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NEW PIX POSTED IN GALLERY FROM YORK, PA VISIT WITH THE MARK WOOD EXPERIENCE
CLICK HERE or visit the Gallery/Images area above.

And here's a fun new video just posted on YouTube from that visit- enjoy!
Visit Mark's YouTube channel to see more!

NAMM 2009 PIX POSTED IN THE GALLERY!
Click here to see some great photos from The Mark Wood Rock Orchestra performance and check out all the goings-on at the Wood Violins booth!

GREAT INTERVIEW WITH MARK FROM THE 2009 NAMM SHOW CONDUCTED BY VINTAGE ROCK:

NEW "MARK WOOD EXPERIENCE" MERCH IN STORE!
Just added some awesome zip-front black hoodies, along with beanies and tote bags - all featuring our "Mark Wood Experience" logo. The first 25 orders get a FREE LIMITED EDITION WOOD VIOLINS PEN suitable for writing "I want a Viper, I want a Viper" over and over and over again...
CLICK HERE TO GO SHOPPING!

2009 TOUR DATES JUST ADDED!
CLICK HERE to visit the calendar page! Mark hopes to see lots of you over the next few months!

ANOTHER AMAZING TSO TOUR ENDS!
After over 70 shows in close to 2 1/2 months, Mark has just returned from the 2008 TSO tour and is gearing up for another exciting year of traveling around the world with his "Electrify Your Strings!" series of music education programs. The calendar page will be updated very soon with all the dates. Click here to find out what EYS is all about!

NEW STUFF ADDED TO THE STORE!
BRAND-NEW "Mark Wood Experience" logo tees availalbe now! Happy shopping! Click here...

GREAT MARK WOOD INTERVIEW ON 98.5 WNCX IN CLEVELAND!
While in Cleveland earlier this week where The Mark Wood Experience played to a packed house at the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square with 500 students from the Berea City schools participating in his EYS program, Mark was invited to Cleveland's own WNCX-FM during The Morning Show with Miller Mihalik and Mike to promote the event.
WNCX posted the interview IN ITS ENTIRETY on their website - click on their logo to listen!


During the concert, Kim Mihalik from WNCX (who was also the emcee) surprised Mark with a Proclamation signed by all 3 mayors of the school districts involved proclaiming October 1 to be MARK WOOD DAY!! How cool is THAT??? Photos from the performance will be posted shortly on our EYS site in the Experience area so stay tuned!

"ELECTRIFY YOUR STRINGS" BOOK RECEIVES AWARD!
This just in: Mark's new method book "Electrify Your Strings" just won the 2nd place Paul Revere Award in the category of educational publications. The award was presented by the prestigious Music Publishers Association and we believe it will be the first of many!

MARK WOOD HONORED BY GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS
During a visit to Little Rock, Arkansas for one of our Electrify Your Strings programs, Mark Wood and the band were invited to a private reception at the Governor’s Mansion in Arkansas to honor the work he is doing in the field of music education. Governor Mike Beebe and First Lady Ginger Beebe welcomed Wood and the band into their home for an intimate gathering, which included a full tour given by the Governor himself. The visit was so amazing that the Governor invited everyone to visit him at the Capitol the next day which of course they all did! CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE STORY AND SEE ALL THE GREAT PIX!

LOTS OF GREAT PRESS FOR MARK AND EYS
Mark has been getting TONS of great media attention over the years - we decided to post a sampling of several recent articles that appeared in MMR, Music Trades, Strings, and The Royal Gazette (in Bermuda). Here some excerpts:
FROM MMR MAGAZINE: “Wood, appropriately, comes from a family of woodworkers. His grandfather was the architect who built the main building where Ford cars were built in the 1930’s. Another family member built furniture for Amelia Earhart. His father made religious furniture for temples and churches, and the wood shop was just a few minutes from his home in New York. ‘I would ride my bike down to the shop and [tried] to build violins,’ Wood says. Already a prolific string player at 10, he [realized that] for electric versions, the possibilities were limited only by the imagination.
FROM MUSIC TRADES: “I love working with kids who want to participate in their music and not just play what I call the black dots on a white page,” Wood says. “When you think about the culture of the 1700s and Mozart, that culture doesn’t exist anymore.We’ve been able to create a niche and use technology never used before. It helps students interact with the music.”
FROM STRINGS MAGAZINE: “For Mark Wood – violinist, educator, electric violin manufacturer, and enthusiastic mouthpiece for the insanely popular Trans-Siberian Orchestra - the only thing better than playing violin in a classical-tinged rock ‘n roll band is getting to do it in front of thousands of rowdy, amped-up Earhlings who can’t believe their eyes – or ears. ‘There’s nothing like watching 20,000 people rocking out and dancing to Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven,’ says Wood. ‘It’s an awesome thing to see!’”
CLICK HERE TO READ ALL THE ARTICLES!

