The Roaring Brook Fiddler

Julie was born into a family of creative artists. Deeply inspired by her parents' passion for human rights, peace and justice for all, Julie believed she could save the world through music. Midway into her journey, all she'd loved, all she'd worked for, was ripped away. This is the magnificently woven story of how her muse and her sixth sense saved her soul.

What does it take to live a creative life of conscience? To transition from a loving cocoon out into a harsh world that seeks the rational above fantasy, snubs creativity, and seeks money above all else? Julie was gifted a loving, close-knit artistic family of activists. Her education was supported, and her spirit, nurtured. But Julie's life path roared into the dark depths, forcing her to strip away all illusions about marriage, success, comfort and security. Only one pawn in a failing planet, determined to make a difference, she fought to keep her muse alive as she rode hurdle after hurdle into a new life.

JULIE LYONN LIEBERMAN is the author of ten music books, five instructional music videos, seven hours of programming for National Public Radio, over two dozen string orchestra scores published by Alfred, Kendor and Carl Fischer, as well as over fifty articles for music magazines. Her titles include Rockin' Out with Blues Fiddle, Improvising Violin, You Are Your Instrument, Planet Musician, Creative Band and Orchestra, Twelve-Key Practice, A Festival of Violin and Fiddle Styles, The Contemporary Violinist, How to Play Contemporary Strings, and Alternative Strings: The New Curriculum.