Fiddle with Donna W.

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association

I have been playing fiddle with the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers for over 10 years, and played Bluegrass and Celtic fiddle in California before that. I have been on the faculty of the West Cascades Fiddle Camp Near Eugene for 9 years, as well as competing in the Willamette Valley, Oregon State and Washington State Fiddle Contests. This year, 2024, I became the Oregon Champion in the Senior-Senior Division, and will compete in the National contest in Weiser, Idaho, in June. I have played Scandinavian music for the Junction City Scandinavian Festival, and Bluegrass and Celtic music anytime I can. I also perform on violin and viola with string quartets, trios and duos, as well as orchestras and pit orchestras for musicals in California and Oregon.

Public and Private Schools in the Eugene, Oregon area and in Santa Cruz, Monterey and Salinas areas in California

I have taught music in the Eugene, Oregon area for many years, in public schools and private schools, as well as in her studio. My students have participated in performances for schools, Senior Living facilities, fiddle contests and other opportunities. I have also been a Strings Specialist for Youth Music Monterey, in South Monterey County, California, with classes in seven elementary schools and two middle schools and two high schools over five years. Donna has taught Elementary general music, Band and Strings in Elementary and Middle schools, both public, and private, and High School Band and Choir.

University of California at Santa Cruz

Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers

Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association

The Oldtime Fiddlers Association is a nonprofit organization with representation across the nation. As our motto states, the organization is dedicated to the perpetuation and promotion of oldtime music. Oldtime music is loosely defined as that played on traditional instruments dating from the first half of the 20th century and earlier. Many of the tunes we play date from the 18th century and even earlier.

Limited Proficiency

Native Proficiency

Limited Proficiency