Rayna Gellert, Date of Birth

Rayna Gellert

American musician

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1975

Profession: singer, fiddler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Rayna Gellert (born December 15, 1975) is an American violinist and singer specializing in old-time music.
She grew up in Elkhart, in northern Indiana.
Her father is the traditional fiddler and banjo player Dan Gellert.
Originally a classically trained violinist, she took up the old-time fiddle in 1994, when she moved to North Carolina to attend Warren Wilson College.
She received a bachelor's degree from Warren Wilson College. Gellert is a former member of the Freight Hoppers.
From 2003 to 2009 she performed and recorded with the all-female old-time band Uncle Earl.
In 2003, she was a featured performer at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
She has also performed with the dance company Rhythm in Shoes, the West African-influenced band Toubab Krewe, Abigail Washburn, and Scott Miller.
She has toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Chile. She has been a finalist at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia several times.