fiddle camp season is in full swing! Over the past decade, Scottish-born fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Menlo Park-raised cellist Natalie Haas have turned the Celtic music scene on its ear with . Iain of Hundalee, Rocco & Ruadh 9. He has founded five summer fiddling programs: the Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in California (begun in 1984), Alasdair Fraser Skye Week - a week-long course on the Isle of Skye (begun in 1987), Sierra Fiddle Camp in California (begun in 2006), Crisol de Cuerda, a Trad strings program in Spain begun in 2008 and . Homecoming 7. He graduated from the music school and is active in the . . Cries and Shrieks of Woe 6. . Store. 4. - a trad … The music's far-reaching impact is due largely to a decades-long campaign by Alasdair Fraser, a master fiddler from the Scottish Lowlands who's long called the Gold Rush . The arts scene is vibrating incredibly healthily. Info: (415) 566-4355; vom@sonic.net; www.valleyofthemoon.org 2020 CAMP: The Walker Family Band Safe and Sound Camp, Blowing Rock Conference Center, North Carolina, June 8-July 4, 2020. Eilidh's Frolic 9. Experience Founder, music director and teacher Sierra Fiddle Camp 2006 - Present16 years Owner Culburnie Records 1985 - Present37 years Founder, music director and teacher Valley of the Moon. Advance registration is $50.00 for General Admission and $30.00 for Youth 12 and younger. 3 . Press. The Magic Horse 2. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp Lodging & Facilities Shady Creek Camp is set in an oak and pine woodland featuring granite outcroppings with sloping terrain leading to a lovely boulder-strewn creek. Tech Rider & Stage Plot. Theme for Scotland 1 First Light * Dawn Rant 2 Dawn Dance Written for the . Txoria Txori 13. Listen to music by Alasdair Fraser on Apple Music. But his influence extends far beyond the bandstand. Date Event Location; Saturday, June 18 — Sunday, June 26 Sat, Jun 18 — Sun, Jun 26: Sierra Fiddle Camp Shady Creek Camp & Conference Center, Nevada City, CA: Shady Creek Camp & Conference Center, Nevada City, CA: Friday, August 26 — Saturday, September 3 Fri, Aug 26 — Sat, Sep 3: Valley of the Moon Fiddle Camp YMCA Camp Campbell, Boulder Creek, CA: YMCA Camp Campbell, Boulder Creek, CA 3 . We visited with Alasdair, as well as the MIM's new Artistic Advisor Pete Nowlan. Bio. 03/17/2019. The camp, running from June 17 to Sunday, culminates in a concert Saturday at Pioneer Park in the heart of Nevada City. Live in Spain by Skyedance, released 04 April 2018 1. 8. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas want to make America — and the world — dance again. Annette Allen Melbourne, Australia. Donostia 12. The Dreamer and the Jester 7. ( report link) Acoustic Music Camp: A three day camp in Dallas, TX for acoustic musicians. Posters. Pogonip 5. Antisyzygy 10. Rain on Rannoch 7. HAPPY FIDDLE CAMP SEASON! Rest & Be Thankful, Start Your Engines 11. We're already into FIDDLE CAMP SEASON.still 4 more camps both of us will be at to look forward to this summer/fall! Theme for Scotland 11. We have turned in our final numbers to Camp Casey, and now, we are ready! Wooden Whale, Leaps & Bounds, Skye Barbecue 4. Stratherrick 5. Back to all posts. World class instruction, small classes. Sleeping Girl The Magic Horse is a joyful celebration of rich Celtic and Balkin traditions with contemporary feelings added. Alasdair was born in . Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. A small, very friendly camp dedicated to the lively traditional music of Quebec. Quebec Fiddle Camp, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia (just outside Melbourne), November 2-6, 2018.Guest artists Laura Risk (fiddle), Rachel Aucoin (piano). Alasdair Fraser, and Deborah . He begins each fiddle camp with the most important, primal element of the music. Natalie Haas. This event is sponsored by Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp and underwritten by the Sierra Fiddle Village Fund of the non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization Scottish Fiddlers of California. . Galen Fraser. SFC is the parent organization for Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp, San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers and the Scottish Fiddlers of Los . Laura teaches fiddle and singing internationally at Newcastle University in England, and University of Limerick in Ireland and has given fiddle, song, and dance instruction at many