PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There are fans of classical music and fans of rock music, but imagine bringing those two styles together. That’s what one of the nation’s top concert rock violinists is doing — ...

Picture this: Mark Wood, the original string master of Trans-Siberian Orchestra of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, still styling his rock 'n' roll hair and tight black clothes and playing an electric ...

David Ragsdale’s music career is a lesson in persistence. A member of the rock band Kansas, Ragsdale may have been a reluctant violinist when he was a boy (more on that in a minute), but when he got ...

Ever notice how violinists are really cool in rock circles these days? We’ve already told you about a few such violinists performing in the D.C. area in recent months, and now one of the most ...

Months ago, some Moorhead orchestra students saw rock violinist Mark Wood with his multiplatinum-selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Grand Forks' Alerus Center. There were pyrotechnics and a light ...

Alexander Markov knows that young people are not always attracted to classical music, and those on the other end of the age spectrum do not always dig rock 'n' roll. However, for most of his career, ...

The violin has showed up on a few classic rock tracks through the years, and it always seems to hit just right.

TRAVERSE CITY Expect an unrivaled rearrangement of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Radiohead and Guns N' Roses when acoustic violinist Bobby Yang takes the anthems of rock royalty to new and ...

Jean-Luc Ponty. The name might not ring a bell, but he's one of the 20th century's most innovative violinists and the inspiration behind the Cedar Rapids band Mirage. Natalie Brown, a Cedar ...