Dynamic fiddle instruction and performance

Hayden Stern is a fiddle player based in Seattle, WA. Known for their driving fiddle sound and keen sense of improvisation and harmony, they have a special love for Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle music, which they particularly enjoy bringing to contra dances. They are deeply motivated by collaboration and the magic that happens when musicians enter a flow state together.

They play in Natterjack (with Alex Sturbaum and Ezra Jane Landsman), The Sage Thrashers (with Patrick Gunning and Jesse Partridge), The Cinnamon Teals (with Vienna Scheyer, Jesse Partridge, and Patrick Gunning), and Clever Hans (with Patrick Gunning and Dana Christie) as well as in other dance band permutations. They just released an album with Natterjack!

They currently have a thriving teaching practice with a particular focus on teen and adult students. If interested, check out lesson information.

They are currently especially interested in booking for contra dance weekends, individual dances, and other performance opportunities but welcome all inquiries at stern.hayden.e@gmail.com.