Often referred to as one the smoothest fiddle players in North America, Patti is known for her effortless delivery of some of the best traditional Canadian fiddle music of all time.

Patti is in high demand for performances, teaching, recording, and judging fiddle contests across the continent.

At the age of four, Patti began to learn playing the fiddle, and has a resume that reads like that of an Olympic champion.  A few to her credit includes the Canadian Junior Champion (1985), 3-time Champion at the famous Pembroke, ON competition, 6 time Manitoba Champion, 3 time Grand North American Champion, and in 1994, 1995 and again in 1996, Patti won the prestigious Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Ottawa, ON.   Patti was the first woman in the history of Canada to ever win and was the very first person from Western Canada to attain the crown.

Patti has been featured on several other projects throughout her career.

• Featured on sound track for the Canadian movie production of Spirit Rider
• Featured on sound track for the Canadian movie production of Children of My Heart
• Recorded opening and closing theme the weekly CBC production Country Canada
• Inaugural telecast of the Canadian Aboriginal Achievement Awards in 1997
• Multi award winner Manitoba Association of Country Arts
• Recorded on many independent Canadian recordings

Patti is a regular performer and special guest at music camps and festivals across North America and is one of only a handful of Canadian musicians that has been asked to judge the renowned U.S. Grand National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho.  As if Patti’s music career wasn’t busy enough, she is also the host of a popular radio morning show with her husband Joel and hosts one of Canada’s only weekly 100% Canadian Fiddle music radio shows in Campbell River, BC.

Patti is known across the country in the fiddle music world and with her humble demeanour and personable stage presence allows the audience to soak in the music and connect with her in a special way.  Patti has a razor sharp wit and when she starts playing her fiddle the musical spirits instantly come alive in whatever room she’s playing!