"Just had to write and tell you that Gordon Stobbe was an AMAZING adjudicator with both family and fiddle classes. I think he was the best adjudicator I have ever witnessed in all my years at festivals! The kids left so positive and energized and smiling. He was fantastic at talking to the kids in a way they could understand and be energized by. I hope you will get him again in future. A huge success! I heard similar comments from other parents. Kudos to you for having such a fabulous adjudicator!" - sent to the Executive Director of the NS Kiwanis Music Festival

"I have always admired your ability to dole out the right mix of encouragement and good advice. Your sincere interest in helping everybody to improve their playing is evident and certainly wins the respect of those you work with."
- Jack Sibley, fiddle instructor.

"I was sitting here this morning working and was entertained as CBC played your "Trans Canada Jig". As I was listening, it reminded me why it is important to our music camp to have you instruct ... you really represent Canadian Fiddle Music!"
-the Coast String Fiddler Association of B.C.

"I want to extend my gratitude and sincere 'Thank You' for all the help you have given me and all my students.
Your name is a legend around here." - Harold Anderson, Sask.

Gordon Stobbe has been teaching and conducting workshops for many years. He has developed his own teaching program and has been invited to teach for a number of workshop groups across Canada and the United States, including the Emma Lake Fiddle Camp in Saskatchewan; the Kootenay Fiddlers in Castlegar, B.C.; the Maritime Fiddler's Association; Fiddles on the Tobique Camp in New Brunswick; Fiddlefest Workshops, Smithers, B.C.; Fiddle 'Treat, Gavin Lake, B.C.; the Nova Scotia Music Educators Association; Fiddle Camp in Milaca, Minnesota; the Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music, Gibsons, B.C.; Norway House, Manitoba Fiddle Camp; Pond Inlet, Nunavet Workshops and the Yukon Music Camp, Whitehorse, Yukon.

Gordon is interested in the connection between traditional instrumental music and dance. In a workshop setting he is capable of addressing a variety of interests:

• basic understanding and techniques of beginning fiddle
• repertoire and performance development
• stylistic approach to playing
• comparative anatomy of styles
• fiddle music and dance

Gordon is a composer on fiddle and has worked with students in a master class situation to improve their playing and develop their compositional skills. He has a large fiddle music library, a large recording library and a comprehensive video library of Canadian Maritime fiddlers. He has written fiddle instructional books and transcription books which he uses with his students. These resources are now being used by fiddle teachers across Canada and the United States.

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Fiddleworks Northern Fiddle Workshops, NWT	January 13 - 21, 2008
Razzmatazz school concerts, NB	January 28 -29, 2008
Razzmatazz tour in New Brunswick	February 3 - 10, 2008
Razzmatazz concert, Maritime Conservatory, Halifax, N.S.	March 2, 2008
Fiddle Workshops, Red Deer, Alberta	March 7 - 8, 2008
Alberta Society of Fiddlers and Wildrose Fiddlers, Calgary, Alberta	March 9, 2008
Bow Valley Fiddlers workshops, Calgary, Alberta	March 11 - 14, 2008
Fiddlerama concert, Abbotsford, B.C.	March 15, 2008
Pacific Fiddle College workshops, Hope, B.C.	March 16 - 21, 2008
Calvin Vollrath CD Release Party, St. Albert, Alberta	March 28 - 30, 2008
Smithers Fiddle Workshops, Smithers, B.C.	April 1 - 6, 2008
Maritime Fiddler's Association Workshop, Truro, N.S.	April 19, 2008
Fiddle Workshops, Pond Inlet, Nunavut	April 21 - 29, 2008
Dance with Geoff Horrocks, Renfrew, Ontario	May 1, 2008
Fiddle Workshops, Sudbury, Ontario	May 2 - 4, 2008
Fiddle Camp, Norway House, Manitoba	May 8 - 11, 2008
Parrsboro Fiddle Camp, Ship's Company Theatre, Parssboro, N.S.	May 16 - 18, 2008
Woodville Chicken Barbecue, Woodville, N.S.	June 1, 2008
Concerts with Bowties, PetroCanada Hall, Memorial Univ., St.John's, NL	June 3 and 4, 2008, 8 pm
Ottawa Valley Fiddle Camp, Ottawa, Ont.	June 6 - 8, 2008
with Mark Sullivan, Bonnie Glen Pavilion, Hwy 43, Alexandria, Ontario (dinner and concert)	June 11, 2008
with Mark Sullivan, Fiddles on the Trent Festival, Frankford, Ontario	June 12 - 15, 2008
with Mark Sullivan, Bowmanville, Ontario	June 14, 2008
Concert, Tobique Valley High School, Plaster Rock, N.B.	June 20, 2008
Tobique Fiddle Camp, Perth-Andover, N.B.	June 22 - 26, 2008
SCES Fiddle Camp, Arlington Beach, Saskatchewan	June 30 - July 4, 2008
Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music , Robert's Creek, B.C.	July 7 - 11, 2008
Kootenay Fiddle Workshop, Castlegar, B.C.	July 14 - 18, 2008
Calvin Vollrath Fiddle Camp, St.Paul, Alberta	July 20 - 24, 2008
Yukon Fiddle Camp, Whitehorse, Yukon	July 27 - August 1, 2008
Dance, Mount Lorne, Yukon	August 3, 2008
John Arcand Fiddle Workshop and Festival, Saskatchewan	August 7 - 10, 2008
Kenosee Music Camp, Kenosee, Saskatchewan	August 12 - 17, 2008
Salt Spring Fiddle Camp, Salt Spring Island, B.C.	August 18 - 22, 2008
Fiddle Workshops, Tamworth, Ontario	September 13, 2008
The Wilf Carter Show, with Greg Simm and Nathan Tinkham, various Maritime venues TBA	Sept. 24 - Oct. 6, 2008
tent. John Gracie tour	October 14 - 22, 2008

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