In our second annual Classical Classroom Summer Music Festival Series, we hit the (sound)waves at the Music Academy of the West in sunny Santa Barbara, California! Laugh all you want at the viola – ...

How is lightning like a violist’s fingers? Neither one strikes in the same place twice. How do you keep your violin from getting stolen? Put it in a viola case. What’s the difference between a viola ...

Classical Music Highlights Classical Music Highlights From WSHU's daytime and evening classical programs, Emily Boyer and Lauren Rico give you a heads-up on some of the best music they'll be sharing ...

Back by popular demand! Indian classical music. Ben Kunin will be accompanied by Rachel Unterseher on viola. Tabla player to be announced. The sarod is a fretless instrument with a deep, resonant, ...

Viola has historically been picked on as the underdog of the orchestra but Peyton plays it proudly. Viola has historically been picked on as the underdog of the orchestra, but Peyton Crony wants to ...

Jonah Sirota live album-release performance! Hear Grammy-nominated former Chiara Quartet violist Jonah Sirota in the release of his debut solo album STRONG SAD on the National Sawdust Tracks label ...

In 1919, Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata tied for first place in a major competition—but when the judges saw her name, they couldn’t believe a woman had written something so bold and powerful. Some even ...

I’m a recent convert to Bach keyboard music played on harpsichord, having recently immersed myself in the Erato box set containing Zuzana Růžičková’s Bach recordings made in the 1970s. Her preferred ...

Things never become too kitsch, and de Sabata cunningly spices up his late-Romantic palate with dissonant brass fanfares and aggressive, strident chorus writing. It’s all wonderfully enjoyable, ...