Traditional Music Archives - Fort Collins String Quartet

July $5 Fiddle Workshop – Contest Fiddling

Date/Time:

Thursday July 22, 6:00PM

Location:

Magnolia Music
210 Magnolia St.
Fort Collins, CO

Topic: Contest Fiddling – Bring a song or three, and learn what it takes to be successful playing in fiddle contests, from two fiddlers who have been competing in and judging fiddle contests for years.

Teachers: Vi Wickam/Cody Stadelmaier â€“ Champion Fiddlersâ€”970-430-6381

Admission: $5 All proceeds after covering our costs will go to COTFA (Colorado Oldtime Fiddlers Association.)

RSVP on Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/Fort-Collins-Traditional-Music/calendar/14086296/

Filed Under: Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, Traditional Music Tagged With: fiddle contests, fiddle workshop, magnolia music, Magnolia St, wickam

NoCo Fiddle Camp Scholarships

posted by Vi Wickam

Magnolia Music Studio is offering two half scholarships (regularly $135) to the Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp, July 19-23, 9am-noon. with a family performance at noon on the final day of camp. Â Instructors are fiddle champions Vi Wickam and Cody Stadelmaier.

Email [email protected] to recommend a student. Vi Wickam also suggested a short essay from the student on why they would like to attend the camp.

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Filed Under: Fort Collins, Loveland, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: camp instructors, camp scholarships, Cody, fiddle camp, magnolia music, NoCo, noon, Stadelmaier, Studio, wickam

May COTFA Newsletter features Vi Wickam

posted by Vi Wickam

The May edition of the Colorado Old Time Fiddlers’ Association Newsletter features another arrangement by Fort Collins Strings Member, Vi Wickam.

The May newsletter features a Twin Fiddle arrangement of “Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah” as arranged by Vi Wickam. Vi learned this piece by listening to Junior Marriott and Alita Stoneking play the tune in the Twin Fiddle division at the American Heritage Music Festival in Grand Lake, OK. This isn’t a transcription of what they played, but is an arrangement that Vi worked up when he got back home after the contest.

COTFA Newsletter May 2010

Filed Under: Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: heritage music, newsletter features, old time fiddlers association, time fiddlers, wickam

Northern Colorado Fiddle Camp

posted by Vi Wickam

Magnolia Music will be holding 2 – 1 week fiddle camps.

Camps will be taught by Champion Fiddlers: Vi Wickam and Cody Stadelmaier.

Classes are held in the mornings, and additional instruction is available outside of the camp in the afternoons and evenings.

Registration is limited to 15 for each camp, and the first one will be a more general/basic camp for beginners to intermediate fiddlers held July 19-23.

The second camp will be for more advanced students and will be held August …2-6.

Magnolia Music Summer Music Camps Poster 2010

Magnolia Music Summer Camps Details

Contact Cynthia Vaughn of Magnolia Music for Registration:Â (970) 481 8661

Email:Â Â [email protected]

Filed Under: Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: Camps, Cody, fiddle camp, fiddle camps, fiddlers, magnolia music, Registration, Stadelmaier, summer music camps, wickam

May $5 Fiddling Workshop – Practicing Effectively

posted by Vi Wickam

Date/Time:

Thursday May 27, 7:00PM

Location:

Magnolia Music
210 Magnolia St.
Fort Collins, CO

Topic: Practicing Effectivelyâ€”Learn how to make the most of your Practicing Time. All musicians and vocalists welcome.

Teacher: Vi Wickam â€“ Champion Fiddlerâ€”970-430-6381

Admission: $5 All proceeds after covering our costs will go to COTFA (Colorado Oldtime Fiddlers Association.)

RSVP on Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/Fort-Collins-Traditional-Music/calendar/13519597/

Filed Under: Classical Music, Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: champion fiddler, Date, fiddlers, Fort Collins, magnolia music, Magnolia St, May, music calendar, Practicing, Thursday, time, Vi Wickam, wickam

Cross-Tuning – Workshop Notes

posted by Vi Wickam

Here are my notes from the Cross-Tuned fiddle workshop. It has some recommendations for things to consider when you are wanting to cross-tune your fiddle. I also have listed some of the more common Alternate Violin Tunings. If you have additional tuning, please feel free to add them in the comments section.

I also have included sheet music to Midnight on the Water by Luke Thomasson. The music is just the basic melody. Below, you will also find a YouTube video of me playing Midnight on the water.

Cross-Tuned Fiddling Notes

Filed Under: Fort Collins, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: alternate tunings, comments section, cross-key, cross-tuned, cross-tuning, fiddle, fiddle workshop, Luke Thomasson, Midnight, midnight on the water, Music, music to midnight, thomasson, Tuned, Water, youtube video

13 April 2010

Sheldon House Concert

posted by Vi Wickam

Featuring Vi Wickam with Bubba and the Mudbugs

When:

Thursday April 22
7:30PM

Where:

Sheldon House

616 West Mulberry
Fort Collins, CO

Call for Tickets: (970) 221-1917

$15â€”A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Larimer County Food Bank.
Champion Fiddler, Vi Wickam, and Guitarist/Singer Songwriter Richard Kelley play a fun combination of upbeat traditional tunes, hilarious comedy, and classic Americana.Â Come join us. Youâ€™ll be glad you did!

Filed Under: Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: April, Bubba, champion fiddler, classic americana, Featuring, Fort Collins, hilarious comedy, Mudbugs, Richard Kelley, Sheldon House, Thursday, Vi Wickam, West Mulberry, wickam

Twin Fiddling – Workshop Notes

posted by Vi Wickam

Here are my notes from the twin fiddle workshop. It has some general rules to consider when playing twin fiddle, as well as a very basic arrangement of Boil The Cabbage Down as triple fiddle, and Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah as a twin arrangement I did based on hearing Junior Marriott play it with Alita Stoneking at the Grand Lake National fiddle contest.

Twin Fiddling Notes

Filed Under: Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: arrangement, Boil, cabbage, Dinah, fiddle, fiddle workshop, national fiddle, sheet, stoneking, twin fiddling, workshop

Practical Music Theory – Workshop Notes

posted by Vi Wickam

I have posted the notes that I handed out at the Practical Music Theory fiddle workshop. If you are wanting to learn a little bit about music theory, the reference sheet below has some good basic info (of course, we marked them up in the class with all sorts of other notes.)

Practical Music Theory

Filed Under: Classical Music, Fort Collins, Northern Colorado, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: all sorts, fiddle, fiddle workshop, little bit, Music, music theory, Practical, practical music, Theory, workshop

April Fiddle Workshop – Cross-Tuning

posted by Vi Wickam

$5 Fiddle Workshops are held monthly at Magnolia Music StudioÂ in Old Town Fort Collins, CO.

Date/Time:
Thursday April 15, 7:00PM

Location:
Magnolia Music
210 Magnolia St.
Fort Collins, CO

Topic: Cross-Tuningâ€”Learn to play fiddle in Alternate Tunings.

Teacher: Vi Wickam â€“ Champion Fiddlerâ€”970-430-6381
Admission is $5 All proceeds after covering our costs will go to the Growing Project. The Growing Project provides freshly harvested local food to the Larimer County Food Bank.

If you would like to stay up to date on Fort Collins Traditional Music Events, join our Fort Collins Traditional Music Meetup Group.

Filed Under: Fort Collins, String Music, Traditional Music Tagged With: champion fiddler, Date, fiddle, fiddle workshops, Food, Fort Collins, magnolia music, Magnolia St, Project, Traditional, Vi Wickam, wickam