"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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Concert, The Bassment, Saskatoon, SK	January 19, 2023
Shivering Strings West Music Camp, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	January 20-22, 2023
Shivering Strings Calgary Music Camp, Calgary, AB	January 27-29, 2023
Workshops and school shows with JJ Guy, BC and AB	Jan 30 - Feb 7, 2023
The Royal Ball at the Snowking Ice Castle, Yellowknife, NT	March 4, 2023
Kole Crook Workshops with JJ Guy, NT	March 6-13, 2023
Concert and Dance, High River, AB	March 17, 2023
Workshops, Churchill, MB	May 15-19, 2023
Workshops, Williams Lake, BC	May 22-27, 2023
Festival Kelowna, BC	June 2-3, 2023
The Bassment, Twin Fiddles, Saskatoon, SK	June 6, 2023, 7:30 pm
Hills Are Alive Metis Cultural Camp, Elkwater, AB	June 8 - 11, 2023
Maritime Fiddle Festival, with JJ Guy, Dartmouth, NS	July 7 - 8, 2023
Kootenay Fiddle Workshop, Castlegar, B.C.	July 13 - 15, 2023
Bow by the River Fiddle Camp, Mission, B.C.	July 17 - 20, 2023
Willow River, Prince George, BC	July 21 - 23, 2023
Fiddle 'Treat, Gavin Lake, BC	July 24 -28, 2023
TBA	July 30 - Aug 4, 2023
Cross Canada Fiddle Camp, Nanaimo, BC	August 7 - 11, 2023
Levee on the Lake, Sackville, NB	August 17 - 19, 2023
Workshops, Williams Lake, BC	September 4 - 9, 2023
Twin Fiddles with Annette and Kristin Fischer-Piel, Switzerland, (multiple venues TBA)	September 11 - 25, 2023
Maritime Fiddlers Workshop, Sackville, NB	October 21, 2023
Prairie Mountain Fiddlers workshop, Calgary, AB	November 4, 2023
Fiddle Workshops, Bella Coola, BC	November 6 - 10, 2023
Metis Kitchen Party, Cranbrook, BC	November 14, 2023
Fiddle Workshops, Medicine Hat, AB	November 16, 2023
Kole Crook Fiddle Workshops, various, NT	November 19 - Dec 1, 2023

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