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Rhiannon Schmitt

Box 49
Salmon Arm/Canoe, Br Columbia

Violinist.com blog: http://www.violinist.com/blog/fiddleheads
Personal website: http://www.fiddleheads.ca

Rhiannon joined Violinist.com on Nov 28, 2005

Rhiannon (32) has played many styles from classical violin to country fiddle, celtic to rock, world-beat to jazz and is a versatile and well-rounded performer.

Her playing has earned her distinctions such as the 1995 Bank of America Achievement Award in the Field of Music and the 2006 AND 2007 Classical Artist of the Year with the Okanagan Music Awards (BC, Canada). She is featured on several albums.

Rhiannon operates award-winning "Fiddleheads Violin School" which offers private instruction and group classes.

Her shop, "Fiddleheads Violins," carries beginner to professional instruments (VSA winners Ming Jiang Zhu and Xuechang Sun as well as other top Chinese and European makers). She also stocks Tabary bows, accessories, music, repairs and more. Hers is the world's first "Eco-Friendly Violin Shop."

Her service is fantastic and has earned her customers in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe and Asia.

She established the Shuswap Violin Society, among who’s members are April Verch, Natalie MacMaster, Hugh Marsh, Shari Ulrich and Susanne Hou. As Founding President of the SVS Rhiannon helped establish an instrument bank, scholarship program, workshop series and community coffeehouses.

Rhiannon has written for "BC Musician Magazine" in Canada and "Music Teacher Magazine International." She is a wife of a very patient man and mother of 9-year-old a 1 /12 year old sons

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Schools:

Selkirk College Professional Music Program

Orchestras:

Kamloops Symphony Orchestra

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