08/29/2024
Dakota Karper and Thomas Curry perform Spotted Pony and Dakota shares a preview of a full lesson on how to play the tune.
The Cat and The Fiddle
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The Cat and The Fiddle- A private music school committed to helping students learn & love traditional music.
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Capon Bridge, WV
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The Cat and The Fiddle
Embracing that yearning that many of us have experienced, The Cat and The Fiddle was born from two people deciding to step away from a corporate life in the city to find a simpler way of living in rural West Virginia. At the end of 2016 Richard and Dakota Karper moved from Baltimore, MD to Hampshire County, WV where Dakota has been teaching fiddle from her living room and various pop-up locations in the area. Quickly outgrowing these spaces and with more than 20 students, the time has come to build a building.
The name “The Cat and The Fiddle” comes from the age old nursery rhyme “Hey di**le di**le, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.” A delighted Dakota as a small child would have this rhyme told to her over and over by her mother. This was the first introduction to the word ‘fiddle’ that would someday become one of her greatest passions in life.
It is our hope that The Cat and The Fiddle will become the place where many people fall in love with music and learn to play an instrument for the first time. This music studio will be a place that not only teaches fiddle, but with 4 classroom spaces and a workshop area, many teachers can come together to provide weekly lessons in Fiddle, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Vocals and more. Besides weekly private lessons, it will be place for visiting musicians to teach workshops, jams to be held, and possible plans to include after school programs and early development classes.
