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Transgender musician makes waves with voice, violin

Transgender musician makes waves with voice, violin

On a YouTube video, Tona Brown breaks into song, delivering "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" in a full-throated mezzo-soprano voice. It's particularly fitting anthem for Brown, who has faced her share of hurdles. None of them, it seems, have fazed this transgender Baltimore musician.

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