summer fiddle camps, including Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon Fiddle School, Mark O'Connor's Nashville Fiddle Camp, the Sierra Fiddle Camp, and Folkworks Youth . Contact. . We are happy to announce that this year's Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas workshop on January 17-19th is full! Press Photos. We're already into FIDDLE CAMP SEASON.still 4 more camps both of us will be at to look forward to this summer/fall! Éric Favreau. Maria San Miguel. put some fliers up that said "Scottish Fiddle Camp: Come and learn how to play Scottish fiddle music." And we asked Tom Anderson, from the Shetland . Dawn Dance by Alasdair Fraser, released 21 May 1996 1. The Napper Tandies have been playing together for nigh on twenty years, thrilling Maine audiences with their particular brand of Irish music. Alasdair Fraser SKYE Trad Strings JUL 20-27, 2019 SKYE, SCOTLAND On the Isle of Skye!! Tour Dates. David & MIchelle's Wedding. I've been a huge fan since buying your first album Skyedance as an LP in 1987! Aerowenn Hunter. "The first thing . Magic Horse by Paul Machlis and Alasdair Fraser, released 15 April 2021 1. Moccasin Walk, Ackley Lake 5. Store. Jessie teaches fiddle to all ages at Maine Fiddle Camp, Sandy Island Suzuki Camp, at workshops, and in her private studio. An all-day workshop on Saturday, January 5, 2019 will be followed by an evening of ceilidh dancing and jamming. Alasdair was born in . Just a few of the Northwest Scottish Fiddlers that are ready to make a return for another great Scottish fiddle workshop! Alasdair Fraser, renowned performer and master teacher, is founder and music director of 5 music camps in California, Scotland . Find top songs and albums by Alasdair Fraser, including Harris Dance, Skye Dance, Lochiel's Awa' Tae France, Harris Dance, Tonight My Sleep Will Be Restless and more. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp Fiddle classes are scheduled in the morning and early afternoon and allow participants to study the various styles taught by each instructor. By Cristina Schreil A duo known for their deep exploration of Scottish music is expanding overseas. It's a great venue for 200 fiddlers from Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp, led by the magnificent fiddle player himself. Way Out to Hope Street 10. Sierra Fiddle Camp/Heart of Sierra has 819 members. Press. After a week of practicing, camp students and staff will come into town to give a concert Friday at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley. SCOTTISH FIDDLERS OF CALIFORNIA (SFC) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation committed to increasing the understanding and awareness of Scottish traditional music and associated cultures and art forms. Natalie attended the fiddle camp at age 11, and was performing with Fraser by her mid-teens. Marabilla 4. Alasdair Fraser, who is famous for his teaching as well as for his fiddling, is duplicating his successful Boulder Creek Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School on the San Juan Ridge. Fraser operates Culburnie Records and is a leading artist on the label. Alasdair Fraser. A performer, educator, and cultural activist, Fraser has nurtured several generations of string players at his fiddle camps, musicians who've distinguished themselves in various kindred Celtic traditions, jazz, bluegrass, old-time music, and genre-bending acoustic hybrids. Alasdair Fraser is one of the greatest carriers of the Scottish fiddle music tradition, a fiddler whose warmly expressive playing, mastery of his instrument and deep understanding of his native music as a venerable and continually evolving art is an inspiration to generations of musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. Video. Free Rein 13. They both teach at Fraser's popular annual summer fiddle courses (Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School and Sierra Fiddle Camp in California, and at Sabhal Mor Ostaig Gaelic College in Scotland), and Natalie is on the faculty of Berklee College of Music in Boston. Alasdair Fraser, a celtic, folk, traditional, world artist . Instructors include Alasdair Fraser, Anders Hall, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Hanneke Cassel, Deby Grosjean. They met at the Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in 1995 when Natalie was just eleven. Jessie teaches fiddle to all ages at Maine Fiddle Camp, Sandy Island Suzuki Camp, at workshops, and in her private studio. Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas host 2-day workshop in the magical Catskill Mountains of New York State. Listen to music by Alasdair Fraser on Apple Music. For eighteen years she taught basic beginning fiddle at Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon School of Scottish Fiddling. She has performed for the Oregon Council for the Humanities Chautauqua series, assembled a collection of recorded interviews and music of Oregon's old-time fiddlers (collection now housed in the Library of Congress and . COVID POLICY UPDATED MAY 14, 2022 After emigrating to California in the 1980s, he became a two-time winner of the open competition of the Scottish National Fiddle Championship, and has since spent his career studying and expanding the musical traditions of his homeland through various performances, solo albums, and highly regarded collaborations . Alasdair Fraser moved from his native Scotland to California more than 30 years ago, and established the Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in 1984. Subor 12. In fact, to hear Fraser — the "Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling" — describe one of Scotland's most valued tradition . . Allangrange 8. concerts, and sessions and teaches at Maine Fiddle Camp. . Dancing her first contra dance as a child to the band Swallowtail in New Hampshire, Jessie later moved to Maine, where she happily resides. The fiddle fest, a concert put on by the camp instructors, kicks off Fraser's Valley of the Moon summer camp. . First Light, Dawn Rant 2. Home. Stoney Run 8. Performances. ( report link) Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp: Fiddlers of all ages and levels of musical experience choose from daily workshops on Scottish and related fiddle styles. "It's nuts! Dawn Dance 3. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp Sierra Fiddle Camp 2022 Our covid policy may change as we take into account current scientific guidance approaching the start of camp. Bio. Tour Dates. Then to Spain for our 10th year, then back to California for Valley of the Moon. Sianka 11. . Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling," has a concert and recording career spanning 30 . The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. They made their first album together in 2004. Sierra Fiddle Camp JUNE 15-23, 2019 NEVADA CITY, CA In the beautiful Sierra Nevada California! By the time she was fifteen, they were collaborating on 18th century pieces that featured bass . A Stór Mo Chroí 7. Pamela Rose Grant 12. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas celebrate the release of their new album, Syzygy, with a live broadcast from The Center for the Arts on Friday, December 4, 2020. . On Saturday, June 22, Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp will celebrate the joy of traditional music in Nevada City at beautiful Pioneer Park with their thirteenth annual "Ceilidh in the Park" picnic concert. Highlighting links between multiple cultures, fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas perform tunes on their latest album, Ports of Call, that originate in Scandinavia, France, and Spain, taking their listeners on an auditory journey around the North Atlantic. Harris Dance 2. Video. The Other Side of Sorrow 14. Isa Burke. Crisol de Cuerda - JUL 28-AUG 03, 2019 ARLANZON, SPAIN A. Lien of Alesund 2. She is an active member of Boston-based band Childsplay (featuring 20+ fiddles made by Bob Childs) and co-founder (with Laura Cortese and Lissa Schneckenburger) of Celtic chick band Halali. Alasdair Fraser, renowned performer and master teacher, is founder and music director of 5 music camps in California, Scotland . Tail Toddle Finale Skyedance Live in Spain Alasdair Fraser (fiddle, viola) Eric . The Spark 9. By Cristina Schreil. For information on the Alasdair Fraser workshop, visit the Sierra Fiddle Camp website at www.sierrafiddlecamp.org. In addition to performing, they both have motivated generations of string players through their teaching at fiddle camps across the globe. SIERRA FIDDLE CAMP JUNE 18-26, 2022 APPLICATIONS OPEN FACULTY 2022 The camp, running from June 17 to Sunday, culminates in a concert Saturday at Pioneer Park in the heart of Nevada City. Alasdair Fraser is one of Scotland's most influential tradition-rooted fiddlers. A gifted teacher, Alasdair has inspired legions of accomplished and aspiring musicians through his concerts, recordings, and workshops. ALASDAIR