Fiddle Master Class w/ Bruce Molsky

Monday, January 10, 8:30-10:00 pm
$40.00
Register online

The fiddle Master Class will be geared for students who already feel solid with at least a small repertoire of tunes. Since class size will be limited, there will be more time to work with individuals on specific questions, or who want to work on particular tunes (please email tune titles to andrea@freightandsalvage.org first to that I can be prepared!). The traditional "master class" involves the instructor working with one student while everyone else observes, and if folks are interested we can do a little of that. Mostly, the Master Class should give each of us the chance to zoom in on our own personal expression with the fiddle.

Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions. That must feel odd for a former engineer from the Bronx, who didn't begin a music career until he was forty. But folded into those strange facts is the secret to his unique genius.

In addition to a prolific solo career, performing on fiddle, guitar, banjo and vocals, Bruce frequently joins genre-busting supergroups, like the Grammy-nominated Fiddlers Four, and Mozaik, with Hungarian Nikola Parov, and Celtic giant Donal Lunny. He was on Nickel Creek's farewell tour, and performs in a trio with Scottish fiddler Aly Bain and Sweden's great Ale Moller.

"America's reigning old time fiddler." Matt Glaser, fiddler-educator

"The Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddle." Darol Anger, fiddler

"There's an incredible power of history and tradition in his vocals." Linda Ronstadt, singer