At just 10 years old, Brandon Hoff picked up a violin and fell in love. Just a few years later, Mark Wood — the inventor of the first solid-body electric violin and world-leading rock violinist — ...

Longtime Phoenix music fans will remember Barry Smith of Gentlemen AfterDark, Arizona’s new wave/post-glam legends from the early ’80s. Smith played keyboards, saxophone, and violin for the band, ...

For Mia x Ally, an instrumental duo performing at Brighton Music Hall on Jan. 5, it all started with a sea shanty. Mia Asano, a 2022 Berklee of College of Music graduate, had been posting TikTok ...

March 26, 2006 The violin is one of the oldest of instruments with roots going back 7000 years, arriving in its current form 500 years ago. So classically trained musician Tricia Ho felt that it was ...

It all started for me when I had a dream in 8th grade that I was on stage in front of thousands of people playing the violin. I acted upon that dream and began to play my ninth-grade year in high ...

When electric violinist Mia Asano and bagpiper Ally Duncan first met in person, they had an instant connection. Both classically trained musicians, they became fast best friends, bonding over a love ...

Nina DiGregorio always wanted to play rock and roll — but doing that on the violin wasn’t much of an option when she was growing up in upstate New York, she said. Today, however, she’s known as the ...

University of Texas student Sean Riley needed a violin to play a particular piece of music, but not one with the customary four strings. The piece called for an instrument with six strings. But ...

3D printing can be used for bringing all manner of innovative projects to life — and University of Texas student Sean Riley’s latest creation is just one more piece of compelling evidence. Riley, an ...

I'm looking to buy one in a week or two. I just started playing violin last year. I love it. I actually started to support my daughter - she chose to start Orchestra this year and chose violin so I ...

An electric violin doesn’t just offer a musician a whole new world of sounds and dynamics, it can also be unplugged to allow for silent practicing. The best model is crafted to have the same feel as ...