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Violin Excerpts


Violin Scale

Mendelssohn Cadenza

Franck Sonata

Schumann Piano Quintet

Paganini Excerpt

Dvorak Piano Quintet

Rachmaninov Excerpt

Woods Tangled Tango

Viola Excerpts


Viola Scale

Bach Bourrée

Dvorak Piano Quintet

Dvorak Indian Lament

Bach Sarabande

The Pink Viola

Mozart Cadenza

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

Shannon Elliott, violist

Shannon Elliott, violist
Excerpts from a Recital at the Manhattan School

Bach Sonata No. 1 in G Minor - Allegro

Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F Minor - Vivace

Bloch Suite for Viola and Piano - Allegro ironic

Bach Chaconne - The “James” Violin by Anne Cole

Cadenza for Viola solo by Krzysztof Penderecki, performed by Sarah Wilkinson on the Avanti viola

Master’s recital by Shannon Elliott at New York University

Watch Ann Guinee play “La Companella” by Paganini as part of her junior recital at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Clyde McKaney, viola

Clyde McKaney began studying violin while a student in the Jackson Public School system. In 1981, while a high school student, he joined the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. He went on to study music at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and, as a participant in the Alfred Chamber Music Institute, he studied with Joseph Fuchs of the Juilliard School. Clyde lives in Jackson where he is a JSOCMS faculty member, principal violist in the JSO, and conducts the JSO Community String Ensemble

Suite Hebraic for Viola and Orchestra, Clyde McKaney, viola

Cello Excerpts


Cello Scale

Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto

Bach Prelude

Grieg Piano Trio

Saint-Saëns The Swan

Brahms Double Concerto

Caitlin Fahey Crow on La Sirena plays the opening cello solo in Rossini’s Overture to William Tell.

Adrienne Woods Buffing the Gut with her Personal "Dragon."

Adrienne Woods plays the "Dragon" cello in recital with her pianist father.

Based in Austin, the chamber music group Revel is redefining classical music for the masses. Informal performances in non-traditional venues are their specialty, all delivered without the pomp or pretension that scare so many of us away from classical music. Instead of sitting quietly and listening, Revel wants the audience to interact with the performance; to talk with the musicians and ask questions about the piece.


The classical band, Revel, in a performance of Piazzolla's “Otoño Porteño” with Joel Becktell on the Crane cello.

Revel at KUT

Joel Becktell, cellist, with the classical band, "Revel."

Mo Thi Tran solos on "The Owl" cello playing "Return to the Motherland" by Nguyen Van Thuong.

Phil Wilkinson and Hanna Kornienko play Chopin's Polonaise Brillante on the Chladni cello.