Scuttlebutt - March 15

March 15, 2023
We had such an overwhelming response to last week's Strum Bowing workshop that we had to schedule another FREE STRUM BOWING LIVE-ONLINE WORKSHOP for this Tuesday the 21st at 7:30 pm central time. Grab your instrument and join us for a fun interactive session! Click the button below to sign up for FREE.
Can't wait to see all my crazy string-playing buddies in Orlando at the national ASTA (American Strings Teachers Assoc.) this week! I'll have a STRUM BOWING booth for the first time, so come and say howdy! Free swag! Woohoooooo!
Thanks once again to my friends at Strings Magazine for this great article on my podcast For the Greater Groove ! The article is not yet online (they always wait a while to make it available online) so I don't have a link for you yet, but will post it here when I do. 
The Silverman Violin Strap is still in the works. Apologies to everyone who keeps asking about it--it's coming soon!  We're still working out the details.

This will  be more than just a strap--it will be a fully adjustable shoulder-rest/chest support along with the strap, to simulate as close as possible what I use on my electrics, but for acoustic instruments (where you can't just drill holes and add bolts into the instrument.)
Joe Glaser and Josh Rawlings , my partners in the Violin Strap project, puzzling over newly 3D-printed components.
So proud to be coming back to Fiddle Hell Online this year! 

iykyk, and if you don't--well, I'll tell you! It's just the greatest, funnest fiddle camp anywhere. It's live in November up in the Boston area, and online in April, this year April 13-16. I'll be teaching 2 different classes and appearing on one of many, many concerts that you will have access to if you join--which you should!
I'm so thrilled to announce that  Jean-Luc Ponty , the father of all electric violinists, will be my guest on an upcoming episode of my For the Greater Groove Podcast !

And Jean-Luc will also be the special guest at the  CLAZZ International Music Festival  again this year in Tuscany, Italy! 

So come and hang with Jean-Luc in Tuscany!

Spots will fill up, so make your plans now! Scholarships are available. Click reply if you have a question or want to discuss anything with me personally.
Upcoming Events
March 16-19
panels, sessions and Strum Bowing Booth
Orlando, FL
March 31
Solo Concert
Ardmore, OK
May 7
"Ficciones" by Roberto Sierra with the 
Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra
Richmond, VA
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Stay in touch and get your groove on!
Tracy Silverman