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Boise State's Brian Hodges Demonstrates Cello Performance Techniques

Carrie Quinney / Boise State University
Dr. Brian Hodges

Dr. Brian Hodges has played cello around the world and currently works at Boise State as an instructor. Hodges is also the author of Cello Secrets: Over 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Cellist in which he outlines performance techniques to set the experienced cellist apart from the crowd. He will be signing copies this Saturday at Rediscovered Books in Boise and he joins Idaho Matters to demonstrate the many techniques and voices of the cello. 

Dr. Brian Hodges performs 'Spiegel im Speigel' on cello by Arvo Part at the Boise State University Faculty Chamber Recital on October 9, 2014. 

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