
Alison Parker
Alison Parker was born
and raised in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. She is currently sophomore at
the
University of Pittsburgh. 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 and
attending fiddle workshops taught by Keith McManus. Some of Alison's
musical influences are
Bobby Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Mark O'Connor, Donna the Buffalo, Tommy
Jarrell,
John Morris, Joe Thrift, Bob Dylan, and The Avett Brothers.