Lindsey Stirling at Upstate Concert Hall

posted Dec 5, 2012

Violinist Lindsey Stirling is playing a show at Upstate Concert Hall March 20. Tickets go on sale this Friday (December 7). They're $17 ahead / $20 day of.

Stirling's YouTube channel and her "signature violin-electronic-dubstep style" has racked up more than 183 million views. Her most popular video -- with 37 million views -- includes her dancing around an ice castle, playing a violin, with a schmear of dubstep (embedded above). See also: Stirling playing a medley of music from the Legend of Zelda (while dressed like Link, of course). Here's a Forbes article on how her "conquering" of YouTube.

Somewhere, the architects of PBS pledge drives -- planning for a day without Yanni and Celtic Woman -- are closely studying these videos.

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