Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
IN CONCERT AT THE AGGIE THEATER: JUNE 22, 2013 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO (MAY 20, 2013) – PAUL CHET & FRIENDS WILL DEBUT THEIR NEW SINGLE, “SOMEONE LIKE YOU,” AT THE AGGIE THEATER ON JUNE 22, 2013. A native to Fort Collins, Paul Chet has been performing professionally along the Front Range for the past 20 [...]
The Fourth Annual Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp will be held: Monday-Friday July 8-12, 2013 Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp (Youth to Adult) $95/$150 Instructors: Vi Wickam and Cody Stadelmaier Fiddle Camp A: $95 - 9am-10:30am – Beginning/Intermediate [...]
I’m really excited to be teaching the fiddling portion of the Violin Celebration: Suzuki and the Fiddler this June. I’m so excited for this event that I’m actually going to leave Weiser early to teach at it. I know – it’s hard to believe. Here is the official information direct from the flyer: A Violinist’s [...]
… for all levels, from beginners to professionals — play together, experiment together, have a blast! Using improvisation exercises inspired by theater games, instrumentalists can discover a deeper level of emotional and technical engagement with spontaneous musicmaking, no matter if they are already expert improvisers in a particular style or students who have never tried to improvise in public at all. [...]
Tonight we held the Magnolia Music Studio Winter Fiddle Recital, and a number of my students got up on stage and put on a great show for their parents and friends. At the end of the recital, I thought it was fitting to have them join me for a Fiddle Tune a Day. I didn’t have [...]
Why Music Should Be Used More Effectively in Education This is a video of me giving my signature talk – Can’t Stop the Music: Why Music Should Be Used More Effectively in Education, at TEDx Fort Collins. If you aren’t familiar with TED Talks, you really need to check TED out. TED is an annual [...]
The first (and only) person I’ve heard play and sing this song (Jack of Diamonds) is Mike Moxey, which is why it’s fitting that this is a recording of Mike Moxey playing Jack of Diamonds at the Bluegrass Jam at Avogadro’s Number. We had some technical difficulties with the recording, so I apologize in advance [...]
Before you tell me that Jingle Bells isn’t really a fiddle tune, let me remind you that as the fiddler, I make the rules. And you should at least listen to the tune before you go making any snap judgments. Today, Steve Eulberg and I volunteered to make music for Help Portrait, a really cool [...]
Harvest Home is a cool Irish Hornpipe. When I first heard it on the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason CD, Harvest Home, I thought, “Wow, that really sounds a lot like Cincinnati Hornpipe, and there is no doubt. They are pretty similar tunes. This is a recording of Steve Eulberg and I performing it at [...]
Austin, TX is one of the coolest towns on the planet – one of the places that I would consider living outside of Fort Collins, CO. The music scene there ROCKS! Where else can you go see Elana James and The Hot Club of Cowtown playing their Wednesday night gig at the Continental Club (for free),and [...]
