"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:
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.
- Metis Language Conference, Cypress Hills, AB
September 26 - 28, 2024
- Twin Fiddles Concert, Great Village, NS
October 6, 2024
- Celtic Colours Opening Concert, Port Hawkesbury, NS
October 11, 2024
- Celtic Colours Boisdale Concert, Fire Hall, Boisdale, NS
October 13, 2024
- Celtic Colours SAERC Concert, Port Hawkesbury, NS
October 14, 2024
- Fiddle workshops, Golden, BC
November 15 - 16, 2024
- Concert, Invermere, BC
November 17, 2024
- Metis Kitchen Party, Cranbrook, BC
November 21, 2024
- Concert, Creston, BC
November 23, 2024
- Shivering Strings Winnipeg Music Camp, Winnipeg, MB
January 17 - 19, 2025
- Shivering Strings West Music Camp, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
January 24 - 26, 2025
- Shivering Strings Calgary Music Camp, Calgary, AB
January 31 - Feb 1-2, 2025
- Workshops, Williams Lake, BC
May 27 - 31, 2025
- The Bassment, Twin Fiddles, Saskatoon, SK
June TBA
- Hills Are Alive Metis Cultural Camp, Elkwater, AB
June 12 - 15, 2025
- tent. School workshops, Churchill, MB
June 17 - 20, 2025
- Maritime Fiddle Festival, with JJ Guy, Dartmouth, NS
July 3 - 5, 2025
- Fiddleyness Music Camp, Ness Creek, SK
July 7 - 11, 2025
- Kootenay Fiddle Workshop, Castlegar, B.C.
July TBA, 2025
- Fiddle 'Treat, Gavin Lake, BC
July TBA, 2025
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