Growing up in a musical household, Southeast Missouri State University applied violin and viola professor Brandon Christensen knew from a young age he wanted to have some sort of career in music.

My college professor, my first day of class, gives me a tape back, in 1999. He tells me, go home and listen to this tape and then come tell me about it next week. So, I pop this tape in.

Chloe Yofan of Fox Chapel can barely remember a time when a violin wasn’t a fixture in her life. The 24-year-old recalled her earliest violin memory: “I remember going to my first ever violin ...

This will be sort of its first - my first performance with it post-repair, and hopefully things will go without a hitch, fingers crossed. SHAPIRO: We'll keep our fingers crossed for you, too, Stefan.