Colyn Fischer

Beginning Strings & Intermediate Chamber Orchestra Director; String Coach

Colyn Fischer, a native of Pittsburgh, PA has been studying classical violin since age 3 and Scottish Fiddle since age 5. Fischer began playing in symphony orchestras at age 8 and has been performing regularly in various ensembles in Chicago, Pittsburgh and San Francisco ever since. He holds a Bachelor of Music Performance in Violin from Wheaton College Conservatory, Illinois, and has recorded, composed and performed with various ensembles in genres including jazz, classical, musical theater, opera, ballet, rock and Scottish. Fischer is also a three-time US National Scottish Fiddling champion (1994, 2005, 2006). He also received his teaching credentials from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, where he started his now 20-year career as a music educator.

Colyn currently lives in San Francisco, California, directing the orchestras at Central Middle School in the San Carlos School District. He is a private violin-fiddle instructor, taught at the Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling for 14 years and founded the Silver Apple Scottish Fiddle School in the Bay Area along with Rebecca Lomnicky and David Brewer. He has recorded and performed with pianist Shauna Pickett-Gordon as the duo "Peat-Fire Flame", recording 3 albums, as well as co-directed the Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers with Pickett-Gordon from 2007 to 2018. Colyn is also the co-founder, concertmaster and soloist of the New Millennium Chamber Orchestra since 2012.