Kenny Blacklock, Executive Director, Northwest Branch Office

Kenny Blacklock, Executive Director

Northwest Branch Office

Kenny Blacklock, fiddler with Keystone Station and The Keepers has been teaching fiddle and other instruments for over 20 years. In addition to the fiddle, he plays mandolin, guitar, piano, fife, pennywhistle, recorder, spoons and musical saw, and he teaches general music and strings to 4th through 8th grade students in various Marin County, California schools. A regular competitor and judge at fiddle contests throughout California, Kenny has had many top five finishes over the years. He is the grandson of musical saw player, Charlie Blacklock, who was inducted into the American Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame on September 5, 1999.	Kenny Blacklock, Violinist & Educator.
Kenny attended Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under renowned jazz violinist, Matt Glaser, played lead violin with the school’s premier jazz ensemble, "The International Dues Band," and was awarded the Joe Venuti scholarship. He also studied under Daniel Kobialka, while completing an MA degree at San Francisco State University. Kenny teaches a variety of fiddle styles and helps his students to play by ear, read music or tablature, and to improvise. A former Suzuki kid himself, he also uses the Suzuki method to teach his younger students. Kenny maintains The Unconservatory web site, where he is a contributing author as well as the web site for his business, Virtual Success (www.vsuccess.com) with wife and partner Katy Bridges. "I keep counting myself lucky to have a musical brother like Kenny. He and I have been best friends since we met at Brook Hill Elementary in Santa Rosa, California. We both attended Herbert Slater Junior High School and Montgomery High School together, also in Santa Rosa, and were roommates in Berklee College. Over the years we have played together in the widest variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles from grade school through college, including piano & violin duets, jazz quartets, original jazz-rock fusion groups, choruses and vocal jazz ensembles." Kirk Whipple
		Kenny goes over a passage with his wife and musical partner, Katy Bridges.
Kirk Whipple & Kenny Blacklock perform Kenny's original piece, "Scottish Dance" to an audience in Miami, Florida.
Kenny Blacklock, Violinist / Educator Executive Director of Northwest Branch Office, Sausalito, California 31 S. 40 Pier, Sausalito, CA, 94965 Phone: (415) 331-9661 Email: ken@vsuccess.com