to composer Jacob Muhlrad. Combining industrial robotic arms with 3D-printed parts, the robot cello was designed and ...

The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Although she is seen, but not heard, playing the cello in her new film, "August Rush," U.S. actress Keri Russell spent months learning to play the instrument. The music in ...

Tina Guo’s unique style of classical and electric cello playing — which has been described as “metal cello,” “distinctively ferocious,” and challenging preconceived notions — is probably something you ...

A Wake County seventh grader is heading to the Big Apple next month to play cello in the National Honors Junior Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Tristen Johnson, who attends Zebulon Middle Magnet School, ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - When Carey Collingham was 3, his mom carted him to a concert at Lincoln Northeast High School and the little blond boy pointed up at the cello section on stage. He said: I want ...

TO OUR READERS: This is one in a series of stories about members of The Gazette's Best & Brightest Class of 2008.Daphne Rodzinyak gave the violin a try for a year, but it wasn't a good fit.So at 7, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Swedish-born classical composer is behind what has been described as the world’s first joint performance by a symphony orchestra ...