Principal Viola Rebecca Albers performs Donghoon Shin's Threadsuns, conducted by Fabien Gabel. The Minnesota Orchestra acknowledges the current circumstances in our communities and begins this program ...

Maiya Papach (left) is principal violist of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Rebecca Albers is principal violist of the Minnesota Orchestra. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

Whenever I hear of orchestral musicians making jokes at the expense of violists, I sigh and think that a little gratitude should be in order. For much of history’s greatest music was written by ...

How Rebecca Albers and Maiya Papach, principal violists for the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, have made a musical home in Minnesota.

Though the theme for the La Jolla Music Society’s 37th annual SummerFest chamber music festival is “The Great Unknown,” 10 of its performers are quite well-known, at least to each other. They are ...