We've added a Site Map , for quick reference. Action in the jazz string education community. The International Association Of Jazz Educators' String Caucus will have a vastly expanded presence at the next IAJE conference, pressing forward on curriculum and advising issues. Darol's Diary Of A Fiddler CD has won a Crossroads Music Award in the Acoustic Instrumental category. Crossroads music is an organization that helps distribute and promote independent music of every stripe.
Good reviews keep trickling in.
G's, D's, A's, and an amazing octave C string, for Rich Barbera's excellent new octave electric violins. D'Addario has supposedly embarked upon a program to manufacture these strings, but Darol has seen very little action after much prodding. We hope there will be some to try out within the next few years. For more info, go to the Baritone Violin page. Featuring septets, trios, and duets with the likes of Vassar Clements, Natalie MacMaster, Martin Hayes, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, John Hartford, Bruce Molsky, Tim O'Brien, Matt Glaser, and Alasdair Fraser, it's a real panoply of stuff and doesn't feel monochromatic even being mostly duets.