Katie Glassman, now living in Venice, CA is one of today’s leading Texas-style and Western Swing fiddler – an award-winning performer, champion improviser, and sought-after educator. A national Texas-style contest winner and longtime touring artist with The Western Flyers and her band Snapshot, she’s known for her soulful tone, inventive variations, and deep command of swing phrasing. Katie has performed and taught across the country, studied with many of the great Texas masters, and is the founder of Fiddle School, a thriving global learning community. Acclaimed for her clear methodology and creative approach, she helps fiddlers develop stylistic authenticity, improvisational fluency, and confidence onstage and off.