Bio
I am a fiddle player, music teacher, and square dance caller based in Oakland, CA. My passions include playing and teaching fiddle music, calling square dances, and creating community through music.
Although I played music throughout childhood, I didn't discover the fiddle until high school. When my grandfather died, my family found a couple of old violins in his attic. My dad had the better one fixed up, and after my first lesson I fell in love with it. About a year later I discovered bluegrass jamming, and before long was regularly sneaking into the local bluegrass bar for jams. Eventually I found old time fiddle music and I've been hooked ever since.
I play regularly with the Bearcat Stringband.
In 2014, after many nights as a dancer and musician, I started calling traditional square dances, and am happy to say now do quite a bit of that! I've called at community dances up and down the west coast - from Seattle to San Diego, as well as festivals/camps including the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, The CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival Music Camp, Los Angeles Old Time Social, Austin Stringband Festival, Walker Creek Music Camp, and Parkfield Bluegrass Festival.
Besides music, I'm a big fan of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, sewing clothes/quilts, and am a proud "cat mom" to Howdy and Melbo.
Although I played music throughout childhood, I didn't discover the fiddle until high school. When my grandfather died, my family found a couple of old violins in his attic. My dad had the better one fixed up, and after my first lesson I fell in love with it. About a year later I discovered bluegrass jamming, and before long was regularly sneaking into the local bluegrass bar for jams. Eventually I found old time fiddle music and I've been hooked ever since.
I play regularly with the Bearcat Stringband.
In 2014, after many nights as a dancer and musician, I started calling traditional square dances, and am happy to say now do quite a bit of that! I've called at community dances up and down the west coast - from Seattle to San Diego, as well as festivals/camps including the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, The CBA Father's Day Bluegrass Festival Music Camp, Los Angeles Old Time Social, Austin Stringband Festival, Walker Creek Music Camp, and Parkfield Bluegrass Festival.
Besides music, I'm a big fan of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, sewing clothes/quilts, and am a proud "cat mom" to Howdy and Melbo.
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