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Grand Master Fiddler Alex Hargreaves, center, pauses with runners-up and Grand Master Fiddler Championship Board of Directors following awards presentation. (Photo by Randall Franks/Contributed)

Hargreave siblings win honors at national fiddling contest

The Grand Master Fiddler Champion for 2009 is Alex Hargreaves of Corvallis, while his younger sister Tatiana Hargreaves took eleventh place.

Tashina Clarridge of Roslindale, Mass., placed second. The two-day 38^th annual Grand Master Fiddler Championship was held Oct. 1-2 in Nashville, Tenn.

“This year’s event brought together some of the most talented fiddlers we have ever seen,” said Howard Harris, GMFC president. “Fiddlers came from across the U.S., Canada, the Czech Republic, and Japan.”

Fiddlers competed for over $14,000 in prizes.

Alex took home $2,000 in cash, the bronze Grand Master Fiddler statuette and appeared on the stage at the Grand Ole Opry. This was his first Grand Master championship. Tatiana won $100 and a certificate.

Competitors showed their talents amongst some of the leading performers in acoustic music including Mark O’Connor and his Appalachian Trio, Grand Ole Opry star Buck White with Roland White, Quebe Sisters Band, Sierra Hull and Highway 111, Alex DePue and Miguel De Hoyos, Billy Contreras, The All Star Campers and Buddy Spicher, Cathy Roberts and U.S. Streamliners, Fiddle Frenzy, Ashanti Floyd “The Mad Violinist,” Matt Barrett, Chris Morgan and Matthew Davenport.

For more info, see www.grandmasterfiddler.com.

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Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach, an instructor in the
Department of Music at Oregon State University, has been
named Artist of the Year at the Native American Music
Awards, or NAMMYs. (Encore Photography/Contributed)

OSU music instructor wins Artist of the Year at the NAMMYS

CORVALLIS – Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach, an instructor in the Department of Music at Oregon State University, has been named Artist of the Year at the Native American Music Awards, or NAMMYs.

Reibach received the award at a ceremony on Oct. 3 in New York.

“It was truly an honor to receive this award,” Reibach said, adding that his winning CD took more than a year to finish. “I am equally proud to be part of the family here at the Department of Music. There are so many talented instructors here that really care about the students.”

Reibach has taught music at OSU since 2005. He teaches classes on the native flute, as well as one on the history of Native American music.

He was honored at the NAMMYs for his latest album, “The Looking Wolf Project,” which blends hard rock with native flute. There were more than 1,500 nominations in 30 categories. Last year, Reibach was named Flutist of the Year at the NAMMYs and at the Indian Summer Music Awards.

Reibach is a resident of McMinnville and is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.

Information: www.lookingwolf.com.

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