 bluegrass, old-time & swing music |
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At 15,
Lynn started playing guitar to accompany the folk songs she loved to
sing. She studied singing for six years through private lessons and in
a two year course at the Bruckner Conservatory of Music in Linz,
Austria. At that time she started studying the Viola da Gamba with the
encouragement of Ulrika Kneuer, a player and teacher who was intrigued
by her interest in music instrument making. That interest led her to Virginia, where she served a three-year apprenticeship to a stringed instrument maker. She continued her Viol studies with Tina Chancey in Washington DC, and Wayne Moss in Williamsburg VA. In 1984 She attended the first 'crossover' workshop combining traditional and medieval/renaissance music taught by Tina Chancey, Scott Riess and Mike Seeger, where she discovered how well the viol adapts to different kinds of music. It was also here that she first played the viol as an upright bass (the modern bass is a descendant of the largest member of the viol family, the violone). In 1985 Lynn began her career in traditional and early music in the taverns of Colonial Williamsburg as a balladeer, which she continues to this day. She has also been a member of the traditional music group "Turnstile' and early music groups "The James River Consort" and "Williamsburg Waites". Lynn's other professional interests are cut flower production and wheel thrown pottery. |
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