Ready to reach your next level
on fiddle?

Get further faster with Fiddle School’s

Mastery Certification
Program 2025.

Boost your Fiddle School experience with our one-year, live online group course.

✔️ A Guided Journey Through the Fiddle School Curriculum

✔️ Weekly Small Group Classes on Zoom

✔️ Groups for Every Level (Beginner to Advanced)

✔️ 1:1 Feedback from National Champion Instructors

✔️ Frequent Performance Opportunities with Coaching

✔️ Supportive Community & Meaningful Connections

✔️ Tailored Practice Plans

…For less than half the cost of weekly private lessons.

Class Structure

Stay consistent and accountable with virtual weekly classes, performances, and activities.

Here’s what a typical month looks like as a Mastery Certification student:

  • In Katie Glassman’s Fiddle School Method, each lesson is part of a thoughtfully sequenced curriculum designed to build key fiddle skills and techniques through fiddle tunes.

    Every month, the Skill Building Class hones in on the specific techniques, bowing patterns, and essential skills tied to one core lesson, helping you prepare for the Fiddle Tune Workout the following week.

    The individual feedback in Skill Building Class will ensure you’re always on track!

  • Apply your sequential skills in the guided Fiddle Tune Workout, where you'll start by jamming on assigned tunes at a relaxed pace. Then, progress by learning "Peek-Ahead" phrases—short phrases from upcoming tunes to prepare you for what’s next.

    As the year unfolds, you’ll build a solid repertoire, with this class helping you review, jam, and keep the tunes fresh in your memory.

    You'll receive personalized guidance and feedback throughout the class to support your progress.

  • Take advantage of a unique opportunity to perform and receive in-depth coaching and feedback from National Champion instructors. Play one tune by ear with live play-along accompaniment while also benefiting from supportive feedback from your peers.

    Each Mastery group is divided into two groups of five fiddlers, who alternate performing in monthly Masterclasses. This ensures personalized attention and a focused learning environment.

  • All Mastery class levels get together for a communal, virtual event. This is optional, but encouraged. Activities alternate between:

    • Study Groups

      • Meet with your Mastery peers to review tunes and techniques, or discuss musical philosophy, preparation techniques, or nerve management. 

    • Discussions

      • Join your teachers and fellow fiddlers in moderated group discussions designed to enrich and empower your learning.

    • Jam Sessions

      • Twice per year, enjoy jamming on Fiddle School tunes with peers from all Mastery levels! 

    • Coffeehouses 

      • Twice per year, enjoy the opportunity to play in a low-key virtual performance. This is a great way to give and receive support among your peers from all Mastery levels. Family and friends are also invited to attend to hear your progress!

Hi! I’m Katie.

I founded Fiddle School to help fiddlers learn at their own pace, from anywhere in the world, with a library of self-paced instructional videos.

If you’re already in Fiddle School, you already have everything you need to continue improving…

…But if you’re in Mastery Certification, you’re taking the Fiddle School experience to the next level.

With the personalized 1:1 guidance and tight-knit community you receive through the Mastery program, you’ll develop fiddle skills beyond what you ever thought possible, faster than you ever thought possible.

I can’t wait to inspire you, support you, and be a part of your ongoing fiddling journey!

-Katie Glassman

Take it from our happy fiddlers!

  • "My favorite part of Mastery is the individualized feedback. It's a positive and encouraging evaluation of how I can improve."

    Pat G., Mastery 2

  • "I feel very accountable... Community is an important value for me, so it has a big influence on my behavior, and practicing time."

    Anne A., Mastery 1

  • "I love the weekly classes! I enjoy sharing our experiences and learning from each other, supporting each other, and performing."

    Peggy W., Mastery 4 Graduate

  • "I'm inspired by watching my classmates... Knowing that they are working hard pushes me to do better than I thought I was capable of."

    Current Mastery 3x Student

  • "I wish I had [Mastery] fifteen years ago. It forces me to focus and memorize. I'd pass up all the fiddle camps I went to for this course."

    Current Mastery 4 Student

Want to learn more about Mastery Certification?

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions.

Or, schedule a
FREE 15-minute discovery call
with me (Katie) to discuss your goals!
There is NO obligation to sign up.

Ready to apply?

Submit your free application by October 28 at 5 PM MT
to take advantage of our Early Bird Registration discount!

Returning & Accepted Students

Early Bird Registration is open now through October 29!
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