DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- They're rare and expensive instruments, and a few days ago, the man who's toured the world playing them woke up to find they'd been stolen. Dave Kim has built a career ...

Friendship is at the heart of most musical collaborations. Add strong doses of trust, respect and admiration and you've got conductor Andrew Sewell and electric violinist Tracy Silverman. They'll be ...

CONCORD — Despite the fact that John Jordan is building a legend in his quiet, unassuming Concord garage, he’s not a publicity seeker. “I did get approached by a TV producer planning a reality show on ...

Silverman s electric violin, like the acoustic violin, is tuned in fifths. The upper four strings are the same as that of a traditional violin, E-A-D-G. Added to them are a lower C, giving it a viola ...

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 ...