David Klingler - Scottish Fiddler
Hi, I'm David, a Scottish Fiddler.
I began playing the violin in 2000, but focused on Scottish fiddle music beginning in 2006.
In 2010, I won the Niel Gow Fiddle Award (the only time it was ever given) at the U.S.
National Scottish Fiddling Championship, and have in other years won numerous other
National awards and Regional awards. I've personally written over 200 tunes in the Scottish
idiom, a number of which have been performed by other notable musicians.
The first tune I wrote in the Scottish style got 6th place in an international composition competition.
Scottish fiddle music has a unique ability to make people dance and make people cry. I am
known to play it in a unique and distinctly stylistic way based upon the tradition from the
Golden Age of Scottish fiddling, the 18th century. My teaching/pupil lineage goes
directly back to Niel Gow (1727-1807) himself, the most iconic Scottish fiddler-composer in
history. Like Niel Gow, I focus on playing the fiddle with emotional expression above
all else while challenging assumptions in tune interpretation yet aggressively
maintaining an ingrained traditional sense in my interpretation.
I'm available for:
solo performances, group workshops, individual lessons, original composition requests, and for group performance cooperation.
This is my basic standard pricing structure for venues within 25 miles of Fuquay Varina:
Individual lessons: $50 per hour
Funerals: $120 standard
Weddings/Parties/Business Gatherings/Other Events: $200 standard
Group workshops: $15 per person (for minimum five people)
Original Composition Requests: $150 standard (includes sheet music, audio recording, and
in-person performance within 25 miles of 27526)
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