[NEohioPAL] Fiddle Merit Scholarships at TMS

[Paul Kirk]

The Music Settlement will be conducting Community Scholarship Auditions on
July 31, 2023. The awards can be for the 2023-2024 school year.

This is an excellent opportunity to study old-time fiddle with Paul Kirk at
The Music Settlement.

"*Paul Kirk has been playing bowed string instruments since 1980 and has
been teaching them privately in classroom settings and workshop formats
since 1988. He studied music theory, composition, music education, music
history, and musicology at Cleveland State University. While at CSU, Paul
played violas da gamba, krummhorns, and recorders in early music ensembles.
He was a founding member of Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble and has founded
many of his own bands over the years including A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
Celtic Ensemble, Knives and Forks English Country Dance Ensemble, and Down
the Road Old-Time String Band. He has composed over 500 folk tunes in a
variety of styles.*

*Paul has closely studied the music of Appalachia, the history of American
old-time fiddling, source fiddlers, as well as the social aspects of the
music. Since July 1, 2018, he has been creating and sharing videos each
Sunday through his Old-Time Tune of the Week series
<https://youtu.be/4c2utaMLn4E> on YouTube. Paul puts a great focus on
fiddle bowing patterns and techniques and has devised practical methods for
teaching with excellent results. One of his specialties is teaching
old-time fiddle to crossover students, especially those coming from a
background in classical violin and other musical traditions.*

*In 2022, Paul was designated as a master old-time fiddler and received a
Traditional Arts grant from the Ohio Arts Council to work with an
apprentice of his choice.*

*Paul taught viola, choir, music history, and assisted with drama and art
for ten consecutive summers at orchestra and fine arts camps for The Music
Settlement when it was known as the Cleveland Music School Settlement*."

For audition information see:
https://www.themusicsettlement.org/events/2023/07/31/community-scholarship-auditions
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