Sarah Mead discovered her sound at a young age through a unique instrument — the viola da gamba. Familiarly known as the ‘viol’ with a similar appearance to a cello, this instrument has six strings, ...

The instrument in Barrett Sills' hand might look like a cello, but it has seven strings rather than the cello's four, and its body is slimmer. Sills is holding a viola da gamba, a favorite of France's ...

Indie-singer-songwriter Lindsay Mac straps a cello to her body and plucks it like a guitar, while singing intimate songs of bewilderment and love. The multi-talented Mac returns to A’roma Roasters in ...

Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July ...

The San Francisco Early Music Society presents the Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort, a quartet of Japanese women who play the viola da gamba, a 16th and 17th century European stringed instrument. There will ...

The 88th annual Bach Festival comes to a close this weekend with the chance for Central Florida music fans to experience two instruments rarely heard these days. The harpsichord had its heyday in ...

Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July ...