Nov. 16: Fiddle Bowing & Slurring Workshop with Caitlin Warbelow

Saturday, November 16

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Dusty Strings, 3406 Fremont Ave N

Maximum Enrollment: 12

Registration & Refund Deadline: Wednesday, November 13

Come work on your bowing with Celtic fiddler and teacher Caitlin Warbelow! Using bits from common reels and jigs as examples, Caitlin will show you various bowing and slurring options you can incorporate into your playing. She also welcomes questions and discussion topics from students, particularly if you are experiencing issues with bowing.

Skills Needed: Advanced beginners and up

What to Bring: Your fiddle and a notebook. Please note, Dusty Strings does not rent violins or bows. We recommend Hammond Ashley in Issaquah. We carry violin strings, rosin, and fiddle music.

Teacher: Caitlin Warbelow hails from a family of entrepreneurs and bush pilots in Alaska and until 2022 served as the violinist/fiddler in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated musical, Come From Away. She is the co-founder of Tune Supply, a beloved online traditional music platform launched 36 hours after Broadway shut down due to Covid in order to keep trad musicians working during the pandemic. She serves on the faculty at Manhattan’s Irish Arts Center, and is the artistic coordinator for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival’s Celtic program. Caitlin holds honors from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts and the National Suzuki Conference, and is a regular faculty member at the Swannanoa Gathering, the Arcadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance, the O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, the Gulf Coast Cruinniu, and the Far North Fiddle Festival, among others. An All-Ireland winner and New England Fiddle Champion, Caitlin also maintains a large private teaching studio online and in Manhattan.