Fiddle Teacher: Vi Wickam

Town or area: Northern Colorado, Loveland, CO

Phone: 970-430-6381

Email : [email protected]

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. I help my students become strong, grounded musicians, with a strong basis in the fundamentals.

I teach the melody of the fiddle tune before getting into variations, and I teach music theory from a practical standpoint.

Years Teaching: 25 years

Fiddling style/styles: Oldtime / Contest Style / Celtic / Texas Style / Swing / Blues

Web Page: http://www.vithefiddler.com/about/fiddle-lessons/

 

I bring to my students a wealth of experiences from a very expansive background. My experience as a classical violinist includes the Denver Symphony (now the Colorado Symphony) as well as Concertmaster of the Colorado Ballet. When I was nine years old, my earliest fiddling experience was with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys in Dallas, Texas. My championships include Colorado State as well as National Champion in my age division. Most of my fiddling early on was by ear so it was a natural path for me to embrace the Suzuki rote approach to violin teaching. My early introduction to rote teaching was with Suzuki during a summer at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. So when I walk on a stage to perform Mozart or Sally Goodin, I’m probably the only one who has played with both Ray Price and Pavarotti. I enjoy the challenge of teaching and look forward to assisting as many as possible.

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Town or area: Denver Tech Center
Phone: 303 771-5951
Email Address – [email protected]
Method – Basic Suzuki Method with Fiddlin introduction at the appropriate interest and playing levels
Years Teaching – Over 40 years of instruction
Fiddling style/ styles: Texas, Bluegrass and Contest Fiddling