“Art’s Cello” ~ March 2, 2015

Art’s Cello, selected by its publisher, Kindle Singles, as one of the twenty best books of the year, is a memoir that gives an intimate look into the world of violinmaking. After losing their close friend and colleague Art Toman to leukemia, violinmakers Jim McKean, David Polstein, and Guy Rabut work together to build a cello in his honor.

As the instrument takes form through the traditions of a centuries-old craft, they complete a journey that they had begun together, while giving their friendship a timeless voice in an ever-changing world.

Join the Boston Cello Society as the three makers of Art’s cello, now in the permanent collection of the Juilliard School, reunite to read from the memoir and talk about the world of violinmaking, and their friend Art.