Beginning Fiddle Workshop with Jeanne Miller
Contact: 177 Daley Lane East Hardwick, VT 05836 472-6776 or 595-1307 or Jeanne.hardwick@gmail.com
Ages: All ages
Cost: $100 for the session $25 per class
Dates: 5 weeks starting July 8
Location: 4 Seasons Early Learning, Greensboro Bend
In this course students will begin with the basics of how to hold the bow and the violin. Students will be playing simple tunes in a very short time. After 5 weeks, students will have a small repertoire of standard fiddle tunes. In this class students will learn: holding the fiddle, bowing with confidence, G scale, quarter note & eighth note rhythms as well as other beginner fiddle tunes.
Bring a fiddle, bow and recording device if possible. Fiddles are available for rent or purchase at Vermont Violins through Jeanne. Arrangements MUST be made BEFORE the first class. To expedite this process, go to vermontviolins.com.
Jeanne’s Bio
Born in New York, Jeanne comes from a long line of musicians. She started playing violin at age 7 and had a rich grade school experience playing with many orchestras and quartets all over Long Island. Wanting to move out of the New York area, Jeanne played her way into college attending the Crane School of Music at Potsdam. Once she graduated she moved to Vermont, where she met her husband Chris and settled down in East Hardwick, VT. Jeanne continues to play on occasion with the Vermont Philharmonic and give private violin, teach at the Summit School and give fiddle lessons. Her students have gone on to participate in many successful local groups including the Green Mountain Youth Symphony. Jeanne continues study fiddle with Pete Sutherland, and collaborate with many of the previous members of the Butterbeans in the current band Granite Junction. Additionally, Jeanne plays throughout the Northeast Kingdom in a folk duo with Jim Daniels and partners with Vermont Violins in Montpelier.