Teachers old and new

Marie Eaton teaches songwriting at Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, as well as at the PSGW and the Northwest Women's Music Celebration. For the past twenty-odd years she's been part of a four-woman group, Motherlode, performing in venues from Vancouver, B.C to Los Angeles. With Motherlode she has recorded seven CDs, including the recent releases, Circle on the Sand, Live and Laughing, and Coming Home. She also has a solo album I've Got a Secret.

Paul Elliott has been playing fiddle professionally for over 25 years and is at home in a range of styles from old timey to be-bop. Paul has toured and performed with a variety of artists including Michelle Shocked, Buell Neidlinger, The Good Old Persons, and John Reischman. He has recorded extensively for radio, television, and film as well as an impressive list of CDs that includes Scott Nygard's "No Hurry" on the Rounder label.

San Francisco Bay Area musician and Virginia native Bill Evans has been involved with bluegrass music and the banjo for over twenty-five years as a player, teacher, writer and historian. He occupies a unique niche in the banjo world: celebrated worldwide for his traditional and progressive bluegrass banjo styles as well as his outstanding original compositions, he also enjoys a reputation as an outstanding instructor as well as being an expert player of 19th century minstrel and classic/parlor banjo styles.