JJ Guy
jjguy.ca
A stranger to none in the fiddle world, this established artist, continues to make waves and inroads all across Canada. His performances while steeped in tradition, have taken fiddle music to a new and exciting level! Growing up in rural Saskatchewan surrounded by fiddle music, this tradition is now reflected in his own playing and his passion for the music. It is often said that "to hear JJ play is to witness a tune come alive."
JJ started out by performing at a young age in many shows and dances across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba with his two sisters in a family band. This award winning fiddler competed in and won many fiddling competitions around the prairies including the Saskatchewan Junior & Novice Fiddling Championship. Early on in his career he joined the band Highway 49, and free-lanced with many other groups. In recent years JJ has played many shows and festivals with the Bluegrass & Old Time group, "Lone Tree Road" which has released several albums. His years of stage experience keeps him in demand and his busy schedule has allowed him to work with some of the biggest names in the fiddle and acoustic music world.
Much of the winter months JJ gives workshops and performing across Canada. He can also be found teaching fiddle to youth in Manitoba through the Frontier School Division, and for The Kole Crook Fiddle Association in the NWT. Summertime finds him featured at festivals, concerts and fiddle camps all across Canada from New Brunswick to British Columbia and all stops in between. This extensive work schedule allows him to meet many fans, consequently, this has made him an attraction on the Canadian fiddle circuit!
A stranger to none in the fiddle world, this established artist, continues to make waves and inroads all across Canada. His performances while steeped in tradition, have taken fiddle music to a new and exciting level! Growing up in rural Saskatchewan surrounded by fiddle music, this tradition is now reflected in his own playing and his passion for the music. It is often said that "to hear JJ play is to witness a tune come alive."
JJ started out by performing at a young age in many shows and dances across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba with his two sisters in a family band. This award winning fiddler competed in and won many fiddling competitions around the prairies including the Saskatchewan Junior & Novice Fiddling Championship. Early on in his career he joined the band Highway 49, and free-lanced with many other groups. In recent years JJ has played many shows and festivals with the Bluegrass & Old Time group, "Lone Tree Road" which has released several albums. His years of stage experience keeps him in demand and his busy schedule has allowed him to work with some of the biggest names in the fiddle and acoustic music world.
Much of the winter months JJ gives workshops and performing across Canada. He can also be found teaching fiddle to youth in Manitoba through the Frontier School Division, and for The Kole Crook Fiddle Association in the NWT. Summertime finds him featured at festivals, concerts and fiddle camps all across Canada from New Brunswick to British Columbia and all stops in between. This extensive work schedule allows him to meet many fans, consequently, this has made him an attraction on the Canadian fiddle circuit!
JJ's classes (Salt Spring)
Intermediate Fiddle: Western Canadian Dance Tunes
Want to play for fiddle dances? In this class we will learn tunes for dances such as the schottische, 7 step and Fox Trot… we might just learn a few of the dances too!
Class Time: 11:00
Intermediate + Twin Fiddle (with Gordon Stobbe)
JJ & Gordon have spent a lot of time working on new twin fiddle music, and will work both separately and together with the group while creating the unforgettable classic pairings of harmony to create the sweetest duets of the string world.
Class time: 1:30
Beginner Fiddle: Jam tunes
All the hits, all the time! Learn some simple but super jam tunes that you can enjoy playing, especially with other players.
Class Time: 3:00
Want to play for fiddle dances? In this class we will learn tunes for dances such as the schottische, 7 step and Fox Trot… we might just learn a few of the dances too!
Class Time: 11:00
Intermediate + Twin Fiddle (with Gordon Stobbe)
JJ & Gordon have spent a lot of time working on new twin fiddle music, and will work both separately and together with the group while creating the unforgettable classic pairings of harmony to create the sweetest duets of the string world.
Class time: 1:30
Beginner Fiddle: Jam tunes
All the hits, all the time! Learn some simple but super jam tunes that you can enjoy playing, especially with other players.
Class Time: 3:00