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Trans Siberian Orchestra News and Information The Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) takes seemingly classical music and fuses it with progressive rock and symphonic and heavy metal, creating a compelling sound used to interpret traditional Christmas songs.

The Orchestra was founded in 1996 by composers Paul ONeill and Robert Kinkel, plus John Oliva, lead singer of Savatage. ONeill had spent time producing for Aerosmith and Humble Pie earlier in his career, and eventually joined forces with Kinkel and Oliva with Savatage.

The bands genre is certainly an odd one - they always had the goal to perform Christmas carols in a rock opera style. While it took them some time for the music industry to warm up to the idea, the group eventually made its way into the hearts of adults and children alike with holiday favorites.

While recording, TSO uses a 60-piece orchestra and a choir. On tour, fourteen vocalists, fourteen musicians, two narrators and Conductor Clinton W. Beard travel with the group.

The bands debut album, "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" was released in 1996 and is their best-selling album. In 1998, "The Christmas Attic" came out, which was quite similar to TSOs debut. In 2000, they released their only non-Christmas album, "Beethovens Last Night."

The band spent several years on the road after their 2000 release, and finally released "The Lost Christmas Eve" in 2004. TSOs most current effort, "Night Castle," is expected this fall.

Known for incredible stage shows, the TSO 2005 tour placed twenty-first on the list of most successful concert tours of the year. The success of shows is attributed to extensive use of special affects, including lasers, pyrotechnics and timed lights with the music. Normally, the first half of the show includes songs from 'Christmas Eve and Other Stories," and the second half includes all of the other songs from the bands career.