Erynn Marshall (born c. 1977) is a Canadian old-time fiddler, ethnomusicologist, teacher, and author. She is originally from

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

and later lived in

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. In 1998 she traveled to

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to pursue graduate studies at

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

, graduating in 2003 with an M.A. degree in

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

. In 2006 she received an Appalachian Fellowship from

Berea College Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. Berea College charges no tuition; every adm ...

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, where studying Kentucky fiddle styles for three months. Her fiddle instructors include Melvin Wine,

Lester McCumbers Lester McCumbers (August 15, 1921 – January 26, 2015) was an American old-time fiddler from Nicut, West Virginia. His students included Erynn Marshall and Jake Krack. He also made fiddles, sometimes using local woods. He utilized the "pa ...

, Leland Hall, and

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. She has performed with The Haints Old Time Stringband since 2007. In addition to playing, teaching, and writing about old-time music she also composes tunes. She has recorded with Eve Goldberg and

Justin Rutledge Justin Rutledge (born January 3, 1979) is a Toronto-based Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter signed to Outside Music. Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both ...

. Marshall has lived in

Galax, Virginia Galax is an independent city in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,720. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Galax with neighboring Carroll County for statisti ...

since 2009. Since 2009 she has served as concert coordinator for the

Blue Ridge Music Center The Blue Ridge Music Center is a music venue, museum, and visitor center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Galax, Virginia. The center celebrates the music and musicians of the Blue Ridge Mountains through concerts, exhibits, and programs. The site is ...

. She received a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award in 2006 at the

Edmonton Folk Music Festival The Edmonton Folk Music Festival (EFMF) is an annual four-day outdoor music event held the second weekend of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, established in 1980 by Don Whalen. The festival continues to draw many people from around the world a ...

. In 2008 she won the fiddle contest at the Clifftop festival in

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, the first female and the first person from outside the United States to do so.

Discography

As leader

*2005 - ''Calico''

With Chris Coole

*2007 - ''Meet Me in the Music''

With Eve Goldberg

*2007 - ''A Kinder Season''

With The Haints Old Time Stringband

*2009 - ''Shout Monah''

With Justin Rutledge

*2004 - ''No Never Alone''

With Carl Jones

*2015 - ''Sweet Memories... never leave''

Books

*2006 - ''Music in the Air Somewhere: The Shifting Borders of West Virginia's Fiddle and Song Traditions''. West Virginia University Press.

Films

*''Ill Fly Away Home'' (Bravo) *''The Clifftop Experience'' (Outlook, West Virginia Public Broadcasting)

References

External links

Erynn Marshall official site

Erynn Marshall MySpace pageErynn Marshall biographyThe Haints Old Time Stringband siteClifftop documentary
featuring Erynn Marshall
Erynn Marshall Collection
at the University of North Carolina Libraries {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Erynn Canadian folk fiddlers York University alumni 1970s births Musicians from Victoria, British Columbia People from Gibsons, British Columbia People from Galax, Virginia Canadian ethnomusicologists Canadian women musicologists Living people Berea College alumni 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian country fiddlers Canadian women violinists and fiddlers