​Metamora Performing Arts
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Metamora Mandolin Gathering Instructors
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Registration is necessary for these workshops, and can be done the day of the event. There is a cost saving if you register early for all day, which includes five workshops.
Don Julin
TBA
Don Julin, the author of the best-selling "Mandolin For Dummies" (Wiley 2012) and creator of Mandolins Heal The World (online mandolin school), has developed a reputation for being one of the most eclectic mandolin players/teachers on the scene today.
Don has released over 20 CDs of original music and played on countless others. His original compositions appear in many network and cable television programs. Recent clients include HBO, NBC, Showtime, Bravo, National Geographic Explorer, and more. His 2024 release, Fractured Fiddle Tunes, is a collection of re-imagined traditional fiddle tunes.
Julin was instrumental in launching the career of bluegrass phenom Billy Strings. The duo Billy Strings & Don Julin toured the USA in a mini-van (2013-2015), playing over 500 shows to bluegrass fans, young and old alike. The duo recorded two CDs (Rock of Ages 2012) and (Fiddle Tune X 2014).
Allie Burbrink
Old Time Jam-What's it about? What am I doing ?
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Learn an Old Time American Fiddle Tune the Old Fashioned Way
Allie Jean Burbrink is an artist creating & performing folk, old time, bluegrass, and children’s music. She is a multi-instrumentalist with a new album BLOOM AGAIN and music educator directing the Indiana Fiddle Frolic. Community music is resistance!
Allie was a founding member of the Whipstitch Sallies.
Evan Wilson
Mandolin 101: the very basics
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Exploring Gold Rush: fiddle tune on mandolin
Evan Wilson makes his home in eastern Indiana, where he's been exposed to countless genres and styles of music. Since hearing such a wide variety of music throughout his childhood, Evan always knew that there was music in his soul. It wasn’t until 2014 when he realized that old school acoustic music was what he had brewing in him. After just a couple of years of playing guitar, mandolin, singing, and attending the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, he knew he could do it at a professional level. After freelancing with great bands including, Mark Poe and the All American Band, Brooke Steele and Endless Highway, Joy River Band, Carl Bentley and Eagle Creek, Vernon McIntyre and The Appalachian Grass, and Wes Miller Band, he was given a full time job offer. Summer of 2018 Evan took the job of playing mandolin, singing harmony, and running merchandise sales for Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers. Since then he has toured the road playing bluegrass’ biggest stages. The Station Inn, Bean Blossom, and the Grand Ole Opry, are some of the highlights. The future for Evan is sure to hold much more music and many possibilities.
Lyn Fierce
A Mandolin Journey (Beginner to Intermediate)
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Rock the Mando with a Band
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Lyn currently plays mandolin with the band The Fierce, based in Muncie, Indiana. Her first instrument was the guitar, and songwriting became a passion during her teenage years. After meeting Sally in Austin, Texas, and experiencing her incredible guitar prowess, Lyn decided a harmonic instrument would be the best fit for their collaboration, and her mandolin journey began.
Because the two songwriters share a rock, jazzy, and Latino-influenced style, Lyn developed a playing technique that stretches the capabilities of the mandolin to accompany this unique music perfectly. A friend and high-end custom luthier later asked Lyn to play one of his four-string Mandocaster prototypes, which took her musical journey to a new level through incredible sounds and versatile applications.
Dave Bagdade
Beginning Bluegrass Breaks
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Celtic Mando 101
Dave Bagdade is an award-winning mandolin player and an experienced educator, having performed and taught at workshops all over the US and Canada. In addition to playing regularly as a solo artist and with The Cousin Brothers and the New Trad Ramblers, he teaches Celtic and bluegrass mandolin and guitar at the beginning and intermediate levels. Dave is also the host and producer of the Kitchen Party Ceilidh and the Rockin’ Dave’s Roots Roundup radio programs. He has released several albums of original music.
