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She began her musical journey as a classical violinist, starting to study Celtic fiddle with Ed Paloucek at age 18. Since then, she has become an active session player and has filled in for fiddlers in a few local bands in the Milwaukee area. Kaitlin teaches music throughout southeastern Wisconsin and is on the faculty of Milwaukee's Irish Fest School of Music. She attended the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp in Tennessee and took classes in fiddle and piano accompaniment at the Gaelic College of Arts & Crafts in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She has studied with Liz Carroll, Stan Chapman, Glenn Graham and several others.
Kaitlin is a former member of the Milwaukee band Bantry Bay and now plays with Atlantic Wave. She recently released her debut solo album, Nice to Meet You, in 2004, and Atlantic Wave made its recorded debut with Craic'd in 2006. Also in 2004, she was chosen to travel and perform in Chiba, Japan, as part of a cultural delegation for Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle. On top of all of this, she recently graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a degree in instrumental music education.
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Reviews by Kaitlin include:
Beolach
Melody & Derrick Cameron
Johnny Connolly
Sutton Foster
Karen & Helene
Oisin McAuley
Manus McGuire
Jennifer Roland
Smithfield Fair
Young Dubliners
Barra MacNeils: 20 Years & Counting Festival Club 2009, opening night Festival Club 2010, opening night Festival Club 2011, opening night Fiddle Workshop with Buddy MacMaster Louisbourg Crossroads (2007) Louisbourg Crossroads (2011) My Old True Love: The Songs that Bind Pierre Schryer & Quinn Bachand The World's Biggest Square Dance Derrick Cameron: spreading tradition Liz Carroll: fiddles, kids & the Cubs Danu (Oisin McAuley): doing his best Joella Foulds: Otis Tomas's fiddle tree Natalie MacMaster: fiddler, producer, wife & chef Joanie Madden: riding the Celtic wave Manus McGuire: an Irishman in Cape Breton |
Kaitlin Hahn has been playing fiddle since the tender age of 6.
