250-year-old violin in performance

image of a violin

A 250-year-old Guarneri ‘Del Gesu’ violin will be part of a performance by Illinois State University School of Music faculty members and a guest harpsichordist on Jan. 18.

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Master teacher Katherine Lewis with class.

A cacophony carried into Cook Hall’s hallways Monday evening as 20 or so students shuffled into a classroom toting instrument cases as large their third and fourth grade frames.