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                                                            What a crazy, literally jam-packed week it's been in Orlando at the national 
                                                            ASTA 
                                                             (American Strings Teachers Assoc.) conference! I had a 
                                                            STRUM BOWING 
                                                             booth for the first time, and met a ton of hard-working string teachers and students. Here are just a few memorable moments.
                                                             
                                                                
 (Lots of photos, vids and announcements about summer camps so scroll down and, as always, click the images for links and vids.) 
                                                                
 And Happy Birthday today to my beautiful wife! 
                                                        click the GIF above for video! 
                                                        
                                                            my big brother from another string quartet, 
                                                             
                                                                the chop-master himself, 
                                                                Darol Anger 
                                                                , recipient of the ASTA Artist Teacher Award
                                                             
                                                        
                                                            with Berklee College string ringleader/humanitarian
                                                            Doc Wallace 
                                                             and rockstar-entrepreneur/educator 
                                                            Mark Wood 
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                                                            the Strum Bowing booth in action with my business partner Jared Judge, founder of 
                                                            Fulltime Music Academy 
                                                            , helping musicians everywhere stay employed, and DJ 
                                                            Toby Beats 
                                                             spinning the grooves and showing us string players how guitar players do it!
                                                         
                                                        
                                                            a virtual who's-who of the progressive string world doing a panel session, starting with 
                                                            Jason Anick 
                                                            , Mike Block, 
                                                            Rob Flax 
                                                            , 
                                                            Martin Norgaard, 
                                                             Darol Anger, 
                                                            Julie Lyonn Lieberman 
                                                            , 
                                                            Jesús Florido 
                                                            , 
                                                            Martha Mooke 
                                                            , Christian Howes, 
                                                            Duane Padilla 
                                                            , Doc Wallace, led by our fearless Eclectic Styles chair, 
                                                            Kenny Baker 
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                                                            In the wake of all the ASTA excitement and for all the new teacher and student friends I've made there, I'm doing another 
                                                            FREE STRUM BOWING LIVE-ONLINE WORKSHOP 
                                                             this Wednesday March 29 at 7:30 pm central time. Grab your instrument and join us for a fun interactive session! Click the button below to sign up for FREE.
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                                                            Stoked to announce I'm coming back once again to join the forces of electricity and rock and roll at the 
                                                            Mark Wood Rock Orchestra Camp 
                                                             this summer, July 9-15 in Olathe, KS. This is THE place to be for rock string players young and old--a structured free-for-all of good vibes and distortion pedals! Don't miss it!!
                                                         
                                                        
                                                            from the left: Doc Wallace, 
                                                            Laura Kaye 
                                                            , Deb Winant, William Winant, myself and the one and only Mark Wood!
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                                                            So proud to be coming back to 
                                                            Fiddle Hell Online 
                                                             this year! 
                                                             
                                                                
 iykyk, and if you don't--well, I'll tell you! It's just the greatest, funnest fiddle camp anywhere. It's live in November up in the Boston area, and online in April, this year April 13-16. I'll be teaching 2 different classes and appearing on one of many, many concerts that you will have access to if you join--which you should! |  
                                        
                                            
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                                                                So come and hang with Jean-Luc in Tuscany!
                                                                 
                                                                    
                                                                        
 
                                                                        Spots will fill up, so make your plans now! 
                                                                        Scholarships are available.
                                                                         Click reply if you have a question or want to discuss anything with me personally.
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                                                            March 31
                                                             Solo Concert and educational session Ardmore, OK 
                                                        
                                                            April 13-16
                                                             Solo Concert and 2 educational sessions 
                                                        
                                                            May 7
                                                             "Ficciones" by Roberto Sierra with the  Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra Richmond, VA 
                                                        
                                                            July 9-15
                                                             educational sessions and solo concert Olathe, KS |  
                                        
                                            
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                                                            If you missed last week's Scuttlebutt or want to peruse the archives, I've got them all posted 
                                                            here on my website 
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