Tyler Andal
"They call me Fiddles"
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Educational Background
2004-2007 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
B.S. Degree-Recording Industry Major-Production and Technology
Music Industry minor
Spring/Summer-2004-Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN
General Education Classes-Freshman
2003-Gateway Christian School
High School-College Prep
Music Teachers-Fiddle/Violin
Current from 2002-Casey Driessen
2006-MTSU-Classical-Michael Jorgensen
2005-MTSU-Stefan Petrescu
2004-Jim Wood
2002-Bethany Dick
2002-2003-Daniel Carwile-Grand National Fiddle Champion
2000-2002-Crystal Plohman-Blair School of Music
2000-Carolyn Wann Bailey-Principle Second Chair-Nashville Symphony
Music Teacher-Mandolin
2002-2003 Mike Compton
2002 Butch Baldisorri
Music Teacher-Dobro
2002-2003 Curtis Burch
Music Teacher-Piano
2000-2002 Ilse Holt
Music Teacher-Double Bass
2003-Amanda Kowalski
Music Teacher-Tenor Guitar
2004-Jim Wood
2003-Daniel Carwile
2003-Levi Dennis
Voice Teacher
2004-Nancy Slaughter
Master Classes-Fiddle
Darol Anger, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, Buddy Spicher, Tracy Silverman, Mark O'Connor, Martin Norgaard, Mark Wood, Rayna Gellert, Randy Elmore, Ralph Blizzard, Levi Dennis, Bruce Molsky, Andy Leftwitch, Jesse Stockman, Julie Lyons Lieberman, Randy Sabine, Angela Ahn, Sara Caswell, Yale Strom, Jane Chung, John Blake, Jeremy Kittel, Carol Cook Brittany Haas, Natalie Haas, Billy Contreras, Christian Howes, Victor Lin, Jimmy Tripplet, Craig Duncan, and Laura Risk.
Self-taught-Guitar and Banjo

Work and Other Business-Related Experience
Current Work
*FutureMan and the Black Mozart String Ensemble*
Free Lance Production, Engineering & Mastering
Fiddle Recording Sessions
*Fiddle Instructor

Past Work
*The Ryan Holladay Bluegrass Band*
*Darol Anger's Republic of Strings-2nd Chair Fiddle and Session Work
*Fiddle/Mandolin Instructor-Springfield Guitar Center, Springfield, TN
*Bluegrass Instrumental Contest Judge
*Apprentice under Jeremy Timmons at Williams Fine Violins
Rehairing Bows
*2003-2004 Shady Groove Old-Time Dance Band-Fiddler
Session Work for CD
*Workshop Presenter
*2003-Fork in the Road-Bluegrass Band-Fiddler
Local performances including Nashville Public Library
*2002-2003-Southern Express Bluegrass Band-Fiddler
East Tennessee Bluegrass Festivals, Restaurant Entertainment,
Live Radio Shows
*2000-2002-Fiddle Frenzy-Fiddler
Performances at Tennessee Performing Arts Center,
Country Music Hall of Fame, Blair School of Music.
*2002-Cornerstone Catering-Entertainment, Food Service Assistant

Memberships
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
International Bluegrass Music Association
Nashville Old-Time String Band Association

Community
Services
2005 Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert
Entertainment for the White House, TN Senior Citizen Center
Entertainment for the White House, TN Rotary Club
Election Assistant for the 2002 Robertson Ct. Elections
Entertainment for several Sumner and Robertson Ct. Nursing Homes
Entertainment at the Millersville Community Center and Almaville
Community Center on Bluegrass nights

Special Skills
Workshop Instructor
Experience in studio work.
Comfortable on stage in live performances.
Comfortable working sales of band product at festival table

Personal
Information
Graduated College
Black Belt Wado Ryu Karate
Certified Open Water Scuba Diver
Fiddle/Mandolin lessons taught

