Summer is just about here, and I’ll be peregrinating around the US (and a few other countries) sharing information and music with fiddlers, violinists, and other string players.

The first week of March held a trip to the American String Teachers’ annual convention, where string teachers from every tradition gather to celebrate and share new and old ideas on how and what to teach. That happened in Pittsburgh, PA this year and presented some of my teaching ideas and discovered amazing new ideas from other brilliant and dedicated teachers.

Also in March, I conducted workshops in Berklee’s campus in Valencia, Spain, Charlotteville, Virginia, and in Toulouse, France on Contemporary American Music Idioms and how fiddles fit into that (Answer: everywhere!)… and I did that in France with the great Casey Driessen, as part of a concert series.

May 12-13
Fiddle workshops in Ireland, TBA

June 25-30: BERKLEE GLOBAL STRINGS!
A feast of the entire Berklee String experience condensed into one week, with most of the faculty: large and small ensembles in every style, clinics, theory classes and hands-on technique from this monumentally unique faculty!


July 9-14: MIKE & HANNEKE BLOCK’S STRING CAMP AND BAND INCUBATOR
This is the “advanced” week for the Mike Block string camp in gorgeous Vero Beach, Florida.
Lots of fun! there is wonderful video of these camps:


July 24-28: Ossippee Bluegrass Academy, Ossippee Valley, Maine
One of the most fun and relaxed bluegrass camps in the East, with lots of summer recreation, tunes, and jamming jamming jamming!


August 7-10: GRAND TARGHEE Bluegrass Academy
With the Grand Tetons for a backdrop, the scenic splendor of this camp is unbeatable, segueing into the legendary Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival all at the Grand Targhee Ski Resort in Idaho. Great instruction & group coaching from Darol, Grant Gordy, Joe K. Walsh and Danny Barnes, and more.
 

August 16: Fiddle Workshop TBA in Missoula, Montana: stay tuned or visit Darolanger.com