Signature Course:
Mastery Certification 2024
A live companion to Fiddle School's online academy
Get personalized, weekly support and guidance as you master each step of your fiddle journey
Application Deadline for Early Bird Pricing:
Friday, October 13 at 4 PM MT
Explore Each Level:
Continuing Students & Accepted Applicants:
Early bird registration is now open until October 15!
New Students: Apply Now!
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
If accepted, you may choose whether to enroll.
Early bird registration is now open until October 15!
Application Deadline for Early Bird Pricing:
Friday, October 13 at 4 PM MT
What is Mastery Certification?
* Fiddle School's Mastery Certification program is a comprehensive and immersive year-long musical journey designed to help you achieve your fiddling goals.
* With a strong focus on personalized learning, this program offers small group instruction, regular feedback from national champion instructors, and a supportive community to help you thrive as you build your fiddle tune repertoie.
* As a Mastery student, you'll have access to regular group classes, virtual jam sessions, practice rooms, and a private online forum that fosters camaraderie, support, and accountability.
* Our program provides customized coaching, practice journals, and practice plans to guide your progress.
No more "floating" as you try to figure out what to work on next! Throughout a year in Mastery, you'll not only improve your fiddling— you'll also form meaningful and lasting connections with your fellow musicians.
Are you ready to reach your next level on the fiddle?
We'll help you get further faster.
New to Mastery?
Application Deadline for Early Bird Pricing:
Friday, October 13 at 4 PM MT
I created Fiddle School because, well, I love fiddling. Playing and teaching both take practice and thought, and I feel lucky to be able to devote my days to this. Along my journey as a teacher, I developed my own method for teaching fiddling, and it started with a goal that has become my mission: I want to give fiddlers of any level the tools and skills to grow by following a tune-based, step by step approach within a supportive community.
So I crafted versions of classic tunes, and built a method that correlated specific techniques, feel, and style with each tune. As students go from tune to tune, they see measurable progress and find themselves leveling up over and over again. This is Fiddle School.
The Mastery Certification Program works hand in hand with the online Fiddle School sessions. But with Mastery, we get personal.
There are four Mastery groups (of varying levels), each with 10 fiddlers. The groups meet, perform, and receive both feedback and guided instruction weekly. In Mastery, students are part of a small community with other fiddlers developing skills and progressing together. It's a motivating culture that also offers support and accountability.
Application Deadline:
Friday, October 13 at 4 PM MT
For me, it's a thrill to coach and guide Mastery students and witness the extraordinary progress that people experience in this program. We also have a lot of fun.
I look forward to guiding you, inspiring you, and being a part of your continued growth.
- Katie Glassman
Application Deadline: Friday, October 13 at 4 PM MT
Welcome to Mastery!
I created Fiddle School because, well, I love fiddling. Playing and teaching both take practice and thought, and I feel lucky to be able to devote my days to this. Along my journey as a teacher, I developed my own method for teaching fiddling, and it started with a goal that has become my mission: I want to give fiddlers of any level the tools and skills to grow by following a tune-based, step by step approach within a supportive community.
So I crafted versions of classic tunes, and built a method that correlated specific techniques, feel, and style with each tune. As students go from tune to tune, they see measurable progress and find themselves leveling up over and over again. This is Fiddle School.
The Mastery Certification Program works hand in hand with the online Fiddle School sessions. But with Mastery, we get personal.
There are four Mastery groups (of varying levels), each with 10 fiddlers. The groups meet, perform, and receive both feedback and guided instruction weekly. In Mastery, students are part of a small community with other fiddlers developing skills and progressing together. It's a motivating culture that also offers support and accountability.
For me, it's a thrill to coach and guide Mastery students and witness the extraordinary progress that people experience in this program. We also have a lot of fun.
I look forward to guiding you, inspiring you, and being a part of your continued growth.
- Katie Glassman
"It's one thing to simply learn a tune, and another to play it so well you breathe life into the musicality of it. The best way to evolve to a higher level of fiddling is to take a deep dive into the subtleties of what makes that tune come alive. The best way to do that is to take the Mastery Program and allow that to happen."
Judd Peterson
MinneAPOLIS, MIN
"The Mastery program holds me accountable for learning the tunes and therefore the skills in Katie’s brilliant step-by-step pedagogy, and does so in a fun way that encourages relationships with other students."
Ingrid Gebavi
Crested Butte, CO
"The Mastery Program has provided me a way to pace myself and stay on track. Without the Mastery Program I would be less dedicated to practicing and my progress would be more erratic. I also like being part of the group. It's like we are family, and we are all in the same boat together."
Lisa Penunuri
Pheonix, AZ
Hi, I'm Katie!
I created Fiddle School because I love fiddling. Along my journey as a teacher, I developed my own method for teaching fiddle. It started with a goal that has become my mission: I want to give fiddlers of all levels the tools and skills to grow.
Fiddle School offers those tools through a tune-based, step by step approach within a supportive community. I have crafted versions of classic tunes, and built a method that correlates specific techniques, feel, and style with each tune. As students go from tune to tune, they see measurable progress and find themselves leveling up over and over again. This is Fiddle School.
The Mastery Certification Program works hand in hand with your Fiddle School membership. But with Mastery, we get personal.
There are five Mastery groups (of varying levels), each with 8-10 fiddlers. The groups meet, perform, and receive guided instruction weekly. In Mastery, students are part of a small community with other fiddlers developing skills and progressing together. It's a motivating culture that also offers support and accountability.
For me, it's a thrill to coach and guide Mastery students and witness the extraordinary progress that people experience in this program. We also have a lot of fun. I look forward to guiding you, inspiring you, and being a part of your continued growth.
- Katie Glassman
Reach Your Next Level!
Your Mastery Classes Begin January 2024 †
Plus: a bonus class in December with Katie's
"Practice Like a Champion" practice method!
Sign up for Early Bird Registration
and get up to two months free!
Early Bird Registration is in effect until
October 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM MT
Full Price Registration
Begins October 16, 2023
† Mastery students need to maintain an active
Fiddle Annual membership to access the class materials.
This is not included in the price of Mastery.
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Mastery Certification 2024?
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Mastery 5
Sessions 1-4:
The Refined Fiddler
