Videos of Chris and some of her students and youth bands.
To the left: This is 9-year old Amelie playing fiddle with Jim Michalak (banjo) and me on guitar. We were preparing for a contradance!
To the right: Chris taught at Kaufman Kamp in June 2022 and 2023 for both Old Time and Bluegrass Weeks. This is one of her performances playing a banjo duet called "Sabrosa" with Alan Munde (banjo), Tommy Sauter (bass), Allen Shadd (guitar), and Don Rigsby (mandolin).
To the left: This is Chris performing Chinquapin Hunting with Shari Claus (guitar) and with one of her students, Audrey Neel (fiddle), at Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp Traditional week 2023. Audrey started college shortly after this performance and is studying music!
To the right: This particular mandolin that I am playing belonged to Sam Bush. He got it when he was in Japan, and the current owner of the mandolin brought it to me for repairs, and actually has a original poster from Ibanez that shows Sam with this exact mandolin! How cool that I got to repair it and play it!
To the left: Six months prior to taking this video, I switched which right hand fingers I used to pick the banjo. Short story is I have Focal Dystonia in my right hand index finger and was no longer able to play with it, so I use my middle and ring fingers now. I am hoping this video will be an inspiration to never quit trying to figure out a way to do something you love!
To the right: This is one of my banjo students, Jacob, after playing banjo just one year!
To the left: This is my student, Hallie, playing Lonesome Moonlight Waltz. She just turned 8 years old when we took this video.
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Last updated: March 2, 2024
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