Johann Sebastian Bach. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Antonio Vivaldi. Just a few of the world famous musicians who composed some pretty amazing music for the violin. In fact, their classical sound is what most violinists still play today. But our Brian Dwyer introduces us someone who's mixing it up. Josh Vietti, a California native, made the trip to Watertown with his own spin on that classical sound.

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WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- The worlds of classical music and hip hop collided in Watertown as Jefferson Community College played host to a very different kind of concert.

Southern California native Josh Vietti brought his violin across the country, mixing those classical sounds with today's music.

Vietti, who's classically trained, started street performing about six years ago and has gathered quite the following. He's currently on a tour of 60 colleges across the country.

A few months ago, he played on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

Voetto says it's only a matter of time before this kind of music takes off.

"It's hard to describe me. I'm not a singer. I'm not a rapper. A lot of the old school mentality of the music industry, producers, executives, they're like, 'How can we market this?' But it pretty much crosses all genres, ethnicities, ages and everybody loves it," Vietti said.

Vietti says the key to his shows is the interaction with the crowd.