A Chicago violin and viola player is paving the way for young black musicians. Robert C. Fisher, who came to Chicago from Mississippi nearly 30 years ago, has devoted his life to music - both as a ...

In the hierarchical world of classical musicians, viola players, more than most, have had to bear the strings and arrows of outrageous fortune. For nearly five centuries, they have been portrayed -- ...

Our high school orchestra has performed three of your pieces in the past year, "Fiddle-Faddle", "Sleigh Ride" and "The Syncopated Clock." Each piece was played well and received an enthusiastic ...

The viola is in nature an undersized pansy. In art it is an oversized violin with a tubby, whiskey-contralto voice. Except for low-moaning the inner voices of symphonies and string quartets, it is not ...