Black Violin: Full Circle Tour at Musikfest Café

Schedule

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Musikfest Café | Bethlehem, PA

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Black Violin: Full Circle Tour
w/ special guest Abraham Alexander
Price: $40-$65
Venue: Musikfest Café
Ages: All Ages (17 and younger w/parent or guardian only)
Buy Tickets: https://www.steelstacks.org/event/17250/black-violin-full-circle-tour/
Doors and Dinner: 6:00 p.m. | Show: 7:00 p.m.
$10 minimum Food and Beverage for all reserved seating.
Tickets on sale: Friday, 5/2, 10 a.m.
Genre: Hip Hop, Classical Crossover
Artist Website: blackviolin.net
Facebook: BlackViolinMusic | Instagram: blackviolin
For nearly two decades, Black Violin has been merging string arrangements with modern beats and vocals and building bridges in communities along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste first met in orchestra class at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, becoming classically trained on the violin and viola through their high school and college careers. Post-college, they reconvened to produce beats for South Florida rappers, and began building an audience in local clubs. They later went on to win Showtime at the Apollo in 2005, and eventually sold out headline performances at venues across the country, including a sold out two-night headline run at The Kennedy Center in 2018. NPR took note and declared “their music will keep classical music alive for the next generation.” Black Violin’s 2019 album release, Take the Stairs, earned a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album”. The band also recently received their second ever Grammy Award nomination for the track “The Message” as Best Americana Performance, in collaboration with The Blind Boys of Alabama. Black Violin has plays roughly 200 shows a year; many of which are performances for young, low-income students in urban communities. In the last year alone, the group has played for over 100,000 students with the goal of challenging stereotypes and preconceived notions of what a “classical musician” looks and sounds like. “The stereotypes are always there, embedded so deep in our culture,” says Wil. “Just by nature of our existence we challenge those ideas. It’s a unique thing that brings people together who aren’t usually in the same room, and in the current climate, it’s good to bring people together.” In 2019, the group launched the Black Violin Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth by providing access to quality music programs in their community. BVF believes that music and access to music programs should not be determined by race, gender, or socio-economic status. Black Violin Foundation’s inaugural program the Musical Innovation Grant for Continuing Education will provide scholarships to young music students to attend a program of their liking that fosters musical creativity and innovation. For more info on Black Violin: http://www.blackviolin.net For more info on the Black Violin Foundation: http://www.blackviolinfoundation.org Discography: http://blackviolin.net/albums/
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