Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, dancer, performance artist and composer. She presents choreographed violin performances, both live and in music videos found on her YouTube channel, Lindseystomp, which she introduced in 2007. In 2010, Stirling was a quarter-finalist on the fifth season of America's Got Talent, where she was known as the Hip Hop Violinist. As of November 2013, her YouTube channel, Lindseystomp, has over 3.6 million subscribers and over 470 million video views.

Biography
Lindsey Stirling was born in Santa Ana, California and grew up in Gilbert, Arizona. She moved to Provo, Utah to attend Brigham Young University to study therapeutic recreation. She went on to serve a mission in New York City for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Stirling returned home to Provo in 2009 to continue studying at BYU. She resided there until December 2012, when she moved back to Arizona with her family.

YouTube
Lindsey joined YouTube on May 20, 2007. She posted her first video titled "Violin Rock" on July 1st, 2007.

Lindsey's most popular video is a dubstep violin music video titled "Crystallize". In the video, Lindsey traverses an icy surrounding while playing her violin. As of November 2013, the video has over 78 million views.