Titles by: CAROL ANN WHEELER
CAROL ANN WHEELER
Carol Ann Wheeler has an extensive background of over 20 years as a violinist, orchestral member, and string teacher for public and private schools. She has always been fascinated by the sound of the fiddle. In 1974 she began to study and learn how to play old-time fiddle. Intrigued by different styles of fiddling, she became a collector and performer of several: old-time, Texas, trick and show fiddling, cross tunes, Canadian, Scottish, and Irish to list some of the styles she enjoys. Since 1974 she has produced five fiddle albums and has been a contest fiddler, judge, and fiddle workshop teacher. She has performed for ten years through Young Audiences of Oregon and Washington and has traveled and performed in Japan, Canada, and Scotland, as well as the U.S. Ms. Wheeler taught her own two children (who both became champion fiddlers) how to play fiddle, starting them at very young ages. Her home contains over 200 fiddle-contest trophies, plaques, etc. Through her fiddle workshops, albums, and performances, she has taught and perpetuated fiddle music to thousands. She and her students have won numerous times on the state, regional, and national levels. As announcer, Harry Reeves said at the National Fiddle Contest in Weiser, Idaho, "You name it, she's won it!" Ms. Wheeler is known for being an energetic and enthusiastic performer and for teaching not just notes, but technique and style as well. She is thrilled to be able to teach and perpetuate the art of old-time fiddling to an even larger scope of people through Mel Bay Publications.