Bridgid Bibbens is one of the most sought-after and recognizable electric and acoustic violinists in the US. Exceptionally proficient across all genres, her strict classical training is evident in everything she does. She has performed with major artists in the rock, pop and jazz worlds, including Christina Aguilera, Mary J Blige, Jay-Z, Robin Thicke, John Mayer, Alicia Keys, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Gilby Clarke (Guns ‘N’ Roses), Johnny Colt (the Black Crowes), Josh Groban, Harry Connick, Jr. and Frank Sinatra, Jr.   Television appearances include NBC’s Today Show, the CBS Early Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and a special broadcast for New York City’s PBS affiliate. She’s also performed with Mark Wood and the Mark Wood Experience on numerous occasions, including a video for PBS and performances at the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 NAMM shows in Anaheim, CA.  She’s played to sold-out audiences in major venues throughout the US, including the famed Madison Square Garden. Other performance venues include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Museum of History, the Oak Room and Terrace Room at New York City’s Plaza Hotel, Marriott Marquis, Washington’s historic Willard Hotel, Palm Beach’s exclusive Breakers Resort, and Austin’s legendary blues club Antone’s.

Bridgid was recently featured in an interview with Making Music Magazine, and has also been  featured in Guitar World magazine, as well as appearing in ads for Bugera amps in Guitar World, Guitar Player, Guitar Legends, and several other magazines. Bridgid is in high demand nationwide as a performer and studio player. She has recorded on numerous albums across all genres, and her debut solo album was released in early 2013. She also performs for private and corporate events all over the U.S.

Raised in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Bridgid began violin lessons at the tender age of 3. She went on to receive a full scholarship from Syracuse University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in violin and oboe performance and her master’s degree in music education. In the role of educator, Bridgid directed public school orchestra programs in upstate New York and Boston, MA for over 10 years. Her students have consistently performed at the highest level in state competitions and solo adjudications. Her orchestras have been invited to perform in such prestigious venues as Boston’s Symphony Hall and the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. Her students performed in the same hall where a young Mozart premiered his opera The Impresario.

Having realized the importance of integrating alternative styles and improvisation into school orchestra programs, Bridgid joined forces with Mark Wood Music Productions and Wood Violins in August 2007 and has been trained by Mark in his groundbreaking educational methods in conjunction with his Electrify Your Strings!™ series of music education programs. She now travels the country with her Viper, sharing her passion for music of all genres with orchestra students in public schools all over the US. In addition to the EYS programs, Bridgid has taught at the Mark Wood Rock Orchestra Camp, several camps presented by the American String Teachers’ Association, the Cayman Island Music Camp, and Strings Without Boundaries at Duquesne University. Bridgid has conducted honors orchestras for the Western Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association and the New York State School Music Association.  She has presented workshops and clinics to music educators nationwide at numerous conferences at the state and national level.  Bridgid also maintains a “virtual studio”, teaching lessons to students all over the world via video conferencing.

Bridgid uses and proudly recommends products by Wood Violins, Glasser Bows, Bugera Amps,  DigiTech, Behringer, Pigtronix and Blackstar. Currently living in Austin, TX, Bridgid also enjoys outdoor adventures, photography, healthy cooking and eating, and yoga.