One of the most influential fiddlers alive, Darol Anger works with string teachers, professionals and students of all ages in school, university, camp and festival settings, growing interest in improvising and vernacular strings. He has helped drive the evolution of the contemporary string band through involvement with numerous ensembles such as Mr. Sun with fellow virtuosos Grant Gordy, Aidan O’Donnell and Joe K. Walsh, his Republic of Strings, The Turtle Island String Quartet, The David Grisman Quintet, The Montreux Band, The Anger-Marshall Duo and others. In addition to performing all over the world since 1977, he has recorded and produced many important recordings, a featured soloist on many recordings and soundtrack, is a MacDowell and UCross Fellow, and has received numerous composer residencies and grants.
Anger is Professor Emeritus at Berklee College Of Music, operates his innovative online Fiddle School at Artistworks.com, and spent 1984-1995 doing international touring and jazz string clinics with his Turtle Island String Quartet. He received a 2020 International Bluegrass Music Association Award for Distinguished Achievement, and a 2023 American String Teachers’ Artist Teacher Award for his mentorship and support of young string musicians over the last 30 years.
He held the string chair of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), and was a founding member of IAJE’s String Caucus. He has been a contributing editor for Strings Magazine and a member of the Editorial Board of the American String Teacher’s Association (ASTA), with fifteen-plus years of presentations, clinics and performances delivered at ASTA and MENC conventions. He brings over 40 years of experience to teaching and residencies at countless music festivals and string camps in jazz, blues, bluegrass, chamber and orchestra settings. International workshops and clinics include Campo Do Jordao in Brazil, the Music Conservatories at Bremen, Germany, and Copenhagen, and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. Darol Anger has a passion for intergenerational education and performance as a way to bridge imaginary borders of age and culture. He envisions a great nation of string players, embodied by The Republic of Strings: a floating intergenerational orchestra that plays music scooped from backyards, garages, and kitchens in every continent. Darol is committed to promoting appreciation of musical diversity and the evolution of personal musical styles based on strong cultural roots throughout the world. His website is www.darolanger.com
