Carolyn Southworth

Although born in Portland, Carolyn grew up in Pendleton, Oregon, where she began studying piano and violin. Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, who was a violinist, and bandleader, Carolyn began studying the violin as well as the piano at the age of 5. In her high school years she played violin and viola in her high school’s award winning orchestra. It was during this time that she formed a bluegrass band, Blue Mountain Grass, in which she was featured on guitar and fiddle.