Over the last decade, a few cellists have carved out a pretty nice niche in pop music. Rasputina, Zoe Keating and Apocalyptica are among them. You can add the Pittsburgh-based group Cello Fury to that list. Simon Cummings, Ben Muñoz, Nicole Myers and David Throckmorton craft a hard-rock sound that can stand toe to toe with any conventional metal. Original compositions by the band have been used to stage modern ballets (emphasis on the word modern). Cello Fury shows that string music isn’t just for parlors and galas; sometimes it just plain rocks.
Sat., March 9, 8 p.m., 2013
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.