The audience enjoying Cello Fest

Cellist Clara Turner performs the Saint-Saens Concerto for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra principal cellist, Anne Martindale Williams

Suzuki cellists from the greater Pittsburgh area joined to perform in a 40-piece ensemble led by Beth Goldstein-McKee and Ryan Ash

Masterclass performers Jaemin Lee, Natalia Solano-Arbelaez, and Clara Turner pose for a photo with Anne Martindale Williams following their masterclass performances

The Sharps and Flats, a youth cello ensemble led by Marina Nielsen, performs at Cello Fest

The Pittsburgh Cello Quartet performed for a full house at Cello Fest

New-York based cellist, singer and songwriter Emily Hope Price performed original music

Emily Hope Price invited some young cellists and an audience member to join her on stage for a free improvisation workshop

Steel Town Strings, an all-girl youth cello quartet led by Nicole Myers, performed at Cello Fest

Bronwyn Banerdt, cellist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performs solo Bach

Masterclass clinician, David Premo, associate principal cellist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, works with Natalya Bondarchuk on the Popper Hungarian Rhapsody

30 cellists warm up in the Great Hall of Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts for the Cello Choir performance