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Liz Davis Maxfield '09: Cello Pioneer

By Danielle Dreilinger    Published: August 04, 2009

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Liz Davis Maxfield '09 performs at Berklee's International Folk Festival with the Folk Arts Quartet.

photo by phil farnsworth

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Liz Davis Maxfield loved the cello and Irish music. Why not put the two together? So she started working out her own techniques—and, eventually, found a flock of fellow-travelers at Berklee. Now she's off to Ireland as a Fulbright Scholar. Read her story.

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