...make your violin a fiddle
FIDDLER NATE DEMARIA
Based in Chattanooga, TN, Nate DeMaria is a bluegrass and jazz fiddler with a passion for improvisation and fiddle styles. Nate studied violin performance and string pedagogy at the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory under Dr. Julian Ross, and music education at SUNY Potsdam College, graduating with a B.A. in Music (2005). He received a scholarship to attend the 2001 National Orchestral Institute, studying with the nation’s finest symphony musicians. Discovering a talent for improvisation, he turned his focus to fiddle styles including bluegrass, rock, jazz, celtic, and klezmer. Nate is a member of the Appalachian String Band out of Cleveland, TN, a Roots-based group performing bluegrass, jazz, and tin pan alley founding member of the nationally touring Dave Matthews Tribute Band. Notable performances include the House of Blues in West Hollywood, the Cuyahoga Falls Amphitheatre, and the Illinois State Fair. Nate held the position of lead fiddler with klezmer group Hypnotic Clambake while in hometown Rochester, NY, and was a house band member of the Roc City Pro Jam.
Nate has taught Suzuki Violin lessons for 19 years, receiving certification in 2007-08 from the Ithaca College Suzuki Institute. At SUNY Potsdam, he studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Dr. Sara Hersh, a student of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki. Nate utilizes a stylistically eclectic method, pivoting between bluegrass fundamentals, jazz concepts, and Suzuki repertoire in teaching string pedagogical concepts. Nate is a professional transcriber, offering students the ability to play their favorite songs.
Lesson Services
Fiddle Lessons
Bluegrass, Jazz, Rock, Folk, Blues
Learn violin technique through the vehicle of fiddle music. Develop the ability to use your ear and absorb the nuance of these musical languages. Learn to build your own solos.
Suzuki Method
The tried and true method of learning classical violin
Drawn from over 20 years of Suzuki teaching experience and study at the Ithaca College Suzuki Institute, Nate instills the joy of music through violin technique development.
Fiddle lessons
Bluegrass, Rock, Celtic, Appalachian, Old-time, Folk, Klezmer, Blues
Learn violin technique identical to classical training through the vehicle of fiddle music. Choose songs from a deep repertoire of fiddle tunes, folk songs, country tunes, and rock fiddle solos.
Suzuki Method violin lessons
The tried and true method of Classical Violin technique development
Drawn from over 20 years of Suzuki teaching experience, Nate will help you develop your musical ear the Suzuki way. He studied with a student of the original Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, and took certification classes at the Ithaca Suzuki Institute.
Improvisation lessons
Play along with backing tracks the way Jazz students learn.
By playing along with backing tracks, the improvisation student will learn to build their own solos, part write, and pick up melodies and chord progressions by ear. Fiddle along with Nate and his "perfect pitch" ear.