Glen Loper is a music teacher and performing folk musician living in Portland, Maine.

Glen has played mandolin for over thirty years. He started off strumming chords and writing ridiculous songs in high school, and eventually turned his focus to fiddle music after discovering  the contradance  scene in college. Since then, he has dedicated as much time as possible to traditional music and dance.  Glen has toured with a number of bands to play dances, weddings,  and festivals across the country.

He also enjoys  teaching music from his home in Portland, ME, where he gives private lessons for mandolin and tenor banjo.   Glen also teaches at all the sessions  Maine Fiddle Camp in Montville, ME and is occassionally a guest teacher at other camps in the trad music scene.