Victoria Fiddle Society- Teachers

 


Teachers

 

Qristina Bachand
Qristina was born in Victoria, British Columbia and began playing classical violin at the age of 6 and fiddle soon after. Her years of classical violin training has given her a solid foundation as a violinist.
- Over 9 years of training in both classical violin and folk fiddle
- Lessons for Beginners to advanced players
- Children & adults
- Private and/or semi-private lessons
- Evenings & weekends - Cadboro Bay area studio (close to UVic)
Phone:  472-0999
Email  marie@abachand.ca

Calvin Cairns

Calvin is presently taking a break from his local teaching activities, however he still offers limited private lessons and group workshops.  
Phone:  250-384-5050 
Email: 
calvincairns@telus.net 
Website:  
www.calvincairns.com

Louise Deschamps
Louise currently provides violin/fiddle, voice lessons and group workshops privately at her home music studio in Victoria, on Vancouver Island BC Canada. Students of all ages (young+adults), of all levels and of all musical backgrounds will expand throughout a selection of Worldmusic programs. You will explore how to become effortless, creative, comfortable and above all, emotionally involved in their Art. Inquire about lessons with Louise, or get more information via Email.


Daniel Lapp
Born and raised in Prince George, British Columbia, Daniel Lapp learned the joy of fiddle music from his grandfather, five uncles and numerous accordion playing aunts. Family events were excuses to play music and he carries this tradition into a new era and contemporary culture.
Websites: 
www.houseofmusic.ca    www.daniellapp.com
Email:  daniel@daniellapp.com
Phone:  250-38-MUSIC (386.8742)
 

Patti Lamoureux
Patti lives in Comox, and is active in the fiddle music scene, teaching as well as playing. 
Contact Patti: 
Email: 
patti_lamoureux@hotmail.com
My Space: http://www.myspace.com/pattilamoureux


Sarah Tradewell
Sarah enjoys sharing her love of fiddling with her students.  She has been studying fiddle since she was 8 and is currently working on Grade 9 piano, Grade 10 singing, and ARCT level violin and viola.  Drawing on her background of lessons from a variety of teachers, Sarah teaches many different styles of music.  
Hillside Mall area, close to Cedar Hill Golf Course
Phone:  250-294-3261.


BODHRAN LESSONS


Bill Woods has been playing and teaching bodhran professionally for 20 years, and is available for lessons if anybody wants to learn to play.
In addition to private students, he has taught workshops at the Northwest Folklife Festival and the Seattle World Rhythm Festival for many years and still teaches several workshops a year at Dusty Strings (dustystrings.com) in Seattle.
His first book, Bodhran: The Basics, was released by Mel Bay Publications earlier this year, and his second book, Bodhran: Beyond The Basics, should be coming out in 2010.
Bill can be reached at (778) 426-4770 or at bodhranpro@yahoo.com if anybody is interested.