| Young, fresh, inspiring, talented,
and spirited are all adjectives that describe the fiddler, Patrick McAvinue.
It was at the age of seven when his friend introduced him to the violin.
In view of his talents, his family supported him in his decision to take
private lessons. The three years he was classically trained during school
helped him for when at the age of ten Amy Hopkins, a Peabody graduate, began
teaching him fiddle tunes. He went on to take lessons from Troy Engle (Patty
Loveless, Buddy Jewel, Mark Newton) when he was fourteen.
Since beginning his journey through music, he has participated in many fiddling competitions and was honored with the title of Delaware State Fiddling Champion (2003-2005). He has had the fortunate opportunity of performing with such incredible musicians as Marty Stuart, JD Crowe, Paul Williams, Michael Cleveland and many others throughout the United States and abroad. Currently, McAvinue is performing with the award-winning group Audie Blaylock and Redline, Baltimore-based group Smooth Kentucky and the Country Singer Courtlyn Carr. When not on the road, he is on scholarship studying improvised and classical music under the direction of renowned pianist Tim Murphy, trumpeter David Ballou and violinist Dr. Jeffrey Howard at Towson University. Patrick McAvinue has two solo recordings (Grave Run, Rutland's Reel) available through Patuxent Music
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