Celeste fell in love with Texas-style fiddle when she was just five years old. Since then, she’s become an accomplished musician and teacher with four national fiddle championship titles. Celeste has many years of teaching experience with a wide range of ages and abilities. She’s passionate about teaching Texas-style fiddle by ear, the way it’s […]

Cody teaches classical violin and fiddling, starting classical students out with technique and note-reading, the traditional method.  For fiddle students the same emphasis on technique is combined with learning by a choice of ear, tablature or note-reading (sheet music).  She has 27 years of experience, including orchestral, quartet and old-time fiddling. Cody is the 2016 […]

Enion is an internationally touring 5-string fiddler, composer, and singer, and is widely recognized for her elegant playing and thoughtful teaching in styles ranging from gypsy jazz, bluegrass, and classical music and everything in between. She leads the group Taarka with her husband David Tiller, and has also performed with many noted Front Range string […]

While rooted in Texas style fiddling and bluegrass, Natalie’s styles reach far beyond. In 2011, she released “Fiddle and Flute,” a traditional Irish music album that has been critically acclaimed and aired worldwide. In May of 2017 she released her first solo album of original music, “Paths and Places,” produced by Joe K. Walsh, with […]

Katy Buckbee has been teaching fiddle and Suzuki violin at Medicine Bow Studio in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado since 1996. She holds a BA in Music from the University of Colorado, and became a nationally certified Suzuki Violin Teacher under the guidance of renowned pedagogue William Starr. In addition to having studied classical violin, […]

Instructor: Katie Glassman Town or Area: Denver, Colorado Phone: None available. E-Mail: katie@katieglassman.com Ages I Teach: Any! Method: Lessons are taught primarily by ear, with an emphasis on music reading. I teach fiddling in the traditional sense of building a song from the melody and then expanding to many variations of the theme. Practice programs […]

Instilled with a passion for music at an early age, Lydia Azure Demi-Smith is a dynamic performer and instructor. Lydia studied violin classically throughout her youth and went on to earn a Master of Music degree. In addition, Lydia has a passion for bluegrass that is insatiable, partially as a result of her banjo-playing father […]

Fiddle Teacher: Vi Wickam Town or area: Northern Colorado, Loveland, CO Phone: 970-430-6381 Email : vi@wickam.net Ages I teach: 6 and up Method: My primary focus is to help my students develop a lifelong love of music and fiddling. I enjoy contest fiddling, but do not believe that it is the end-all be-all of fiddling. […]

Larry was invited to play with Bob Wills in Dallas, Texas at the age of nine, after winning a Kanas Fiddle Contest.  After pursuing music studies, he was a member of the Denver Symphony (now the Colorado Symphony), Colorado Ballet, and Central City Opera Orchestras. Having won the Colorado State Fiddler Champion numerous times, he moved on […]