Valerie Mindel has many years of experience as a singer, guitarist, fiddler and music teacher. She currently has home bases in Vermont and Japan--when she's not on the road making music! Val specializes in tightly harmonized parlor, early-country, honky-tonk and swing songs, but her repertoire reaches far beyond that. A long-time stalwart at many Augusta programs, she performs, teaches, and records with her daughter, Emily Miller. They released a duet CD in 2007.