Porchfest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is happening this weekend, July 11 and 12, 2026. Porchfest is huge in Somerville, the city where I live just north of Cambridge, but Cambridge is still buildi...

I learned some ways to make playing in first position more comfortable.

Some of the cellists interviewed in “The Art of Listening” by Anthony Arnone recommend studying Alexander Technique or Feldenkrais.

These are my notes about the book “Red Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson.

For musicians, I recommend Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier’s “The Mind Over Finger Podcast.”

While reading the book “The World of Music According to Starker” by the cellist János Starker, I collected these reminiscences from students and other professional cellists.

These are my notes about the book “The World of Music According to Starker” by the cellist János Starker.

These are my notes about the book “Magpie Murders” by Anthony Horowitz.