VIPERS INVADE NASVHILLE!
Wood Violins is proud to announce that two of Nashville’s hottest recording artists, Big & Rich, and Carrie Underwood, have added Viper players to their lineup and all of Nashville is kicking up its collective heels and taking notice. Carrie Underwood’s accomplished and versatile fiddle player, Jimmy Herman, initially approached Wood Violins to build him a 7-string fretted Viper with a highly customized camo finish. He was so thrilled with the results that he promptly ordered a 5-string fretless Viper with a gorgeous champagne sparkle finish for his current tour with Carrie. Jimmy and both of his Vipers have been featured on several major televised events with Ms. Underwood, including the CMA’s, the Grand Ole Opry Induction Ceremony (Carrie is their newest inductee), and the brand-new video for her latest mega-hit “Last Name” which is in heavy rotation on CMT and MTV.
Big & Rich have been touring almost non-stop since Shawn Bailey, their high-energy amazing fiddle player, was presented with his 5-string fretless red pearlized Viper during a concert where Big & Rich shared the bill with rock superstar Bon Jovi. Shawn and his Viper were prominently featured on Good Morning America, the CMA’s and pretty much every TV and concert appearance in which Big & Rich have been involved since the beginning of the year.
Strings will never be the same!

"ELECTRIFY YOUR STRINGS" - THE BOOK - IS HERE!
We're super-thrilled to announce the long-anticipated arrival of Mark Wood's first method book "Electrify Your Strings," published by Cherry Lane and distributed by Hal Leonard. The book is available EVERYWHERE so call any of Wood Violins' authorized dealers or your local music store to get a copy of your very own!

MARK WOOD ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF ASTA!
Mark was just elected to serve on the board of the prestigious and forward-thinking American String Teachers Association (ASTA), where he will have the opportunity to affect the future of progressive string education in our country on a  truly grand scale! Congratulations Mark on this fantastic achievement!

STINGRAY ON THE GRAMMY'S!!!
There is a real shift and revolution going on the string world, as evidenced by all the violin playing on the Grammy's. Wood Violins customer Brian Fitzgerald made it to the top 3 finalists in the "My Grammy Moment" contest with the Foo Fighters and got almost as much camera time as the person who won! CLICK HERE to watch Brian's audition video on YouTube!

VIPERS FEATURED IN THE MUSEUM OF MAKING MUSIC
Not one but TWO stunning Vipers are on display in the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California for their exhibit "The Violin in America: Old World Tradition, New World Sound" which opens on February 23 (and runs through the end of the summer). The ambitious exhibition explores the transplanting of the European violin-making tradition to America and how the New World ultimately created its own identity. It also traces the history of the electric violin and they have wisely decided to choose our VIpers to illustrate this!

STINGRAY SV-4 VIDEOS POSTED ON YOUTUBE!
CLICK HERE to vist MARKWOODTV on YouTube and watch Mark give an awesome demonstration of our new Stingray SV4, Wood electric violin amp, and Wood Wah. His playing ALONE is sure to grab you!

CALENDAR PAGE JUST UPDATED!
CLICK HERE to find out Mark's EYS tour schedule for 2008!

NAMM 2008 PIX JUST POSTED IN THE GALLERY! CLICK HERE!

TSO 2007 TOUR ANOTHER PHENOMENAL SUCCESS!!
While we prepare the massive amounts of pix we gathered from this year's phenomenal TSO tour, here's a great clip we found on YouTube of Mark playing Figaro! Enjoy! Visit Mark's MySpace page to read his blog!!

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!
World-renowned electric violinist MARK WOOD
has designed the perfect complete starter kit for the electric violin!
ANNOUNCING THREE GREAT NEW PRODUCTS FROM WOOD VIOLINS,
COMPLETE WITH GREAT INTRODUCTORY PRICING!
(Do we have your attention? Then click on the image below to find out more!)

BRAND NEW WOOD VIOLINS "STAR" TEES and "STAR" POSTERS!! VISIT THE STORE AND ORDER YOURS NOW!

MARK WOOD TV ON YOUTUBE!
CLICK HERE to visit Mark's new channel on YouTube. We are just beginning to add content to tune in often to see what fun stuff we're posting there.

STEVE VAI AND MARK WOOD - TOGETHER AT LAST!
CLICK HERE to visit Mark's myspace page and read his blog!!
CLICK HERE to see some AWESOME pix of our show at Irving Plaza in NYC taken by Wayne Denon.
MORE PIX COMING SHORTLY (INCLUDING SOME WITH STEVE VAI AND MARK WOOD ONSTAGE JAMMING!)

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THE MARK WOOD EXPERIENCE!!
A 3-minute video you won't want to miss!

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MARK WOOD ROCKS THE WALLS OF CARNEGIE HALL! Photos just posted in the Gallery! CLICK HERE!

Mark with The Etowah Youth Orchestra!

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MARK WOOD TEACHES PHYSICS ON HIS 7-STRING FRETTED VIPER!!