Fiddle Club of the World - Chicago Chapter

Fiddle Club of the World - Chicago Chapter Promoting the performance, appreciation, and learning of fiddling and other folk musics from a variet The Club, however, is fiscally independent.

Meetings with guest musicians are held about six times a year at Seman Violins in Skokie, offering the opportunity to sit up close to a performance by a guest fiddler, and then to join in a jam session with a few tunes led by the guest. Learn the tunes ahead of time at the Fiddle Club of the World blog. Sign up for the email list (http://eepurl.com/V8oWD)

The Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Cha

pter) was convened by Paul Tyler in 2008 under auspices of education programs at the Old Town School of Folk Music. In just over six years, 44 Artist Meetings have been held featuring fiddlers and other traditional musicians from 8 countries, 16 U.S. states, and over a dozen distinct ethnic traditions and musical styles. Nearly all of these meetings were held off-campus with administrative and fiscal support from the Old Town School of Folk Music. Since June 2013, the Fiddle Club’s operations have become independent from the Old Town School. All meetings since January 2013 have been held in a space provided gratis by Seman Violins in Skokie. Open and free jam sessions for members and friends have been held monthly or bimonthly for most of the Fiddle Club’s existence. These have all been held at one or another local bar, off-campus from both the Old Town School and Seman Violins. The Club has also sponsored two old-time barn dances, with club members providing the music. And Fiddle Club of the World was the formal sponsor of the Midwest Fiddle Championship from 2009 through 2015. In 2012, a Battle of the Bands was added, which Fiddle Club still organizes. The Championship (now, in 2016, the 14th Annual Midwest Fiddle & Banjo Championship) and the Battle are both held at the Square Roots Festival, which is produced by the Old Town School and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce.

Still time to register for the 3rd Annual Indiana Fiddle Frolic, September 19-21, 2025 at Ross Camp near Lafayette, Indi...
09/02/2025

Still time to register for the 3rd Annual Indiana Fiddle Frolic, September 19-21, 2025 at Ross Camp near Lafayette, Indiana. Fiddlers, banjoists, and pickers at all levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) are welcome to share the tunes and the fun. For more info and to sign up, go here:

Kick up your heels at the Indiana Fiddle Frolic September 13-15, 2024! The Indiana Fiddle Frolic is an old time music retreat. Jam and learn with instructors and fellow music lovers at Ross Camp in West Lafayette.

Playing at Edwards is always a treat.
08/24/2025

Playing at Edwards is always a treat.

Here’s a nice set of Ozark fiddle tunes.
04/02/2025

Here’s a nice set of Ozark fiddle tunes.

by Drew Beisswenger & Gordon McCann Featuring Over 80 Fiddlers and 308 of Their Tunes There are some recordings for this book that I can't find. List of the Missing. If you have any of them and you are willing to share, please contact me at: [email protected] - Larry Warren Tune View Title...

02/21/2025

A new post on Jam Session Joy on the Fiddle Club of the World blog.

10/05/2024

New blog post in a series on Indiana Fiddlers. This one on the Homer H. Kurtz Collection of Fiddler's Tunes.

10/05/2024

New blog post in a series on Indiana Fiddlers.

09/27/2024

At the Indiana Fiddle Frolic a couple of weeks ago, I did a presentation on the great fiddler John W. Summers of Wabash County. I put bunch of recordings for y'all on a special page on my website. I just added to it a radio show I did in 1980 for WIPU-FM in Fort Wayne (now WBNI).

https://drdosido.net/drd30/ar-fiddlers-jws.html

Enjoy.

09/04/2024

In 1976, Daniel Laemou Jatta was attending school in South Carolina. … Súle Greg Wilson needs your support for Fund Súle's Documentary to Heal Banjo's History

You should really do this.
08/11/2024

You should really do this.

Indiana Fiddle Frolic 2024 - Old Time Music Camp - Old Time Music Camp- Old Time Music Camp is Sept 13-15 at Ross Camp in West Lafayette. 🎻🪕 Signups are still open!

Instructors:
Paul Tyler - intermediate fiddle, mandolin; John W. Summers presentation
Grey Larsen - fiddle; Joe Dawson presentation
Cliff Harrison - advanced fiddle
Rhys Jones - beginning fiddle
Jill Vass - beginning old time jamming
John Hatton - guitar and ukulele
Jude Odell - beginning clawhammer banjo
Steve Rosen - intermediate clawhammer banjo
Allie Burbrink - beginning old time jamming

05/01/2024

Possible last minute change for tonight's Fiddle Club of the World meeting: if Borelli Pizza doesn't open tonight, we'll convene in Gideon Welles back room at 8:15. That's at 4500 Lincoln, right by Welles Park. I can tell you the whole story later.

Fiddle Club Tonight at Borelli Pizza (2124 W. Lawrence) at 8pm.Renee Vaughan, currently a musician-in-residence for the ...
05/01/2024

Fiddle Club Tonight at Borelli Pizza (2124 W. Lawrence) at 8pm.

Renee Vaughan, currently a musician-in-residence for the Nordic Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, will present a short nyckleharpa presentation on traditional tunes from Sweden and from Swedish and Nordic musicians who emigrated to Minnesota and thereabouts.

For a tune to learn--a utube video and notation--see the comments below.

For more info, and Renee playing the tune to learn, see

Fiddle Club of the World Welcomes Renee Vaughan Posted on April 17, 2024 by Paul Tyler Reply Fiddle Club is back again. We are bringing a featured guest fiddler to give us a short concert and lead a jam. In this case, our fiddler is Renee Vaughan, a nyckleharpist from Minnesota. Renee Vaughan plays....

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