Scholarships Received
2005-MTSU President's Ball University Foundation Scholarship
2005-MTSU 3-year Music Scholarship
2005-Fiddle Scholarship
2004 TEC Awards Scholarship Grant-Mix Foundation
2004-Hope Academic 4-year Scholarship
2004-International Bluegrass Music Association
2004-Fiddle Camp-Tennessee
2003-Augusta Heritage Youth Scholarship
2003-The Swannanoa Gathering Youth Scholarship
2003-Oklahoma Bluegrass Association Youth Scholarship
2000-2002-Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University

Awards
Received
2005 Overall Fiddle Champion 27th Bell Witch Bluegrass
2005 Old Time Banjo 2nd Place 27th Bell Witch Bluegrass
2005 Bluegrass Band 2nd Place 27th Bell Witch Bluegrass
2005 Nominated as MTSU's "Tennessee's Best" Superstar
2005 Fiddle Champion 49th Fiddlers' Jamboree, Holladay, TN
2005 Mandolin Champion 49th Fiddlers' Jamboree, Holladay, TN
2005 Guitar 3rd Place 49th Fiddlers' Jamboree, Holladay, TN
2005 Tennessee State Fiddle Champion 16 and under
2004 Indiana State 3rd Fiddle
2004 Kentucky State 4th Mandolin
2004 Uncle Dave Macon Days-Traditional Old Time Fiddler Champion
2004 Uncle Dave Macon Days-2nd Old-time Band
2004 Kentucky State 2nd Old-time Band
2004 Kentucky State 4th Mandolin
2004 1st Band Fyffe, Alabama Contest
2004 1st Mandolin Fyffe, Alabama Contest
2004 1st Old-time Banjo Fyffe, Alabama Contest
2004 2nd Old-Time Band, Mt. Juliet, TN
2004 2nd Bluegrass Band, Mt. Juliet, TN
2004-3rd Old-time Banjo, Mt. Juliet, TN
2004 3rd Mandolin-48th Annual Old Time Bluegrass & Fiddlers' Jamboree Holladay, TN
2004 1st Place Bluegrass Band-48th Annual Old Time Bluegrass &
Fiddlers' Jamboree Holladay, TN
2004 Tennessee State Beginner Fiddle-2nd Place
2003 Indiana State Mandolin Champion
2003-SPBGMA Junior Fiddler-2nd Place
2003 SPBGMA Accompanist 5th place
2003-Georgia State Mandolin 4th Place
2003-Georgia State Beginner Fiddle 2nd Place
2003 Indiana State 2nd Fiddle
2003 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival-1st Fiddle Jr.
2003 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival-1st Mandolin Jr.
2003 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival-1st Guitar Jr.
2003 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival-3rd Banjo Jr.
2003 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival-2nd Bluegrass Band
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 1st-Fiddle Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 1st -Mandolin Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 2nd-Guitar Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 1st-Dulcimer Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 2nd Harmonica Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 2nd Bluegrass Banjo Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 2nd Dobro Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 1st Old Time Banjo Jr.
2003 Lincoln County Bluegrass Contest 1st Bluegrass Band
2003 Byrdstown Bluegrass Festival-1st Fiddle
2003 2nd Place Fiddle Jamestown, TN Bluegrass Contest
2003 1st place Mandolin Jamestown, TN Bluegrass Contest
2003 2nd place Guitar Jamestown, TN Bluegrass Contest
2003 3rd place Old Time Banjo Jamestown, TN Bluegrass Contest
2003 Kentucky State Contest 3rd Fiddle
2003 Smithville Jamboree 2nd Hammered Dulcimer
2003 Mt. Juliet Bluegrass Contest 2nd Fiddle
2003 Mt. Juliet Bluegrass Contest 1st Beginner Instrumental-Mandolin
2003-2nd place Fiddle, Dickson, TN
2003-1st place Open Instrumental, Dickson, TN
2003-2nd place Old Time Band, Dickson, TN
2003-2nd-Fiddle-47th Annual Old Time Bluegrass & Fiddlers' Jamboree Holladay, TN
2003-State of Tennessee Official Fiddle Championship - 2nd Beginner Fiddle
2002-State of Tennessee Official Fiddle Championship - 3rd Beginner Fiddle
2002-3rd- Old Time Band - Uncle Dave Macon Days
2002-Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Contest, Athens, AL - 5th Beginner Fiddle
2002-Festival of the Bluegrass Parking Lot Picker Award
2002-Fayetteville, TN 1st-Beginner Fiddle
2002-Fayetteville, TN 1st-Mandolin,
2002-Fayetteville, TN 1st-Dulcimer,
2002-Fayetteville, TN 1st-Banjo,
2002-Fayetteville, TN 2nd Guitar
2002 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 1st Beginner Fiddle
2002 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 1st Mandolin
2002 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 2nd Guitar
2002 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 2nd Banjo
2002 Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 3rd-Bluegrass Band,
2002-Wilson County State Fair 1st Beginner Fiddle
2002-Etowah, TN 2nd-Mandolin,
2002-Etowah, TN 3rd-Banjo
2002-Bell Witch Bluegrass Festival 3rd-Mandolin
2001-Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival White House, TN 3rd Bluegrass Band,
2001-Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival White House, TN 2nd Beginner Fiddle, Jr
2001-Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival White House, TN 1st Mandolin, Jr
2001-Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival White House, TN 2nd Banjo, Jr
2000-Harvest Moon Bluegrass Festival 1st Beginner Mandolin

