YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK FOR ACCESS TO CLASS SESSIONS UPON
REGISTRATION. PLEASE REGISTER WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS YOU CHECK
REGULARLY.
HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY THE FIDDLE? WE'LL COVER HOLDING THE
VIOLIN, HOLDING THE BOW, USING THE VIOLIN AS A NOISEMAKER, AND THEN
TURNING THAT NOISE INTO MUSIC! WE'LL START AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND
BUILD THE ABILITY TO ENJOY YOUR INSTRUMENT. WE'LL LEARN FIDDLE TUNES
BY LISTENING -- LEARNING TO PLAY BY EAR -- WELL AS INTRODUCE THE
READING OF MUSIC NOTATION. BY THE END OF CLASS YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE
TOOLS FOR PLAYING A NUMBER OF TUNES, AND KNOW HOW TO JOIN IN JAMS.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. A FIDDLE AND BOW -- IN PLAYABLE CONDITION
2. ROSIN
3. AND I STRONGLY SUGGEST HAVING A VIOLIN SHOULDER REST - BRAND NAMES
FOR A COUPLE SHOULDER RESTS: KUN OR WOLF
4. A CLIP-ON ELECTRONIC TUNER - BRAND NAMES FOR A COUPLE TUNERS: SNARK
OR INTELLITUNER
ANY GOOD VIOLIN STORE AND MANY MUSIC STORES WILL CARRY THE ABOVE.
ERIK HOFFMAN
IN 1987, ERIK TOOK UP THE FIDDLE. THREE WEEKS LATER, ON A DARE, HE
COMPETED IN THE SANTA BARBARA OLD TIME FIDDLE CONTEST AND WON THIRD
PLACE IN BEGINNING FIDDLE IN A FIELD OF THREE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE
PLACED FIRST IN INTERMEDIATE FIDDLE. IN 1990, ERIK CAME IN THIRD IN
ADVANCED TRADITIONAL SINGING.
TRAVELING ALL OVER THE STATE, ERIK HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN FROM ARCATA
TO SAN DIEGO, AND FROM CARSON CITY, NEVADA, TO THE BAY AREA. HE HAS
ALSO TOURED THE UNITED STATES EXTENSIVELY, ON BOTH COASTS, AND IN
BETWEEN. HE HAS BEEN STAFF AT A NUMBER OF FESTIVALS, INCLUDING THE BAY
AREA COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY'S AMERICAN WEEK, FAMILY WEEK, AND SPRING
WEEKEND (MONTE TOYON); CD*NY'S HUDSON GUILD; SACRAMENTO'S ECHO SUMMIT;
CALIFORNIA TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY'S SOLSTICE AND NEW YEAR'S
FESTIVALS; SAN LUIS OBISPO RADIO KCBX'S LIVE OAK MUSIC FESTIVAL; NEW
MEXICO FOLK MUSIC & DANCE'S MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND; AND SEATTLE'S SLUGS
AT SUNRISE MUSIC AND DANCE CAMP.
ERIK LOVES THE SPIRIT AND JOY THAT IS PASSED ALONG WITH TRADITIONAL
MUSIC AND DANCE, AND LOVES TO SHARE HIS ENTHUSIASM.
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