Whedbee Violins

Rebeccah Parker Downs will be performing with us on James Dillon's "The Louth Work" on March 4 as part of the Twin Cities New Music Festival! Tickets on sale now!

Rebeccah Parker Downs stays active as a professional chamber musician, orchestral musician, and private lesson teacher. She maintains a thriving home Suzuki studio and is also faculty at the MacPhail Center for Music and the St. Joseph’s School for Music. She holds a Masters degree and Artist Diploma in cello performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) as a student of Yehuda Hanani. She has Suzuki method training through book 3 with both Nancy Hair and Barbara Wampner and has completed long-term Suzuki method training (a 2 year program) at the New York School for Strings in Manhattan, studying with Pamela Devenport for books 1-10.

Rebeccah has soloed with orchestras around the country, performing the Lalo Cello Concerto, the Elgar Cello Concerto, and the Faure Elegie. She is a founding member of Piace Duo and performs around the country and Europe with her husband, Benjamin Downs, an accomplished pianist. Rebeccah plays on a William Whedbee cello thanks to the generous contributions of the Medici Foundation.

Program: https://www.113collective.com/tcnmf23

Ross Gasworth with his Whedbee cello

Join us this Sunday in one of our favorite acoustic spaces in all of Southern California - The Church of the Epiphany! We will be presenting a gorgeous program of Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Beethoven for an audience that is near and dear to us.

Did you know...? Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Richard Hirschl is a world-renowned artist, and he performs on some pretty impressive cellos: a Venetian cello made by Matteo Goffriller in 1710 and a cello made in Chicago by William Whedbee in 2014.

Don't miss out on hearing Richard Hirschl perform with the PSO! He will be performing at our upcoming Mozart & Tchaikovsky concert and at a series of Resident Artist Week activities, including Lunch & Learn with Richard Hirschl and Cello Shots with Richard Hirschl.

Find out more at peoriasymphony.org!