All Things Cello: Preucil School of Music

(Cello) Music is the Word at Iowa City Public Library on Friday November 13, 2015 when the Preucil School of Music's Cello Department presents an awesome program of cello choirs, solos, and faculty performances.

Friday November 13th is a NO SCHOOL day in Iowa City, so it's a great opportunity to head Downtown, pick up some lunch and listen to great music at the Library. Preucil is planning a program that showcases all levels of cello performance, giving the audience an opportunity to hear a variety of music.

According to Wikipedia, "The name cello is a contraction of the Italian violoncello,^[2] which means "little violone". The violone ("big viol") was the lowest-pitched instrument of the viol family, the group of stringed instruments that went out of fashion around the end of the 17th century in most countries except France, where they survived another half-century before the louder violin family came into greater favour in that country as well. In modern symphony orchestras, it is the second largest stringed instrument (the double bass is the largest)."

If you want to investigate cello music more, a simple SUBJECT search of the Library's catalog returns 356 items with the subject of "Cello." Most items are music CDs; however, there are some books mixed in as well. One that caught my eye? "I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello" - a rhyming book for children (now I have that title in my head!). Enjoy!