Live Workshops

How to Fiddle and Sing

Learn the basics of singing while you fiddle, complete with targeted warm-ups and tips. Explore traditional and modern techniques of fiddle accompaniment. Sync your voice and bow arm and experience the symbiotic resonance.

The Art of the Strathspey

Learn the finer points of Scottish & Cape Breton fiddling and technique. Get an overview of Scottish regional styles and how to they relate to different dance forms. Hone your march, strathspey and reel tempos, polish your ornamentation and add some fire to your bow arm.

Fiddle Moves, Body and Sole

An active participation overview of ALL movements you’ll find in fiddle music! Starting with stretching, body work and positioning and moving onto stagecraft, foot-tapping, and dancing while playing. Break into better body awareness and control and explore all the possibilities.

Fiddle Textures for Accompaniment and Band Work

Your fiddle has a wide palette of color and texture that lends itself beautifully for accompaniment and band arrangements. Learn chopping, strumming, slapping, and a variety of plucked and bowed ideas. Explore the possibilities of tone, grit, and rhythmic patterns to suit every situation.

THE CRWTH — Where the Fiddle Comes From (DEMO)

Experience the ancient Welsh Crwth from one of the only professional players left in the world! The crwth is a rectangular six-stringed bowed lyre that was a precursor to the violin and played all over the British Isles and continental Europe. It was known as the “cruit” Ireland and Scotland, the “crowd” or “crowth” in England and when played is the most haunting, medieval sound you’ve ever heard.