For Janet Kroon and her violin students, music is much more than weekly practices and the occasional concert; music instills confidence, discipline and a sense of joy, just to name a few attributes.

For the first time Xia Violin Studio students are getting ready for a public recital. Guio Hua Xia, violin instructor, said normally his students perform for parents and relatives, but at 7 p.m.

Tucking her violin under her chin, Emma Palys drew her bow across the strings, sending notes soaring into the air. Palys spent weeks practicing the duet with her violin teacher, Katie Butler, before ...

14-year-old violinist Pilar Winter Hill takes us through her weekly routine leading up to her big performance for professional violinist, Lindsey Stirling. Between 11 hours of practice a day, learning ...

Kaori Matsui Barvin takes the Suzuki method to heart. The music curriculum is the core of The Heights Violin Studio, the music school she founded. “What I’m doing is more than teaching the violin,” ...

SANTA ROSA (KPIX) - A talented 12-year-old is the concertmaster of the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra making him the youngest in the organization's history spanning several decades, according to ...

Yakima-based violinist Kimberlee Dray started studying violin as a child in a farming community in Idaho. She felt a passion for music and showed promise, but decided to put aside her studies when she ...