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Scott and Cathy
Pearson
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Instrumental Duet ~
Scott & Cathy Pearson are an instrumental duet from Warren, PA who play
a mix of bluegrass, Celtic, old time, and swing music and have been
performing together since 1992. Scott & Cathy first met while playing
together in the Friends & Neighbors band from West Virginia and both
play the fiddle, mandolin and guitar and have played for many venues
throughout the years including craft shows, fairs, senior centers,
theatres, festivals, resorts, weddings, and many other events. In
addition to playing music, they are proud parents of 4 children.
Individually both have played music in different capacities for many
years and have been a part of a variety of recording projects.
Cathy originally from West Virginia has
won championships at the Winfield National Fiddle Contest, Vandalia
Fiddle Contest, Galax Fiddle Contest, Mid Atlantic Fiddle Contest, and
has placed in the prestigious Grand Masters Contest in Nashville, TN
along with winning state championships in Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Michigan. She also enjoys playing the mandolin in her
spare time and has placed in the Mid Atlantic Mandolin Championships as
well as the Mayville Bluegrass Festival Mandolin Championships. She has
also got to perform for Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia and be
an instructor at the Houghton College in New York and the College of
Davis & Elkins in Elkins, WV.
Scott
originally from Pennsylvania has played for the last 30 years in a
variety of bluegrass bands in his lifetime (Beaver Creek, Crooked Creek
Grass, Heart to Heart, Friends & Neighbors Band, and the Church Street
Blues Band). He has been fortunate to tour the eastern United States
with those bands opening for Ricky Skaggs, Kathy Mattea, Mark O’Connor,
and others and has been fortunate to play on stage with Del McCoury,
Bill Monroe, Tim Stafford, and Lynn Morris. He has also had the good
fortune to win the Merlefest Mandolin Contest as well as become a 2 time
Mayville Mandolin Champion, 3-Time New York State Guitar Champion, Mid
Atlantic Mandolin Champion, Maryland State and Pennsylvania State Fiddle
Champion, 6-time place winner in the National Mandolin Contests in
Winfield, Kansas, and a place winner in the Wayne Henderson Guitar
Contest and Rockygrass Guitar and Mandolin Championships. In addition,
this year Scott’s band “Church Street Blues” won the South Carolina
State Band Championship held at the Renofest Bluegrass Festival. Scott
has also been an instructor for guitar and mandolin at the University of
Edinboro, Houghton College, and the Mayville Guitar Convention.
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