Ishmael Ali wears many musical hats: composer, guitarist (in the bands Je’raf and Errata) and co-founder of a recording space in North Lawndale. But it’s his most recent instrument — cello — that has ...

There are many places one expects to hear cellos: in orchestras to provide low-register harmonies, in pop or rock songs to invoke melancholy moods and so on. One place you might not expect to find ...

Many of the musicians of Chappaquoit Cello Studio have been playing for most of their young lives. Emily Faris, 17, began when she was five. 10-year-old Celeste Newman started playing at the age of ...

Across cultures and genres, listeners consistently describe the cello as “human,” a rare case where an instrument’s emotional ...