Christina Smith (Canada - NL)
Christina Smith is recognised in North America and as one of the foremost exponents of traditional Newfoundland fiddling.
Since 1982 she has been collecting, researching, performing, teaching, and publishing on Newfoundland traditional music.
She is the author of The Easiest Dance Tunes from Newfoundland and Labrador (2006) and Inshore Fiddling, Vol. 1 (2008) an audio fiddle method.
Christina tours internationally and records with the award winning groups Jean Hewson, and Christina Smith and Frank Maher and the Mahers Bahers. She is the founder and director of the STEP Fiddlers, a group of young musicians who have been performing and recording Newfoundland tunes since 1982.
