Violinist, fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. With the jazz-oriented Turtle Island String Quartet, Anger developed and popularized new techniques for playing contemporary music styles on string instruments. The virtuosic ?Chambergrass? groups Psychograss and Newgrange, and the plugged-in Anger-Marshall Band feature his compositions and arrangements. His Grammy-nomimated folk-jazz group Montreux was the original musical model for the New Adult Contemporary radio format. The David Grisman Quintet forged a new genre of acoustic string band music with Darol?s creative use of the violin.

Working with some of the world?s great improvising string musicians, among them Stephane Grappelli, Mark O?Connor, Bela FleckBela Fleck, David Grisman and Vassar Clements, has contributed to the development of Anger?s signature voice both as player and composer. His published works include jazz originals and arrangements, a fiddle tune collection, and, of course, recordings. Anger has produced dozens of critically lauded recordings since 1977 which have featured his compositions and performances. Highlights include the Heritage Folk Music project, which brings together some of the most important voices in the traditional, contemporary folk and bluegrass music scene; the Anger-Marshall Band?s JAM and Brand New Can, which set new standards for the Newgrass/ jazz genre; and his release, Diary Of A Fiddler, which sets Anger in duet with the most prominent and innovative fiddlers of our time.

Anger holds the String Chair of the International Association of Jazz Educators. He has led seminars at the Stanford, Oberlin and Amherst Jazz Worshops, regularly teaches at the Berklee School of Music and the Mark O?Connor Fiddle Camp, and at workshops and clinics from Campo Do Jordao, Brazil to the Music Conservatory at Bremen, Germany. He is a Contributing Editor for Strings magazine, and is on the ASTA Editorial Board.

The recipient of a 1995 California Arts Council Composer Fellowship, Anger was nominated in 1997 for the CalArts Alpert Award in the Arts. He has been a featured soloist on a number of motion picture soundtracks, and he wrote and performed the score for the Sundance Award-winning film ?Best Offer?. He was the winner of the Frets Magazine Readers' Poll for Best Jazz Violinist for four years running.

Anger?s work has expanded not only the acoustic violin?s boundaries, but has contributed to the development of violin synthesizer repertoire and technology. His writings on these subjects and string education issues appear regularly in prominent music periodicalsand on the Web. His current projects include Darol Anger and His Jazz Guys, is a working group featuring fellow S.F. Bay Area residents, a duet recording with Pianist Phillip Aaberg, and Fiddlers 4 with Michael Doucet, Bruce Molsky and Rushad Eggleston, in 2002.

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