Over Labor Day weekend, the 2022 Grand Master Fiddler Championship was held at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. This competition brings out the very best fiddlers in the country, going head to head each year at this
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Grand Masters – scholarships open and youth fiddle camp announced
The Grand Master Fiddler Championship, held annually in Nashville over the Labor Day weekend, has announced that submissions are now open for their Matthew Thomas Lin Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship, now in its second year, was created to honor the memory
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2021 Grand Master Fiddler Championship results
Randall Franks, Howard H. Harris Chaiman & CEO, Katrina Nicolayeff 2021 Open Champion, and Ed Carnes Vice-Chairman & CFO Labor Day weekend is always a big one for bluegrass festivals and conventions, with many such events held all over the US on
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Matthew Thomas Lin Memorial Scholarship from Grand Masters
The Grand Master Fiddler Championship has announced a new annual $1,000 scholarship in honor of Matthew Lin, a promising young fiddler and regular competitor who died last year at 19 years of age. The Matthew Thomas Lin Memorial Scholarship is open
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Matthew Lin passes
Matthew Lin, an extremely talented young musician and one of the brightest lights of the contest fiddle world, died on December 11. He was 19 years of age. He passed several days after suffering extreme complications from a lung surgery to
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H G Roberts passes
HG Roberts, Sr., one of the original and most fervent backers of the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville died March 22 in Joelton, TN. He was 94 years of age. In addition to his vigorous and ongoing support of the
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2019 Grand Master Fiddler Championship winners
Over the Labor Day Weekend, the Grand Master Fiddler Championships were held in Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Considered by many to be the grand-daddy of the fiddle competitions, it carries a tremendous prestige for the
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Trustin Baker wins 2018 Grand Master Fiddler Championship
Over the recent Labor Day weekend, the 46th annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship was held in Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. When the prestigious open competition was completed, Trustin Baker of Birch Tree, MO came out
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2017 Grand Master Fiddler Championship winners
The 2017 Grand Master Fiddler Championship was held this past weekend at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Prizes to 19th place were awarded in the open division, and to ten places in the traditional and youth
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2016 Grand Masters winners
The winners from this past weekend's Grand Master Fiddler Championship at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, have been posted online. Held annually, the competition is an open format where fiddlers (and their accompanists) are eligible