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Violinist, fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. He is well-known as a founding member of some of the most innovative acoustic groups ever: his Republic Of Strings, Newgrange, the Anger/Marshall Band, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Psychograss, the Montreux Band, and the David Grisman Quintet. Working with some of the world's greatest improvising string musicians; Stephane Grappelli, Mark O'Connor, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Tony Rice, Michael Manring, Mike Marshall, Michael Hedges, Jerry Douglas, et al., has given Anger a unique perspective on string music, resulting in his inventing and developing innovative string techniques.

In addition to performing all over the world, Darol led string seminars and lecture-demonstrations with Turtle Island at colleges all over the world. He guest instructs at Berklee College of Music and Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camps, and helped create the String Resouce Board of the International Association of Jazz Educators. He has dozens of recordings, including his newest, Generation Nation, on Compass Records. Darol has written instructional videos and books dealing with many aspects of vernacular string playing.

Darol tours and performs with his groups, The Republic of Strings, The Monster String Quartet, Psychograss, and as a special guest with The Anonymous 4 and Yonder Mountain String Band.

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