Heather Bixler
Heather Bixler is a classical violinist and Irish fiddler whose playing has been described by critics as “emotionally riveting” and “astonishingly musical and sweet.” A graduate of Indiana University, The Juilliard School, and the University of Memphis where she received a doctorate in music degree, she has performed in many major concert halls, such as Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, and Musikverein in Vienna.
As a recording artist Bixler was a featured soloist on the Grammy nominated CD Forty Acres and a Burro (Zoho Music, 2011). She also can be heard on Auction Project also on the Zoho Record label which merges traditional Irish tunes with jazz. As an Irish musician, Bixler won the bronze medal for the senior slow airs at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Donegal, Ireland in 2006. She is also in demand as a performer and teacher of Irish music at various festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Ireland. Bixler performs regularly with musicians such as Jimmy Crowley, Donie Carroll, Ciaran Sheehan, and Gabriel Donohue as well as being the guest on several prominent Irish musicians’ solo recordings. Currently, she lives in New York with her husband jazz saxophonist David Bixler, performing and teaching violin and traditional Irish music.
Michael Gavin
Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin & Singing
Michael Gavin has been playing and teaching Irish music for over 30 years. He grew up in an environment rich in traditional music where he learned from his father, Co. Clare fiddler Mick Gavin. A member of popular Detroit-based band Blackthorn, Michael has regularly shared the stage with such greats as Liz Carroll, Kevin Burke, and Ashley MacIsaac. He is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, with a mastery of guitar, fiddle, banjo, bouzouki, and vocals. No stranger to the art of teaching, Michael is also a professor of philosophy, with degrees from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. His pupils, both musical and otherwise, have gone on to great achievements throughout the USA, Ireland, and beyond.
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