Crystal Plohman Wiegman has been teaching her unique “holistic” approach to playing the violin which builds on the tried and true repertoire and pedagogy of Suzuki method, while teaching chords, songs and improv from her new Suzuki based fiddle curriculum, Fiddle and Song (co-authored with Renata Bratt and Bob Phillips). Crystal recently completed 24 year of teaching violin/fiddle at Vanderbilt University where she is a Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin and Fiddling at the Blair School of Music. Raised in the Suzuki program as one of the first students of the late Alison Rhiles and the Brandon University Suzuki program, Crystal went on to follow in her father’s footsteps as champion Canadian fiddler. She is the only person to place as a top finalist (top 4) in both the Canadian and American Grand Masters Championships, as well as the Canadian Open Fiddling Championships. After successfully competing for 15 years across Canada and the US, Crystal moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1994 after an invitation from Mark O’Connor to be his assistant in his fiddle program at Vanderbilt University. Crystal later went on to serve
