Denise McCurdy

Denise McCurdy was born in Texas to a family with deep musical roots. Her great-grandfather founded the Texas A&M University Marching Band. She plays her grandfather’s fiddle. She also performs as 'Fiddle Chick'. She was classically trained in violin and piano, but her heart was taken by the violin. Denise has played in orchestras, bands, chamber groups, duos and as a solo performer. Currently, she and her guitarist husband John divide their time between the Texas Hill Country and Eastport, Maine. In Texas, they are the core of Celtic Comfort, a popular five-person group that plays Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music. In Eastport, Denise and John perform as a duo, entertaining visitors and natives alike at local and regional festivals in New England and Canada’s Maritimes.