STAGE TUBE: Well-Strung Gets Into the Holiday Spirit with New 'Silent Night' Music Video

On the heels of their Billboard Top 10 Classical Crossover album POPssical, Well-Strung premieres a new music video "Silent Night" on YouTube today to celebrate the holiday season. The video was filmed at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans by Bill Blank, edited by Randy Rainbow and produced by Mark Cortale and Matt Farber. The arrangement of "Silent Night" is by Well-Strung first violinist Edmund Bagnell. The group have also released the track as a single, available on iTunes. The new video coincides with the group's national tour of their new live show "A Well-Strung Christmas" which had its world premiere at Cafe Istanbul in New Orleans this past weekend, and will next make stops in Chicago, New York City, Woodstock, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando. The new show features the group's own unique pop-classical spin on some of the most beautiful and traditional holiday favorites, such as "Silent Night" and newly arranged versions of classics like "Hard Candy Christmas" and "Sleighride," all the way to George Michael's "This Christmas" and everything in between. For more tour dates and ticket details visit www.Well-Strung.com. Watch the new Well-Strung video!

The New York Times recently called Well-Strung "A talented quartet of men who sing and play instruments brilliantly fuses pop and classical music from Madonna to Beethoven." Well-Strung, featuring Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola), is a string quartet with a modern twist. The group plays universally recognized classical pieces while singing pop music hits from the likes of Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, and other pop stars for a uniquely engaging experience. Conceived by Mark Cortale and Christopher Marchant, the foursome has quickly gained international attention.

On October 2nd, Well-Strung released their second studio album titled POPssical, on Music With A Twist, the independent label from Logo founder Matt Farber. The album features ten tracks including renditions of "Blank Space (Feat. Bach)" and "Royals (Feat. Palladio)" as well as the infamous ode to Hillary Clinton, "Chelsea's Mom" as a bonus track. To celebrate the release of POPssical, the group surprised their fans with a bonus music video for the track "The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Feat. J.S. Bach)." In the new video, the group takes Bach's Double Violin Concerto and adds the southern charm of Charlie Daniels Band to create a unique sound all on its own. Well-Strung's new POPssical album is available now at iTunes or on CD at CDBaby.

In September Well-Strung was invited to perform at the Vatican in Rome and at a gala for President Obama. Their hit 'viral' music video "Chelsea's Mom," released this summer, led to a command performance for - and meeting with - 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton herself. In October they performed on The Today Show. The group has received critical acclaim at New York's prestigious Feinstein's/54 Below and well beyond, from the House of Blues in New Orleans to the Leicester Square Theatre in London. They have also performed with artists such as Kristin Chenoweth, Neil Patrick Harris, Audra McDonald and Deborah Voigt.

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