Hey diddle, diddle, he plays mean fiddle

River Lee

“I love playing my fiddle,” said 12-year-old River Lee. “I play a lot of Texas-style fiddle music. I also like cool swing tunes and experimenting with improvisation.” The seventh-grader has won many contests, and is proud of being the Texas State Freshman Division Champion. “Contests are fun because I love to jam and like making new fiddle friends,” he said. “Fiddling is very meaningful and important to me.”

River Lee
AGE: 12
GRADE: 7
SCHOOL: McCullough Junior High, CISD
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Arkansas Pickin’ & Fiddlin’ Peewee and Junior-Junior Championships; Colorado State Junior-Junior Championship; Peewee World Championship; American Heritage Music Festival Junior-Junior Championship; Texas State Freshman Division Champion
CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES: Chamber orchestra; football
FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AFTER SCHOOL:“Football, hunting, fishing and jamming with my fiddle friends.”
FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE: Old-style Texas fiddle music
PASSION: Music
INSPIRATION: “Major Franklin, because his fiddle playing drives me, and I imagine myself playing like him one day with all the legendary Texas guitar players.”
WHAT THREE ITEMS CAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NOT LIVE WITHOUT: “My Fiddle, my football and my dog, Dusty Miller.”