Bio
Celebrated for her "sensitive and soulful interpretations" and a "tone reminiscent of the greats of the past" (Chronicle Musique) violinist Casey McGrath merges the worlds of classical and popular music into Fiddlerock!, a one-woman show where technical prowess infuses innovative, exciting, and moving original arrangements of the most timeless classics in rock and pop— all on four violin strings.
After over a decade as a concerto soloist and orchestral musician, Casey brings symphonic lyricism to her covers of Kansas and Sam Smith, the technical brilliance her favorite concertos to her arrangements of Metallica and Guns-n-Roses, and the harmonic heart of composers like Bach and Beethoven to her covers of Tool and Led Zeppelin. Violin, for Casey, has always been about connection, and Fiddlerock!— with its multi-genre repertoire, artistic versatility, and personable, accessible covers—brings not only audience and artist together, but people of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures. At a Fiddlerock! show, it's not just about the music—it's about your life.
Casey graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory with her Master's of Music and from the University of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign with a Doctorate of Musical Arts. She has served as concertmaster, concerto soloist, chamber musician, section player, tango violinist, and as college music faculty before founding the Fiddlerock! project with her partner and Fiddlerock!’s official emcee, sound engineer, and light technician, A.J. Johnson.
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Song list
AC/DC, Thunderstruck
AC/DC, You Shook Me All Night Long
Adele, Easy on Me
Adele, Skyfall
Aerosmith, Dream On
A-Ha, Take On Me
Alanis Morisette, Uninvited
Alicia Keys, If I Ain't Got You
Andrew Lloyd Weber, Phantom of the Opera Mashup
Aretha Franklin, RESPECT
Audrey Hepburn, Moon River
The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles, Blackbird
Beyonce, Daddy Lessons
Billie Eilish, Bad Guy
Black Caviar and Blackway, What’s Up, Danger?
Black Sabbath, Paranoid
Blackstreet, No Diggity
Bob Seger, Turn the Page
Bon Jovi, Livin’ on a Prayer
Bon Jovi, Wanted Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi, You Give Love (a Bad Name)
Boston, More Than a Feeling
Breaking Benjamin, Diary of Jane
Britney Spears, Toxic (acoustic blues version)
Britney Spears, Hit Me Baby One More Time (Ed Sheeran cover)
Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk
Calum Scott, Biblical
Calum Scott, Dancing on My Own
Calum Scott, You Are the Reason
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats
CeeLo Green, F*ck You!
The Chainsmokers, Closer
Charlie Daniels Band, The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Charlie Daniels Band, Orange Blossom Special
Chicago, 25 or 6 to 4
Chris Stapleton, Tennessee Whiskey
Christina Perry, A Thousand Years
Coldplay, A Sky Full of Stars
Coldplay, Yellow
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Son
Danzig, Mother
Dave Matthews Band, Ants Marching
Dave Matthews Band, Two Step
Derude, Sandstorm
Death Cab for Cutie, I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Devil Makes Three, Old Number Seven
Dire Straits, Money for Nothing
Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing
Dixon/Stein, Stranger Things (Theme, Remix)
Dollie Parton, Jolene
Ed Sheeran, Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran, Perfect
Ed Sheeran, Shape of You
Ed Sheeran, Shivers
Ellie Goulding, Burn
Ellie Goulding, Love Me Like You Do
Elton John, Tiny Dancer
Elton John, Your Song
Elvis Presley, Can't Help Fallin' in Love (Haley Reinhart cover)
Emancipator, Labyrinth
Eminem/McGrath, Lose Yourself Mashup
Eurhythmics, Sweet Dreams
Europe, The Final Countdown
Evanescence, Bring Me to Life
Evanescence, My Immortal
Fall Out Boy, Thnks fr th Mmrs (Thanks for the Memories)
Five Finger Death Punch, House of the Rising Sun
Fleetwood Mac/David Guetta, Dreams
