Links

Julie Lyonn Lieberman Check out Julie's website. You'll be amazed at the range of her activities and achievements. Our short faculty bio doesn't begin to do her justice.

Jazz Fiddle Wizard -- Martin's website. You will find audio clips of Martin playing and also of student groups playing his compositions. Also some instructional material and a wealth of jazz violin links.

Janet Farrar-Royce Check out Jan's amazing schedule of workshops and presentations. While you're on her website you can read about her eminent collaborator, Dudley Laufman. Also you can read about the Ashokan Fiddle and dance camps where Janet teaches every year along with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason.

Matt Turner Listen to clips of Matt playing in various styles and check out his wildly varied recording and teaching activities.

WDUQ Pittsburgh's jazz radio station. Here you can find listings and links for just about all the jazz events in the Pittsburgh area.

Jamey Abersold The all-time champion of Jazz Instruction Books and Play-alongs. I think he is up to Volume 113. you can read about, or order, any of them on his website as well as hundreds of instructional books and recordings by other authors -- on all levels from rank beginner to super-pro.

Mark Chung's Jazz Strings Website An important resource for jazz strings.

Mark O'Connor The pre-eminent fiddler of our time. He is also a historic personage -- breaking down barriers, as a violinist and composer, to forge a new connection with the mainstream of Western Classical Music.

Christian Howes -- Arguably the best jazz violinist playing today. Roy invited him to Pittsburgh last spring and he wowed the jazz pros at James St. Tavern. You'll hear some spectacular audio clips on his website.

Darol Anger -- The founder of the Turtle Island String Quartet and a constant innovator in the fiddle/violin world. An inspiration for us all.

Mark Wood Mark describes himself as the world's only heavy metal violinist. He is also a composer, educator, and inventor of a whole new species of electric violin.

The Silk Road Project Not content with being the world's greatest cellist, Yo Yo Ma has devoted himself to breaking down the barriers of the musical world -- recording with Stephane Grappelli and Mark O'Connor, playing Brazilian music and Argentine Tango. In 1998 he founded the Silk Road Project "to plant the seeds of new artistic and cultural growth, and to celebrate living traditions and musical voices throughout the world."