Music of Idaho Music of the United States Local music AK - AL - AR - AS - AZ - CA - CO - CT - DC - DE - FL - GA - GU - HI - IA - ID - IL - IN - KS - KY - LA - MA - MD - ME - MI - MN - MO - MP - MS - MT - NC - ND - NE - NH - NM - NV - NJ - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - PR - RI - SC - SD - TN - TX - UT - VA - VI - VT - WA - WI - WV - WY Idaho has produced a number of musicians , including pop star Paul Revere and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill . Rosalie Sorrels is also a renowned folk singer , and Norm Weinstein is a prominent critic known in the jazz world . The town of Weiser has held fiddling contests since the 1890s , when the instrument arrived in Idaho on the Oregon Trail . Since the early 1950s , Weiser has been home to the National Oldtime Fiddlers ' Contest , held in June and hosting more than 20 , 000 people a year . There is also a National Oldtime Fiddlers ' Hall of Fame . Music venues and institutions There is an Idaho Symphony Orchestra , Idaho Falls Symphony Orchestra , Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra ( founded in 1981 ) , Idaho State Civic Symphony and a Washington Idaho Symphony . The Idaho State Civic Symphony is the oldest in the state , having been founded in the early 1900s . Major music venues include the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center at Idaho State University in Pocatello . Idaho State University 's Department of Music is among the most important institutions of musical education in the state . References Byron , Janet ( 1996 ) . Country Music Lover 's Guide to the U.S.A. , 1st ed. , New York : St . Martin 's Press . ISBN 0-312-14300-1 . Idaho State Civic Symphony history . Idaho State Civic Symphony . Retrieved on December 3 , 2005 . History of the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra . Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra . Retrieved on December 3 , 2005 . Notes ↑   Byron , pg. 59 ↑   Idaho State Civic Symphony and the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra External links Idaho Music Educators Association Idaho Music Teachers Association Categories : Idaho culture | Music of United States subdivisions Weiser symphony Country Music Lover 's Guide to the U.S.A. Byron , Janet ISBN 0-312-14300-1 New York St . Martin 's Press 1st ed. 1996 http : //www.thesymphony.us/history.asp Idaho State Civic Symphony history Idaho State Civic Symphony December 3 2005 http : //www.cdasymphony.org/history.html History of the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra December 3 2005 Weiser symphony 