The cello has remained a staple in music for hundreds of years and to this day, remains an important part of contemporary music too. Like other stringed instruments, the best cellos are those that are ...

GRAND FORKS — Move over, Beethoven, classical music took back seat this week when local students got a taste of what other sounds their string instruments could make during the three-day "Electrify ...

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.

Modder, a high school junior at The Prairie School, kept playing the cello, steadily improving for the past several years. She was recently chosen for an event at Carnegie Hall in New York City.