Meghan Perdue

Meghan Perdue, a native of Maryland, is an internationally sought-after performer, recording musician, and teacher. She holds her Bachelor of Music degree from Belmont University in Commercial Violin Performance, a Master of Music degree also from Belmont in Commercial Violin Performance with a focus on String Pedagogy, and an Ed.D. in Learning Organizations and Strategic Change from Lipscomb University.

Perdue has studied with world-renowned pedagogues including Alasdair Fraser, Tammy Rogers-King, Hanneke Cassel, Tracy Silverman, Buddy Spicher, Darol Anger, and Harald Haugaard, among many others. Fluent in a broad range of styles such as classical, Celtic, Scandinavian, jazz, and more, Meghan’s versatility distinguishes her as a current resident of Nashville, Tennessee. Her performance abilities have garnered respect from music professionals around the globe. In the words of prestigious Celtic-American fiddler Hanneke Cassel, “I’ve been especially excited to see Meghan start finding her own voice since we met in 2006. She is a captivating, soulful performer, who is extremely talented and hard-working.”

As a performer, Perdue has appeared in iconic performance venues across the U.S. and abroad in Scotland, Germany, Spain, South Africa, Botswana, and New Zealand, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Grand Ole Opry House, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and numerous specials aired on PBS. She has performed with notable artists such as Ricky Skaggs, Hailey Whitters, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael W. Smith, Denyse Graves, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Hanneke Cassel, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, and others.

She has recorded on dozens of full-length albums, EPs, artist singles, video game soundtracks, music videos, and documentary soundtracks for a wide range of artists and composers. She is the lead fiddler and arranger for instrumental crossover band Celtic Cross. In addition, she served as the lead fiddler and arranger for the Belmont University World Fiddle Ensemble for six years, the Principal Second Violinist of the Belmont University Symphony Orchestra, and the first violinist of Belmont University’s Jazz String Quartet.

In addition to her performance career, Perdue has become an accomplished pedagogue since she began teaching in 2007. Through working with students ranging in age from 4 years old to adults in private lessons, classes, and at music camps and workshops, Perdue has discovered her passion to help others find the joy and value of music in their lives. She has been a featured teacher at workshops both nationally within the United States and internationally. She desires to someday mentor and educate teachers at the collegiate level.

Perdue is currently on faculty at Belmont University in the School of Music. She is also on faculty at Vanderbilt University in the Blair School of Music, where she is the Assistant Director of the Fiddling Program, teaching fiddle and classical violin lessons as well as coaching the performance group Fiddle Frenzy with Senior Artist Teacher Crystal Plohman Wiegman. Additionally, she is both a member of the teaching faculty and of the organizing committee for Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp.

-February 2024