The Complete Paganini Caprices for Solo Violin is such a daunting feat that nobody does it, and we are going to have this concert here.

When they play in the Chamber Music Festival they get to experience the flavor of why El Paso is so special, and they go and brag about us.

Lynn Harrell is absolutely one of the greatest cellists on the planet and great figures performing today.

The cello is the most perfect instrument aside from the human voice.

From the stage Ben catches my eye. "This is for them, Taylor," he calls out as they begin to play. It's a song by the Waterboys and, like each time I hear the music played by the boy in the tree in my dreams, I experience a bittersweet sense of nostalgia I have no right to own. When it's time for Ben to play his solo–his eyes closed, his mind anywhere but here, his fingers so taut and precise that it almost looks painful–my eyes well with tears. Because you know from the look on Ben's face that he's somewhere you want to be. Somewhere the five would be each time they were together.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.