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 – ...

Some valuable things are chucked out on the road of progress. Although they faded from general use in the Baroque, the once-popular viola da gamba and always-obscure viola d'amore make sounds that ...

‘The English Debussy’ is well served by pianist Simon Callaghan, while upcoming star violist Bak excels in works ranging from Britten to Bright Sheng Favouring velvet suits, yoga and incense, the ...

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 ...

ORANGE — I’ve always found the viola to be the most mysterious and misunderstood member of the orchestra. It doesn’t have front-and-center showboat status of the violin. Or the slippery slope of sound ...