Mondays, 6:30 - 8:00 pm (starts 4/26)
$120.00 advance / $130.00 after 4/19
Register online

In these sessions participants will learn to play several fiddle tunes by ear and then apply simple ornaments to each tune. We'll learn bow slurs, string crossing, and Texas-style bowing techniques for the right hand and hammer-on/pull-off finger techniques for the left hand. Pertinent supporting material in musical notation will be provided. (Minimum class size 3 students, maximum 8 students)

*Students should be able to play C A G E & D major scales with separate and slurred bowing. Class participants should also be able to match pitches and rhythms with another instrument.

Julian Smedley lives in Berkeley, CA where he works as a violinist, music arranger, and jazz violin instructor. His formal training in violin, voice and piano started as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, England and lasted 11 years until 1973 when he graduated in music from the University of East Anglia. Since moving to the Bay Area in 1985 he's played a variety of music styles in bands ranging from the Hot Club of San Francisco, Kaila Flexer's Third Ear, the Connie Doolan Quartet, The Baguette Quartet, Vive le Jazz, and the renaissance vocal group In Boca Al Lupo. He's also performed with Jim Kweskin, Dan Hicks, Paul Horn, Chico Freeman and David Grisman. Recent projects include the formation of string improvising groups, Instep Quartet and Jj@m, and teaching at the 2009 Fiddlekids Camp and California Coast Music Camp.

You can register for classes and workshops online with a credit card (just click on the "register online" link) or through the Freight box office in person with cash, check, or credit card. Please note that a service charge applies to all credit card transactions. You can also mail a completed registration form and check for tuition to:

For more information, email: andrea@freightandsalvage.org or call 510-644-2020 ext. 127.

Advance registration is recommended to assure space.