Christina Smith (fiddle and cello)
Christina is recognised in North America and Britain as one of the foremost exponents of traditional Newfoundland fiddling. Since 1982 she has been collecting, researching, performing, teaching, and publishing on Newfoundland traditional music. She is the author of The Easiest Dance Tunes from Newfoundland and Labrador (2006) and Inshore Fiddling, (2008) an audio fiddle method. She teaches with the Suzuki Talent Education Program of St. John’s, and instructs a course in Traditional Newfoundland Fiddling at Memorial University School of Music. Christina tours internationally and records with the award winning groups ‘Jean Hewson and Christina Smith’ and ‘Frank Maher and the Mahers Bahers’. She is the founder and director of the STEP Fiddlers, a group of young musicians who have been performing and recording Newfoundland tunes since 1982.