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Daniel Carwile - Fiddle/Guitar/Tenor Guitar Teacher

Daniel Carwile - Fiddle/Guitar/Tenor Guitar Teacher

U.S. Grand Master Fiddle Champion, Daniel Carwile has competed in virtually every major fiddle competition in the United States. He has been crowned the Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention "Fiddle King" an amazing 7 times. Other conquests include Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee State Championships as well as Lake Superior, North Cascades, ...
Dr. David "Doc" Wallace - Viola and Violin Teacher

Dr. David "Doc" Wallace - Viola and Violin Teacher

Dr. David Wallace improvises solos like "Jimmy Page fronting Led Zeppelin" (New York Times ). A composer, Texas-style fiddler, and musician fluent in classical, rock, jazz, CCM, and more, Doc Wallace chairs Berklee College of Music's String Department. Previously, he enjoyed fourteen years as Juilliard professor, and seventeen years as New York...
Julie Lyonn Lieberman - Multi-Style Artist/Educator & Author

Julie Lyonn Lieberman - Multi-Style Artist/Educator & Author

JULIE LYONN LIEBERMAN has helped develop the multi-style string field over the last forty+ years through her work as an educator, author, radio producer, composer, writer, recording artist, and performer. She started out as a fiddler, performing at folk festivals and clubs up and down the east coast in the late 1970s/early 1980s using either...
Justin Branum - Swing Fiddle

Justin Branum - Swing Fiddle

Starting on fiddle at age 12, Justin began his musical journey by learning Texas/contest style fiddling and competing in fiddle contests around the country. During this time he was heavily influenced by the fiddling of Benny Thomasson, Terry Morris, Orville Burns, Louis Franklin, and other greats of Texas style fiddling, as well as bluegrass legends...
Matthew Hartz - Fiddle and Guitar Teacher

Matthew Hartz - Fiddle and Guitar Teacher

Matthew Hartz  holds a unique position in roots and americana music. From an early age, his ear was bent toward old time fiddle masters including Benny Thomasson, Texas Shorty and Terry Morris. Attending local, regional and national level fiddle contests enabled Matthew to hone his skills and learn directly from these legends. One of Matthew’s gr...
Michael Schaeffer

Michael Schaeffer

Michael Schaefer is a Colorado native and a 1969 graduate of Poudre High School in Fort Collins. He studied undergraduate and graduate conducting with Wilfred Schwartz and earned a Bachelor’s in Music Education in 1974 and a Master’s in Instruction in 1984 from Colorado State University. Michael retired after teaching for thirty-five years, twe...
Pete Martin - Mandolin Teacher

Pete Martin - Mandolin Teacher

Pete Martin has been called a "national class mandolin and fiddle player" by the Portland Oregonian and “an impressive multi instrumentalist" by SPBGMA Bluegrass Music News. Playing fiddle, mandolin, guitar and tenor guitar he has performed and recorded with many Northwest artists. Pete is a former National Adult Fiddle Champion and has placed in t...
Samantha Robichaud - Fiddle Teacher

Samantha Robichaud - Fiddle Teacher

S amantha Robichaud has always been a spirited performer, composer and recording artist. More than a decade and a half as a professional fiddler player, step-dancer, vocalist and all ‘round entertainer has given the phenomenally talented New Brunswick native the experience, maturity and confidence to chart her own musical course. It has also allowed h...
Stephanie Sever, LMT - Yoga and Body Awareness

Stephanie Sever, LMT - Yoga and Body Awareness

Stephanie Sever is a dedicated student of yoga and holistic healing practices, which is what fuels her enthusiasm for teaching. While an injury is what initially brought Stephanie to yoga in 2005, it was the overall feeling of wholeness and balance that she found irresistible. “It was if yoga showed me a magical key I was holding that unlocked d...
Steve Eulberg - Guitar, Dulcimer Teacher

Steve Eulberg - Guitar, Dulcimer Teacher

“… a superb dulcimer player … and a first rate composer.” Neal Walters, Dulcimer Players News He’s a versatile full-time folk musician who specializes in fretted and hammered dulcimers, but his first instrument was his mother’s ukulele. At a youth retreat the weekend after Jim Croce’s plane went down, he became so fired up about the guitar tha...
Vi Wickam - Fiddle Teacher

Vi Wickam - Fiddle Teacher

Music is in my blood. Every note I play is nourishment. I came from a musical family; some of my ancestors even have a claim to fame. My Great Grandpa Joseph Wickam was a professional violinist, published composer and teacher. He used popular music of the day to keep the kids interested and inspired. My Great X 3 Uncle George R. Poulton wrote the...

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