Three years ago, Mr. Temerson was hosted by the Chicago Zither Club for a round of workshops and a concert. The Chicago Club’s support of the now five year old GAHC Davenport Zither Ensemble has ...

Rochester, N. Y.. city of cameras and music, is the hotbed of U. S. zither playing. ... The zither, a German-Austrian-Swiss folk instrument, is sometimes called “the mountain piano.” ...

Every Saturday morning, just as a cuckoo clock chirps 10 times, the members of the Davenport Zither Ensemble gather in the German-American Heritage Center in Davenport, Iowa, to practice.

Sandra Schurzmann laughs when asked why the music troupe she is a part of is named after a popular Bavarian dessert - Bayerische Creme (Bavarian Cream). “My friends Guenter Ebel, Elvira ...

Davenport once was a national zither capital, and it may become one again if local players of the stringed instruments have their way. The German American Heritage Center and the seven-year-old ...