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Updated 7/29/2024

Ida Mae Specker

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    VT

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Ida Mae Specker is a 3rd generation fiddler, performing artist and educator from Andover, Vermont.

As a touring artist, Ida Mae is intent on bringing traditional American music to the next level. Her live show synthesizes her diverse influences and features original, contemporary lyrics set to old-time melodies with a rock n’ roll backbeat. A powerhouse on stage, she fiddles, drums and sings simultaneously in a whirlwind of passion and virtuosity.

As an educator, she creates and presents age-appropriate, multi-media lessons in the history and theory of old-time music, using a combination of audio samples, historical images, video footage, live demonstrations, and hands-on instruction. Specker's teaching style emphasizes ear-training, chord progressions, rhythmic structure, and the differences between folk and classical music. She has collaborated with visual art and humanities departments in creating cross-disciplinary programs that teach American history and culture through the study of folk music. 

Her father, John Specker, is a master fiddle and clawhammer banjo player with a repertoire of over 400 traditional tunes, who often collaborates with her in teaching workshops and giving performances and demonstrations.

For more information visit www.idamaespecker.com

For more information on booking a performance, workshop or residency, and for rates and availability, please contact Ida Mae.

 

 

Find Me

Ida Mae Specker
Job Title: Musician, Touring Artist, Teaching Artist
Phone: (802) 734-7183
Address:
842 Upper Squirrel Hollow Rd
East Dorset, VT 05253

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2010

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

2010

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Traditional

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Curriculum Development
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Wedding / Parties / Private Gatherings
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 50

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Businesses
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk

Languages Available:

  • French

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision

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I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • N/A

Awards

Awards:

  • N/A

Education

Education:

  • Brown University, B.A. Anthropology

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science

Fee range:

Varies depending on the number of students, distance travelled, and duration of teaching

Teaching Artist

Teaching Settings:

  • Afterschool Program
  • Community Site / Center
  • Private Studio
  • School / University

Ages Served:

  • Pre-Kindergarten-age
  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science

Fee range:

Varies depending on the number of students, distance travelled, and duration of teaching

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Varies. Can perform acoustic.

Fee Range:

$500 - $5,000

State of Residence:

Vermont

Minimum Number of Performers:

1

Maximum Number of Performers:

7