When the creators of “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” melded hip hop dancing with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet score, there was a feeling they had something special on their hands. “It’s so crazy ...

Hip-hop and classical music might seem worlds apart, but this orchestra concert works to seamlessly merge the two genres in a way you've never experienced before. "The music pulls from both hip-hop ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --When many folks think of orchestras the immediate images and stereotypes that appear are of stone-faced instrumentalists in black suits and gowns staring at sheet music as they wail ...

Black Violin's Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met on the first day of orchestra class in 1996 at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Classically trained by day, they ...

Challenging stereotypes and preconceived notions one note at a time. That’s what Black Violin’s classical rigor and adrenaline-charged hip-hop will do when the act returns to Playhouse Square for a ...

Black Violin, a quartet led by two string players that melds musical styles from classical to funk to hip hop How it got its start Kevin Sylvester (Kev Marcus) and Wilner Baptiste (Wil B) were ...