Fiddle
The fiddle (or violin) is so versatile. This one instrument can play everything from orchestral pieces to barn-raisers to Balkan folk tunes.
Our fiddle teachers offer group classes for adults working through a range of subgenres in traditional music.
Are you a beginning student? Contact us to chat about private lessons.
Specialty Workshop!
Scandinavian Fiddle Tunes
with Grammy nominees Andrea Hoag and Loretta Kelley
Saturday, November 30, 2:00-3:30pm. $30.
Meet the rich and surprising tradition of Swedish and Norwegian music! Sometimes ethereal, sometimes infectiously danceable, this tradition goes back hundreds of years. We’ll look at older forms of music such as the 3/4-time polska and långdans, as well as 19th-century forms like schottische, polka, and waltz. The workshop is focused on fiddlers, though other melody instruments are welcome, and you’ll get a chance to hear the multi-stringed Hardanger fiddle. You’ll come away with some delectable tunes and new ideas for how to make dancers and listeners happy.
Andrea Hoag and Loretta Kelley were nominated for a Grammy award for their CD Hambo in the Snow. Loretta is America's best-known player of Norway's beautiful and exotic-sounding Hardanger fiddle, and is also respected for her mastery of “flat” (regular) fiddle. She studied with many of Norway's greatest fiddlers, and is well known in Norway and the U.S. Andrea is a graduate of Malungs Folkhögskola’s Folk Fiddle Pedagogy program in Sweden. She has also studied with many of Sweden's great fiddlers, and she has performed extensively in the U.S. and Sweden.
Winter Session begins the week of January 6!
Fiddle Tunes
with Karina Wilson
Thursdays, 7-7:55pm, January 9-March 13. $200
This class is best for intermediate to advanced players. Songs will be taught by ear.
Cancellation and Refund Policies
All Queen Bee classes need a minimum of three students to run. If a class does not meet that requirement, the class will be canceled, and registered students will be offered the following choices:
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a credit for private lessons at the amount of their tuition
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the registration fee can be transferred to a fully tax-deductible donation, or
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a refund.
Credits must be used within the calendar year; they expire on December 31. Two-person classes may run as a semi-private lesson, at the discretion of Queen Bee administration and the teacher.
Registration for classes remains open for 3 weeks after a session begins. Students can drop a class and receive a refund for remaining classes through the third week of the session. After week 3, registration fees are non-refundable.