Mari Black is an American multistyle violinist, fiddler, and composer from

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. She has won national and international accolades in many styles of music, including being named the 2014 Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion of Scotland, 2013 & 2015 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, 2012 & 2014 Maritime Fiddle Festival Champion, 2011 Canadian Open Novelty Fiddle Champion, 2011 1st Prize Winner of the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition, and more. Mari has performed and taught around the United States, Scotland, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, Zimbabwe, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, and France. She plays many different styles of music including Irish, Scottish, Canadian, and American fiddling, Argentine Tango, jazz, klezmer, Western Classical music, and folk. Black received a

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degree and Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from the

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

, and a

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degree in Education from

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’s Teachers College, where she was the Geffen Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts and Creativity.

Notable awards

* 2022 Dan R. MacDonald Fiddle Prize, Scottish Performing Arts Classic * 2021 Freshgrass Fiddle Awards, finalist * 2019 & 2021 U.S. Grand Master Fiddle Championships, top 10 * 2017 MASC International Songwriting Competition, Gold Medal, Instrumental category * 2015 & 2013 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion * 2014 & 2012 Maritime Fiddle Champion * 2014 Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion of Scotland * 2011 Canadian Open Novelty Fiddle Champion * 2011 American Protege International Strings and Piano Competition, 1st prize * 2008 Columbia University Teachers College, Geffen Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Arts and Creativity * 2007 & 2005 American String Teachers' Association Alternative Styles Award winner

Discography

* ''Unscripted'' (2020, with

Cory Pesaturo Cory Pesaturo is an American multi-instrumentalist from Cumberland, Rhode Island, who plays the accordion, piano, clarinet, and saxophone. In 2002, Pesaturo became the youngest person to win the National Accordion Championship. In 2009, Pesat ...

) * ''Flight'' (2014)

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