Andrea Hoag (Violin) is a regular featured fiddler at Scandia D.C. She studied fiddle with Swedish tradition bearers Jonny Soling and Kalle Almlöf at Malungs Folkhögskola in the Dalarna provence of Sweden during 1983-1984. She has since made two extended trips to Sweden to study and perform. From 1984 to 1991, she was the director of Seattle's Skandia Spelmanslag (fiddler group). Andrea is a versatile, expressive fiddler who has performed widely around the U.S. and in Sweden. She received a Grammy nomination for her 2006 CD Hambo in the Snow with Loretta Kelley and Charlie Pilzer, and has been honored as a Traditional Music Master by the State of Maryland. She has twice received the Maryland Individual Artist Award and is a WAMMIE winner for "Best Traditional Folk Instrumentalist" from The Washington Area Music Association. Andrea has several recordings available, and has recently served as producer on a recording by the band STEAM. She teaches widely around the U.S. and via internet. The Washington Post's Richard Harrington wrote of Andrea's music, "Call it a fiddle, call it a violin - in her hands it is simply a marvelous string instrument that fits into myriad traditions anf fuels many cross-cultural fusions."
www.andreahoag.com,
www.hoagkelleypilzer.com