"Just had to write and tell you that Gordon Stobbe was an AMAZING adjudicator with both family and fiddle classes. I think he was the best adjudicator I have ever witnessed in all my years at festivals! The kids left so positive and energized and smiling. He was fantastic at talking to the kids in a way they could understand and be energized by. I hope you will get him again in future. A huge success! I heard similar comments from other parents. Kudos to you for having such a fabulous adjudicator!" - sent to the Executive Director of the NS Kiwanis Music Festival "I have always admired your ability to dole out the right mix of encouragement and good advice. Your sincere interest in helping everybody to improve their playing is evident and certainly wins the respect of those you work with."
- Jack Sibley, fiddle instructor."I was sitting here this morning working and was entertained as CBC played your "Trans Canada Jig". As I was listening, it reminded me why it is important to our music camp to have you instruct ... you really represent Canadian Fiddle Music!"
-the Coast String Fiddler Association of B.C."I want to extend my gratitude and sincere 'Thank You' for all the help you have given me and all my students.
Your name is a legend around here." - Harold Anderson, Sask.
Gordon Stobbe has been teaching and conducting workshops for many years. He has developed his own teaching program and has been invited to teach for a number of workshop groups across Canada and the United States, including the Emma Lake Fiddle Camp in Saskatchewan; the Kootenay Fiddlers in Castlegar, B.C.; the Maritime Fiddler's Association; Fiddles on the Tobique Camp in New Brunswick; Fiddlefest Workshops, Smithers, B.C.; Fiddle 'Treat, Gavin Lake, B.C.; the Nova Scotia Music Educators Association; Fiddle Camp in Milaca, Minnesota; the Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music, Gibsons, B.C.; Norway House, Manitoba Fiddle Camp; Pond Inlet, Nunavet Workshops and the Yukon Music Camp, Whitehorse, Yukon.
Gordon is interested in the connection between traditional instrumental music and dance. In a workshop setting he is capable of addressing a variety of interests:
Gordon is a composer on fiddle and has worked with students in a master class situation to improve their playing and develop their compositional skills. He has a large fiddle music library, a large recording library and a comprehensive video library of Canadian Maritime fiddlers. He has written fiddle instructional books and transcription books which he uses with his students. These resources are now being used by fiddle teachers across Canada and the United States.
- Razzmatazz concert, Maritime Conservatory, Halifax, N.S.
March 2, 2008
- Fiddle Workshops, Red Deer, Alberta
March 7 - 8, 2008
- Alberta Society of Fiddlers and Wildrose Fiddlers, Calgary, Alberta
March 9, 2008
- Bow Valley Fiddlers workshops, Calgary, Alberta
March 11 - 14, 2008
- Fiddlerama concert, Abbotsford, B.C.
March 15, 2008
- Pacific Fiddle College workshops, Hope, B.C.
March 16 - 21, 2008
- Calvin Vollrath CD Release Party, St. Albert, Alberta
March 28 - 30, 2008
- Smithers Fiddle Workshops, Smithers, B.C.
April 1 - 6, 2008
- Maritime Fiddler's Association Workshop, Truro, N.S.
April 19, 2008
- Fiddle Workshops, Pond Inlet, Nunavut
April 21 - 29, 2008
- Dance with Geoff Horrocks, Renfrew, Ontario
May 1, 2008
- Fiddle Workshops, Sudbury, Ontario
May 2 - 4, 2008
- Fiddle Camp, Norway House, Manitoba
May 8 - 11, 2008
- Parrsboro Fiddle Camp, Ship's Company Theatre, Parssboro, N.S.
May 16 - 18, 2008
- Woodville Chicken Barbecue, Woodville, N.S.
June 1, 2008
- Concerts with Bowties, PetroCanada Hall, Memorial Univ., St.John's, NL
June 3 and 4, 2008, 8 pm
- Ottawa Valley Fiddle Camp, Ottawa, Ont.
June 6 - 8, 2008
- with Mark Sullivan, Bonnie Glen Pavilion, Hwy 43, Alexandria, Ontario (dinner and concert)
June 11, 2008
- with Mark Sullivan, Fiddles on the Trent Festival, Frankford, Ontario
June 12 - 15, 2008
- with Mark Sullivan, Bowmanville, Ontario
June 14, 2008
- Concert, Tobique Valley High School, Plaster Rock, N.B.
June 20, 2008
- Tobique Fiddle Camp, Perth-Andover, N.B.
June 22 - 26, 2008
- SCES Fiddle Camp, Arlington Beach, Saskatchewan
June 30 - July 4, 2008
- Govan Fiddle Contest, Govan, Saskatchewan
July 5, 2008
- Sunshine Coast Summer School of Celtic Music , Robert's Creek, B.C.
July 7 - 11, 2008
- Kootenay Fiddle Workshop, Castlegar, B.C.
July 14 - 18, 2008
- Calvin Vollrath Fiddle Camp, St.Paul, Alberta
July 20 - 24, 2008
- Yukon Fiddle Camp, Whitehorse, Yukon
July 27 - August 1, 2008
- Dance, Mount Lorne, Yukon
August 3, 2008
- John Arcand Fiddle Workshop and Festival, Saskatchewan
August 7 - 10, 2008
- Kenosee Music Camp, Kenosee, Saskatchewan
August 12 - 17, 2008
- Salt Spring Fiddle Camp, Salt Spring Island, B.C.
August 18 - 22, 2008
- private
August 26 - 31, 2008
- Halifax - private
September 6, 2008
- concert with Greg Simm and Kelli Trottier, Paris, Ontario
September 11, 2008
- concert with Greg Simm and Kelli Trottier, Kingston, Ontario
September 12, 2008
- Fiddle Workshops, Tamworth, Ontario
September 13, 2008
- concert with Greg Simm and Kelli Trottier, Ganonoque
September 14, 2008
- Halifax - private
September 20, 2008
- The Wilf Carter Show, with Greg Simm and Nathan Tinkham, various Maritime venues TBA
Sept. 23 - Oct. 6, 2008
- Mighty Oaks concert, Wallace Community Centre, Wallace, N.S.
October 11, 2008
- tour with John Gracie and Greg Simm, various venues, Saskatchewan
October 14 - 22, 2008
- tent. Fiddle Workshops, Sask.
October 23 - 27, 2008
- Thunder Bay fiddle workshops, Thunder Bay, Ontario
November 7 - 9, 2008
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