Major
Performances
2006 Solo Guest Performer Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra
2006 SUNY New Paltz's Studley Theatre
2005 O'Shaughnessey Center
2005 Freight & Salvage CoffeeHouse
2005 Kenworthy Theatre
2005 Montalvo Arts Center Carriage House
2005 IBMA SHOWCASE
2005 Dollywood
2005 Country Gold -Japan
2005 CMA Music Festival-Acoustic Stage with Ryan Holladay
2005 Grand Ole Opry, Nashvile, TN
2005 Station Inn Nashville, TN
2004 Carnegie Hall Global Encounters Educational Performance
2004 1st Annual Ryan Holladay Bluegrass Festival
2004-CMA Music Festival-Acoustic Stage with Ryan Holladay
2004-Ryman Auditorium-“Pickin in the Plaza” for Mountain Heart and Rhonda Vincent with Ryan Holladay
2004-Martin Methodist College-Bluegrass Past and Present with Ryan Holladay
2004-The Lyric Theater in Historic Loudon with Ryan Holladay
2004-Cross Country Trail Ride with Ryan Holladay
2004-SPBGMA Convention with Ryan Holladay
2003-International Bluegrass Music Association Fan Fest-Fiddler for the “All-Star Youth Bluegrass Band”
2003-IBMA Fan Fest with Ryan Holladay
2002-International Bluegrass Music Association Fan Fest-Fiddler-Youth Workshop Presenter
Numerous Bluegrass and Old-Time music Festivals

Radio
Shows
2005 George, the Bluegrass Show 91.1 FM WRVU
2005 WDVX Blue Plate Special with The Ryan Hollady Band
2005 WGWG 88.3 FM
2005 WADA 1390 AM "Classic Country"
2004-The Old time Country Radio Show AM with Ryan Holladay, Lynchburg, TN
WDVX-Studio C, Norris, TN
WDVX-Old Timers Day, Townsend, TN
Fiddler's Grove Lebanon, TN

Camps
Attended
2006 Mark O'Connors' Fiddle Camp
2006 Creative Strings Workshop
2005 Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp
2004 Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp
2004 Blair International Fiddle School At Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
2003 Augusta Heritage Old Time Week
2003 Swannanoa Gathering Old Time Week
2003 Blair International Fiddle School At Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
2002 Blair International Fiddle School At Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
2002 Kentucky Music Week Winter
2002-Festival of the Bluegrass-Lexington Youth Camp
2001 Swannanoa Gathering Old Time Week
2001 Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week
2001 Kentucky Music Week
2000 Swannanoa Gathering Old Time Week
2000 Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week

Workshops Conducted
2006 Instructor Vanderbilt University International Fiddle School
2005 Instructor Vanderbilt University International Fiddle School
2005 Bluegrass in the Schools
2005 Breaking Up Winter Slow Jam
2004 Fox Family Bluegrass Festival
2002 IBMA Youth Musicians

References
References available on request.


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