Flower City Fiddle
Violin/fiddle lessons in Rochester, NY’s beautiful
Park Ave neighborhood!
Violin and fiddle lessons, beginners welcome!
Group classes and violin lessons for adults & kids 8+
18 Harvard Street
Rochester NY
flowercityfiddle@gmail.com
(585) 484-1937
18 Harvard Street
Rochester, NY 14607
Contact Flower City Fiddle for lesson rates and availability
living folk music
“Immersive and transporting.”
-Mikko, Finnish politician, Helsinki 2022
“The distinctive, reverberant sound that emanates from the instrument is worth hearing firsthand…”
- CITY Magazine, Rochester NY, 2019
“when she [accessed the instrument’s high registers], it provided the audience with the concert's most beautiful moments. “
-Daniel Kushner, Rochester NY, 2024
“A world class sound!”
-a happy concertgoer
Tales & Tunes
This illustrated book serves as an introduction to instrumental folk music and folklore from Sweden and Finland. It uses research from Alyssa’s Fulbright Finland grant project 2021-2022 and her studies at the Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo, Sweden 2023-2024. Illustrations and cover design by Clara Riedlinger.
Available digitally and in print. Limited copies available (only 100 first edition copies will be made).
2022 all women album featuring nyckelharpa
Music from Alyssa’s Fulbright time in Finland. Available for purchase on Bandcamp.