Scott Nygaard & Crow Molly featuring Joe Walsh and Lauren Rioux; Darol Anger's Republic of Strings featuring Scott Nygaard
Influences
Brittany Haas; Darol Anger; Scott Nygaard; Joe Walsh; Tashina and Tristan Clarridge; Natalie Haas; Hanneke Cassel; Bruce Molsky; Alasdair Fraser; Natalie MacMaster; Rayna Gellert; Claude "Fiddler" Williams; Gypsy Girl String Studio students; Mike Block; Gilles Apap; Tim O'Brien; Aoife O'Donovan; Tom Waits; Vasen; Ronny Lantz; Hilary Hahn; Dvorak; Brahms; J.S. Bach; Marcus Martin; Tom and Helen Holzen; Kenneth Rexroth; David, Catherine, Donald, Ida, and Brenton Rioux; Obligato Duo; Asha Mevlana...
After 20 years of performing classical violin and viola, Lauren Rioux was inspired cross over to vernacular string styles. She quickly became a rising star in the national fiddle scene, and currently performs with Scott Nygaard & Crow Molly, Darol Anger's Republic of Strings, and the String Nation Orkestra. Lauren is sought after as an educator, teaching clinics at national and state conventions for the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and instructing at Mark O'Connor's Strings Conference. Lauren lives in Maine, where she was born and raised, and completed her education at the University of Southern Maine on full scholarship as a violin performance and music education major. She plays an active role in strings education throughout the state, having served four years as the president of the Maine chapter of ASTA. Most importantly, Lauren maintains a very rambunctious private studio of over 30 violinists, violists, and fiddlers ranging from age 5 to 65.
hey you amazing girl! how are you??? I am back on myspace for a moment (after about 8 months...) and I realized that this seems to be the only way for me to get in touch! how are you??? I just wanted to say hi...very excited; I'm coming to VOM so we'll finally get to hang out for more than one day at a time... much much love and xxxxxx and ooooo
hey lauren been awhile so missed you at camp so much this year. anyway what's new ? i have the live cd/ep with me now they turned out great. hope all is well with u. hope to see u on the road somepoint hopefully.
hey lauren been awhile how are you i am happy for camp being next week woohoo. yet i am sad it is the last of the nashville camps and even more sad no britt or bruce no oldtime :(. anyway what's new ? I just got my new cd in this past saturday the 13th very happy with it. anyway hope all is well. hope to hear from you soon.
hey lauren i am literally counting down the days to the last moctn camp before it moves to a new location i am sad that it is moving i have to made lots of friends and have to of the most special memories that happened there and only there where it is possible. i will miss seeing you there this year. sad u bruce or britt wont be there. anyway i hope all is well and music is keeping u busy. hope to hear from you soon.
Still lovin' that pic of yours! Well, I see you left that "we should talk" comment almost a month ago! ;-) Call me anytime, I misssss you and hope you're doing very well! xoxoxoxoxo
hey lauren how are you ? my worst nightmare came true :'( no more tn camp after this summer it is moving to a new location and to make it even more sad no oldtime :'( anyway what's new with you ? cd is almost done woohoo!!!!! live stuff. hope all is well with you.
Dropping by to wish you the best day ever and tomorrow do the same. If you have the means please give a couple of dollars to charity. Be it to fight Diabetes, Asthma, Cancer, Hunger, AIDS, or any other cause that touches your heart. I know of no better feeling than what you feel when you make another person’s day a little better. Bill
GUESS WHAT! you know how you gave us the CD of all those different versions of Say Darling Say before the recital? well, I lost it pretty much the day after you gave it to me. BUT I just found it! and I'm wondering whose versions you put on it? I know you put Tatiana, Bruce, and Rayna Gellert on, but what about the other two? I'm excited for stringfest tomorrow! see you then.
