Upcoming Classes
Fiddle Tunes Lab: Really Pretty Songs
February 6 – February 27, Mondays 6:30 – 8pm
Beautiful songs from around the world! I’ll make sure you understand the techniques needed to play ‘em sweetly. Class will focus on fiddlers but is open to any instrumentalist who can read standard notation.
Class Fee: $50
Class + one 1-hour private lesson: $90
Teaching Music Lessons (As An Actual Business)
February 5, Sunday, 3pm – 6pm
By “actual business”, I mean one where you get paid reliably and sufficiently. I also mean one where you create actual value for the people you work with. Lots of great musicians want to earn a living teaching music, but are overwhelmed by how to start or are disappointed by a past failure. Let’s walk through the components of a fully-functioning, heart-centered, and profitable teaching business. We’ll make a plan that will work for you.
Class fee: $35
Spring Classes
to be announced shortly.
Puget Sound Guitar Workshop 2012
I will be teaching two classes at PSGW Week 1 this year:
- “Tough Chick Songs – Bluegrass/Country”
- “Music Theory (Isn’t Just a Theory)”
Register for camp online at psgw.org and meet all your new best friends.
Coming Soon!
Fiddle: Square One! (class series)
Improvisation (weekend intensive)
Past Classes
which I may offer again in the future:
Fiddle Tunes Lab: Bowing Styles
Songs of Empowered Women in the Bluegrass & Country Tradition
Rock n’ Roll Music Theory (or Folk, or…)
Fiddle: Seriously, What Is Up With This Bow?
Fiddle: What to Play When You Don’t Know What To Play
Want to know when registration opens for these classes? Sign up for the mailing list (this one’s for fiddlers; this one’s for everybody else) and you’ll always know what’s up.
Private Lessons
Weekly private lessons:
I am not currently accepting weekly students. This is a temporary situation; please join the mailing list (this one’s especially for fiddlers; this one’s for the rest of you) and you’ll get an announcement when I open things back up… and some other fun stuff, too. –November 7, 2011
Single private lessons
(in-person or Skype):
Looking for one-time help? Maybe you’re an intermediate or advanced fiddler and just need an hour to run by me your stockpile of questions. Whatever your situation, we can find a time for a single lesson at $60/hour. Shoot me an email and we’ll set it up: kat@bellinghamfiddle.com
I do not rent out fiddles, but Quist Violins (360-647-1984) and Piper Music (360-738-7166) both do.
Trade/barter: It never hurts to make an offer. I don’t need much at the moment, but I am always interested in health care services (including wacky hippie things), food (chickens laying more eggs than you can eat?), and bicycle help (fix my bike and/or teach me how?
