The glasses clink and the talk and laughter grow louder. In the corner of the pub, musicians sit and play traditional dance tunes that make your feet want to stomp and slide. Join fiddler Meg Wobus Beller as she brings you along into the world of fiddling and traditional music, from bow-grips and double stops to Old-Time tunes and Irish jigs.
Meg Wobus Beller is a professional musician, teacher, author and the founder of Fiddle Studio. She lives with her husband, three kids, and a cat in Maryland. Meg grew up fiddling in the New England tradition and later branched out to other traditional styles including Quebecois, Irish, Old-Time, Contra, and Klezmer fiddle.
Austin Scelzo is a New England based bluegrass musician who plays fiddle and sings with the bands the Rock Hearts and On the Trail. He's won numerous awards national and international for his leadership in bluegrass advocacy and mentorship and well know for his friendly, down to earth, informative teaching that has brought many fiddlers and musicians into the bluegrass fold. He teaches at camps around the country and has his own teaching studio and jam classes.
Megan Lynch Chowning, originally from Redding, California, is a seven time national fiddle champion, touring musician, Grammy-nominated (for her participation in the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project) recording artist, teacher, singer, and flatfooter. She has taught fiddle and vocals at prestigious camps such as Augusta Heritage Week, the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, Sore Fingers Bluegrass Week in the UK, Walker Creek Music Camp, and the California Bluegrass Association Camp, among many others. Megan has also judged the National Fiddle Championships three times, as well as many state championships throughout the country. She’s the co-director (with her husband, Adam) of the IBMA-award-winning Nashville Acoustic Camps. But sometimes she just likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers.