Fleetwood Mac, The Chain
Florence + the Machine, Dog Days Are Over
Flo Rida, Good Feeling
Flo Rida, Low
Foo Fighters, Everlong
Foster the People, Pumped Up Kicks
Frou Frou, Let Go
Game of Thrones (Main Theme and Light of the Seven)
Garth Brooks, The Thunder Rolls
Garth Brooks/Bob Dylan, Make You Feel My Love
Genuwine, Pony
Gershwin, Someone to Watch Over Me
Gershwin, Lady Be Good
Gnarls Barkley, Crazy
Gotye, Somebody That I Used to Know
Goo Goo Dolls, Acoustic #3
Goo Goo Dolls, Iris
Guns-n-Roses, Sweet Child O’ Mine
Guns-n-Roses, Welcome to the Jungle
Guns-n-Roses, November Rain
Guns-n-Roses, Paradise City
Guns-n-Roses, Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Halestorm, I Miss the Misery
Halsey, Castle
Harry Styles, Watermelon Sugar
Song list continued
Jamey Johnson, In Color
Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hanging Tree
Johnny Cash/Trent Reznor, Hurt
John Legend, All of Me
John Mayer, XO
Journey, Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey, Faithfully
Justin Timberlake, Can't Stop the Feeling
Kansas, Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas, Dust in the Wind
Katy Perry, Dark Horse
The Killers, Mr. Brightside
KT Tunstall, Big Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Lady Gaga, Just Dance
Lady Gaga, Always Remember Us This Way
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Shallow
Led Zeppelin, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Led Zeppelin, Kashmir
Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin, Rock and Roll
Led Zeppelin, Ramble On
Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah
Lewis Capaldi, Someone You Loved
Little Big Town, Girl Crush
Lizzo, About Damn Time
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Free Bird
The Matrix, Theme and Remix
Mark Morrison, Return of the Mack
Metallica, Enter Sandman
Metallica, Nothing Else Matters
Metallica, Unforgiven
Michael Buble, Feeling Good
Michael Jackson, Smooth Criminal
Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball
Miley Cyrus, Flowers
Moody Blues, Nights in White Satin
Morgan Wallen, Sand in My Boots
Mötley Crüe, Home Sweet Home
Mötley Crüe, Kickstart My Heart
Mumford and Sons, I Will Wait
Muse, Uprising
No Doubt, Just a Girl
Of Monsters and Men, Dirty Paws
Olivia Rodrigo, drivers license
One Republic, Counting Stars
One Republic, Secrets
Ozzy, Crazy Train
Panic! at the Disco, High Hopes
Panic! at the Disco, I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Pearl Jam, Jeremy
A Perfect Circle, 3 Libras
A Perfect Circle, Orestes
Pharrell, Happy
Pink, What About Us
Portugal. The Man, Feel It Still
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen, Somebody to Love
Radiohead, Creep
Rage Against the Machine, Killing in the Name
Ram Jam, Black Betty
Rhianna, We Found Love
Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter
Ruth B, Lost Boy
Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Sam Smith, I'm Not the Only One
Scorpions, Rock You Like a Hurricane
Seal, Kiss from a Rose
Selena Gomez and Marshmello, Wolves
Seven Mary Three, Cumbersome
Shawn Mendes, Senorita
Skid Row, 18 and Life
Sia, Unstoppable
Sisqo, The Thong Song
Stevie Nicks, Landslide
Sting, Fields of Gold
Stone Temple Pilots, Interstate Love Song
Stories/Springsteen, I'm On Fire
Styx, Come Sail Away
Survivor, Eye of the Tiger
System of a Down, Aerials
Taylor Swift, Blank Space
Taylor Swift, Love Story
Taylor Swift, Shake It Off
Taylor Swift, Style
Taylor Swift, Wildest Dreams
Tenacious D, F*ck Her Gently
Tiesto, The Business
Tina Turner, Proud Mary
TLC, No Scrubs
Tones and I, Dance Monkey
Tool, Schism
Tool, Sober
Tool, Forty Six & 2
Tori Amos, Cornflake Girl
U2, Where the Streets Have No Name
Usher, Yeah!
Usher and David Guetta, Without You
Violent Femmes, Blister in the Sun
Walk the Moon, Shut up and Dance
The Weeknd, Blinding Lights
The Who, Won't Get Fooled Again
The White Stripes, Seven Nation Army
Zach Bryan, Something in the Orange
Zac Brown Band, Chicken Fried