Melinda Crawford - www.melindacrawford.com Melinda Crawford, a sanctioned Scottish F.I.R.E. judge and a former U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion, plays frequently for Scottish highland games, Celtic festivals, and concerts throughout the United States and abroad (including a recital for the Lord Lyon of Scotland.) She also performs as a member of The Rogues. A Scottish fiddler since the age of eleven, Melinda has won numerous awards for her solo playing and her original compositions. A well-respected teacher, Melinda is the director of the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling held every year in July at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA. She conducts workshops on Scottish fiddling all over the US, has been an instructor at the Jink & Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling in North Carolina, and teaches Scottish fiddling privately and internationally to many students over the internet. She frequently judges Scottish F.I.R.E. competitions at highland games and has judged many previous F.I.R.E. national championships. Melinda is an associate professor of music at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA and is the author of “A Violinist’s Guide to Scottish Fiddling,” published by Mel Bay. For more information about Melinda, the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling, and her CDs – on which many of her compositions may be found, please visit www.melindacrawford.com.