Alison Parker
Alison Parker was born and raised in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. She is a senior at the
University of Pittsburgh studying Industrial Engineering. She learned to play the violin at the age of 6, starting with the classical Suzuki method.
She got into old-time and bluegrass through her father and also from attending the Blue Heron Music Festival every summer, while also attending fiddle workshops taught by Keith McManus. Some of Alison's musical influences are Bobby Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Mark O'Connor, Donna the Buffalo, Tommy Jarrell, John Morris, Joe Thrift, Bob Dylan, and The Avett Brothers.
