Teacher Profiles
Vi Wickam
Fiddle Teacher
Vi Wickam of Loveland, CO has been performing fiddle and writing music since before he could read. Along with his brothers and dad, The Wickam Family Band performed regularly on Blinky’s Fun Club, a nationally syndicated TV program. Vi’s fiddling can be heard on numerous...
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, and has frequently taken top honors. Daniel also frequently judges fiddle contests, including U.S. Grand Master Fiddle Contest and the National Old-Time Fiddler's Contest in Weiser,...
Dr. David “Doc” Wallace
Viola and Violin Teacher
Dr. David Wallace is a fiercely eclectic musician, award-winning composer, and master teaching artist who currently serves as Chair of the String Department of Berklee College of Music.
David Finch
Fiddle Teacher
DAVID FINCH is an actor, singer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in strings and horns. He began his classical training in the Suzuki violin method at the age of four and became a contest fiddler at nine, winning contests across New England. After earning a degree in...
Donna Hébert
Fiddle Teacher
Franco-American fiddler Donna Hébert has deep roots in folk music. Cited for “outstanding artistic achievement” in 2009 by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Donna is a master of fiddling and fiddle pedagogy as well as a songwriter with originals on two Smithsonian recordings.
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...
Greg Byers
Cello Teacher
In his lifelong pursuit of music, Greg Byers has overcome countless obstacles in order to become an idiosyncratic performer, composer, educator, and producer. He will redefine what you thought a cellist was capable of!
Joe Deninzon
Rock Fiddle Teacher
Joe Deninzon has been hailed by critics as “The Jimi Hendrix of the Violin”. He has worked with Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Everclear, Ritchie Blackmore, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Les Paul, The Who, and as a soloist with the NY City Ballet and Jazz at...
Chris Haigh
Fiddle Teacher
Chris Haigh has played on over 100 albums, working with artists as diverse as Bob Geldof, Morcheeba, Alison Moyet, Najma Akhtar, Michael Ball, and Oumou Sangari. He has played at private parties for Paul McCartney, Sting and Elton John, has filled the Albert Hall with...
Rob Flax
Fiddle Teacher
Rob Flax is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator with a playful heart and an open mind. He describes his music in a concise way: “I play things with strings, I hit stuff, and I sing.”
Enion Pelta-Tiller
Fiddle Teacher
Enion Pelta-Tiller began classical violin studies at age 3, but her education was always supplemented by improvisation lessons from her jazz guitarist father. By 16 she had taught herself to compose impromptu melodies in styles from classical sonatas to East Indian ragas and jazz standards....
Tracy Silverman
Fiddle Teacher
Lauded by BBC Radio as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Tracy Silverman is the world’s foremost electric violin soloist, bringing concert hall legitimacy to this next-generation instrument.
Tom Morley
Fiddle Teacher
Tom Morley’s career spans over thirty years and a host of genres. He’s played Celtic, Bluegrass, classical, swing, Americana, and Country Honky-Tonk, earning an RIAA Certified Gold Record award for his work with “new traditionalist” country artist John Anderson.
Alissa Jackman
Fiddle Teacher
VIOLINIST ALISSA JACKMAN IS is a multi-genre musician based out of New York City. You can catch her playing anything from classical to funk, jazz, fiddling, or rock. Alissa performs with her acoustic as well as her electric Viper violin. She has played in venues...
Andy Reiner
Fiddle Teacher
Andy Reiner, an award-winning fiddler, composer and educator, began playing at age five with the Reiner Family Band. He has since developed his own style featuring creative, rhythmic melodies, and thoughtful fusing of world styles.
Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw
Fiddle Teacher
Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw began playing the violin at age four and received her Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance and Suzuki Pedagogue Certification from East Carolina University. She is an extremely versatile musician and has a tremendous talent for American Music as well as Classical Violin.