Berklee College of Music

Master of Music – Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration)

PIMM-550/600 Private Instruction

Student Name: Davis West

Student ID: 0835197
Teacher Name: Casey Driessen
Instrument: Violin

TOPICS:
 Fiddle tunes
 Chopping / accompanying another fiddle
 Singing & playing
 Four voice arrangements for two violins
 Double stop intonation
 Implementing pedals and effects

SONGS:
 Back up and Push
 Big Mon
 Bill Cheatham
 Birds of a Feather, We Rock Together
 Blackberry Blossom
 Cuckoo’s Nest
 Ginseng Sullivan
 Jerusalem Ridge
 Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
 Luki
 Red Haired Boy
 Squirrel Hunters
 Temperance Reel
 Wheel Hoss

TECHNIQUES:
 Chopping / chordal accompanying
 Improvising in bluegrass style

TRANSCRIPTIONS:
 Ginseng Sullivan (Ricky Skaggs)
 How High The Moon (2 fiddle arr)
 Ookpik Waltz (2 fiddle arr)