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Tim Trawick, 1740 John Bryant Drive, Conway,  AR  72034

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Instructors  

Tim Trawick, 2007 Arkansas State Fiddle champion, has been performing and teaching stringed instruments since his teen years. A multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, guitar and fiddle), Trawick toured with Christian band “Forerunner” in the early 80s. In 1988 he crossed the ocean and performed for thousands in Europe on tour with the bluegrass band “Wildfire”.  Trawick has participated in a number of recording projects including a mandolin/guitar piece that was used on tv and radio commercials for a number of years in central Arkansas. Trawick has been married to Jeanne since 1980 and their two sons are both accomplished musicians. A passionate project of Mr. Trawick’s is his church work with kids teaching Bible memory songs. 

Ellen Appleton began playing violin at age 3. She served as Concertmaster in the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra for six years and was a two time first place winner in the Memphis Beethoven Club Young Artist Strings competition in the Junior and Senior divisions, a winner in the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree, and a two time winner of the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto competition. She has been Concertmaster for All West String Orchestra in 2007 and the Senior Orchestra in 2008. In 2007 and 2008, Ellen won first place in the Irish musical competition in the Memphis Feis. She received several first place awards in Irish Step Dancing in the 2008 Memphis Feis. In summer, 2008, she received a full scholarship and teacher apprentice award for 2009 at the Randy Elmore Fiddle Camp in Texas. In summers, 2008 and 2009 she worked with the Annie Moses Band in their fine arts academies in two states, teaching and performing, and will again work with the Annie Moses Band's Fine Arts Academy in Nashville, TN, summer, 2010. Ellen has worked in several studios doing back-up violin and mandolin for other artists. She has several original compositions of fiddle music, folk music, and an original composition of praise and worship music. Ellen enjoys playing a variety of music: classical, western swing, jazz, old time fiddle, Celtic, and gospel bluegrass. She featured this variety of music on her first CD released in 2004, at age 11. She had her second CD released December, 2006, which features Will Tell, a newgrass band which she co-founded, encompassing music of the Celtic style. Will Tell also released another CD, Nobody, which features some of Ellen's original compositions. Ellen is currently pursuing a degree in violin performance at Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA.

Chuck Hughes will be teaching guitar, banjo and mandolin. Chuck obtained a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Henderson State University as a Percussion major and also holds a Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting from UCA in Conway. Chuck has taught both High School and College since 1986, including three years as band director at Lyon College and several years at Ozarka College in Melbourne. In addition to teaching, Chuck brings a wealth of performing experience to our camp. Chuck has shared the stage with Charlie Rich, Jim Nabors Phyllis Diller, Charo, Barbara Eden and Grandpa Jones and he has also performed at theme parks including Silver Dollar City and Opryland, USA. Chuck has performed in Europe on three different occasions as a soloist and with bluegrass band Wildfire. Chuck also operates a private recording studio in Mountain View. Chuck was a National Finalist on banjo at Winfield, Kansas in 1983 and also won the 1986 Arkansas State Banjo Championship. Chuck currently lives in Mountain View, Arkansas with his wife Michelle and daughter Jazmin and teaches music at Mountain View School District.

Charlotte Crosmer recently completed a degree in violin performance and plans to continue her study at the University of Michigan. She began learning to play the violin when she was four years old, and discovered her passion for music at a young age playing in a string quartet with her brothers and sister. Since then, she has become a very well respected musician in the community, serving as a member of the Conway Symphony Orchestra since 2001 and acting as its assistant Concertmaster. Charlotte made her debut as a violin soloist in 2007 with a performance of Vivaldi’s Winter with the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra and was the 2008 winner of the University of Central Arkansas Concerto Competition. Although she plans to pursue a career of classical music, she also enjoys fiddling. In 2003, she won the Arkansas State Fiddle Championship, and in 2004 she was invited play on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion where she performed as soloist and also jammed on stage with Sam Bush. Charlotte has also studied voice, flute, piano, and viola. In addition to her own studies in music performance, Charlotte has been teaching private lessons and served as teacher at the first two Arkansas Fiddle and String Camps.