Annie Savage

And the Free-Strings Curriculum Several weeks ago I received a press release from Turnberry Records announcing their launch of a new “Education Division.”  The release explained that the first launch of the new division was called “Free Strings—Join The Jam.”  They stated that in initiating this curriculum they were partnering with fiddler Annie Savage, veteran performer and teacher, with over twenty years of experience teaching stringed music in public schools and festivals.   I have known Annie since jamming with her, and our mutual friend Kit Simon, at a bluegrass festival about twelve years ago in Pueblo, Colorado.  After receiving the press release, I sent her an email asking if I could interview her about this curriculum.  When she responded with an affirmative email, I noticed at the end of the message, after signing her name, she included a quote accredited to her that had appeared in No Depression magazine.  It said, “She sees her mission as ‘total w