New Western Swing | Katie Glassman and Snapshot | TEDxMileHigh

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Western swing is an infectious and uniquely American music. In this upbeat performance, Katie Glassman and Snapshot demonstrate incredible chops and dazzling charm as they marry the soul of old-time Western music with contemporary songwriting and musicianship.

Katie Glassman's love affair with the fiddle began at the tender age of nine. Inspired by old-time Texas music, she began playing by ear, and was soon winning honors throughout the West. But Katie is no one trick pony when it comes to fiddling. She studied classical and jazz violin at the University of Colorado in Boulder, graduating with a bachelors in music performance and a certificate in jazz studies. In 2007 she became only the second American to attend the Centre Musique Didier Lockwood in France, the world's foremost jazz violin school.

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