FRASER'S SIERRA FIDDLE CAMP (AFSFC), founded in 2006, takes place in a beautiful setting on Shady Creek near Nevada City in northern California and works in tandem with VOM. Alasdair began fiddling as a young boy, learning classical violin in school and traditional fiddle at home. Patshiva 10. After a successful (and very hot) first camp of the summer, Sierra Fiddle Camp, we are headed to Skye this week! Both camps invite you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. On Saturday, June 27, Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp will celebrate the joy of traditional music in Nevada City at beautiful Pioneer Park with their fourteenth annual "Ceilidh in the Park" picnic concert. Sierra Fiddle Camp is a project from the mind of fiddler Alasdair Fraser, where over 250 adults and kids alike can learn and play a multitude of instruments. Galen's Medley 15. Jon Bews (fiddle and vocals) is an Edinburgh born violinist of the highest pedigree. Tollhouse Tumble. Enjoy the music of Scotland / Breton / Galicia!Happy Campers and Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Neil Pearlman, Christian LeMaitre, Christian Faucheur, Josino. Press Photos. Arranged in a circle, tuning to key, sit cellists Natalie Haas and Rushad Eggleston, Swedish fiddlers Anders Hall and Adam Johansson, tambourinist Jens Linell, Dublin fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and singer and composer Moira Smiley. Alasdair Fraser Instructors 2021. ". Jessie can be reached at (207) 344-3106. After emigrating to California in the 1980s, he became a two-time winner of the open competition of the Scottish National Fiddle Championship, and has since spent his career studying and expanding the musical traditions of his homeland through various performances, solo albums, and highly regarded collaborations . ( report link) Alaska Folk Festival: All . Dinky's Medley 5. Contact. Located at ShadyCreek Camp 15 minutes from Nevada City, this new camp of Fraser's runs through July and boasts a staff that's a real who's-who of Celtic . . Bio. Sheet Music Review: J.S. As with last year's highly successful event, Sierra Fiddle Camp has been re-imagined (rejigged!) Alasdair Fraser believes in a deeper sort of musical expression - a primal pulse, the type of music that originates deep inside, a groove. Common Ground 8. Fraser and Haas have toured internationally for over twenty years, wowing audiences at festivals and concerts worldwide. She teaches regularly at Alasdair Fraser's Valley of the Moon and Sierra Fiddle Camps, Boston Harbor Fiddle Camp, and the Club Passim School of Music. Funky 105 6. All tunes are taught by ear, and class divisions, ranging from advanced to those who have never played before, are based on students' rate of learning by ea. 1 Like -Alasdair & Natalie. Dancing her first contra dance as a child to the band Swallowtail in New Hampshire, Jessie later moved to Maine, where she happily resides. Emerson 6. Summer McCall. . Little Appalachia 6. -Alasdair & Natalie. . Alasdair Fraser (born 14 May 1955, Clackmannan, Scotland) is a Scottish fiddler.. Fraser operates Culburnie Records, and is a leading artist on the label.He has founded three summer fiddling programs: the Valley of the Moon fiddle camp in California (begun in 1984), a week-long course on the Isle of Skye (begun in 1987) and the more recent Sierra Fiddle Camp in California (begun in 2006). This event is sponsored by Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp and . Alasdair John Cameron Graham 4. first fiddle school. Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world not only as one of the finest fiddle-players Scotland has ever produced, but also as someone whose name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance which is transforming the Scottish musical scene." —Bruce MacWilliam, Scots Magazine. Sierra Fiddle Camp is a project from the mind of fiddler Alasdair Fraser, where over 250 adults and kids alike can learn and play a multitude of instruments. Trails connect the central dining hall to class areas, accommodations, and a large outdoor swimming pool. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp in northern California at Shady Creek Camp on the San Juan Ridge (near Nevada City) invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. Oct. 112012, 4 p.m. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas play The Freight Friday Oct. 12. The Napper Tandies. Posters. Independence Trail, Galen's Arrival 11. HAPPY FIDDLE CAMP SEASON! We will soon be taking down the . This Offenburg 2-violin adaptation of Bach's 15 Inventions by Mihoko Kimura is based on Bach's autograph manuscript for clavier, originally intended as teaching material for his sons. In 2020 and 2021, due to covid, we re-imagined camp as Heart of Sierra . Cullen Luper. to bring some of the magic of our beloved camp village to life online. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp in northern California at Shady Creek Camp on the San Juan Ridge (near Nevada City) invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. When I opened the fiddle camp on the Isle of Skye 30 years ago people were ignorant and a little . 8:30PM. I also love to tell people that you worked with my husband John at BP all those years ago and came to my 21st party ! Adam Sutherland. Syzygy by Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, released 15 January 2021 1. Goldenwood 3. Alasdair Fraser is one of Scotland's most influential tradition-rooted fiddlers. We will send notice of any changes by email. Elias Alexander. Bach's 15 Inventions for 2 Violins (Offenburg) Shows How He Taught His Children. 03/17/2019. Alasdair Fraser, director of the camp, excels in expressing the beauty and energy of traditional Scottish fiddling and in creating exciting new music informed by that tradition. Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp will celebrate the joy of traditional music Saturday, June 24, in Nevada City at Pioneer Park with the 12th annual "Ceilidh in the Park" News for Nevada County, California Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp in northern California invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. Pete and I reminisced about Northwestern University (and its football). the musical partnership between alasdair fraser, long regarded as scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented californian cellist natalie haas may not seem an obvious one, but the duo's dazzling teamwork, driving rhythms, and their shared passion for improvising on the melody and the groove of scottish tunes has helped … Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp will celebrate traditional music in Nevada City at beautiful Pioneer Park with their eleventh annual "Ceilidh in the Park" picnic concert on Saturday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Alasdair Fraser, renowned performer and master teacher, is founder and music director of five music camps in his native Scotland, U . Sweglish, Modally Challenged 3. People of all ages are invited to join master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, who has inspired and encouraged aspiring and accomplished musicians around the world, for a two day special event. Dizzy 3. ALASDAIR FRASER'S SIERRA FIDDLE CAMP (AFSFC), is now in its 11th year in a beautiful setting on Shady Creek near Nevada City in northern California and works in tandem with VOM. Being Scottish it's wonderful to have your music to transport me back to my homeland! Jessie can be reached at (207) 344-3106. Sally Mo Ghradh 10. Maritsa 9. Every year, Alasdair brings in two major guest fiddlers who represent a . Alasdair Fraser is widely acclaimed as the top Scottish fiddler on the scene today. Home. Thirty years later, with schools around the globe, his mission is much the same. When it comes to the world's most dynamic traditional Scottish music duo, everything old is new again. . Tech Rider & Stage Plot. It's called "Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp presents Fiddlers at the Fairgrounds Picnic Concert," and more than 100 musicians will fiddle on the outdoor stage in the meadow. Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas. Sep 7 2021 2:00 AM. A duo known for their deep exploration of Scottish music is expanding overseas. he has founded five summer fiddling programs: the valley of the moon [1] fiddle camp in california (begun in 1984), alasdair fraser skye week - a week-long course on the isle of skye (begun in 1987), sierra fiddle camp [2] in california (begun in 2006), [3] crisol de cuerda, a trad strings program in spain begun in 2008 and stringmania! Back to all posts. Highlighting links between multiple cultures, fiddler Alasdair Fraser and cellist Natalie Haas perform tunes on their latest album, Ports of Call, that originate in Scandinavia, France, and Spain, taking their listeners on an auditory journey around the North Atlantic. The event is being sponsored by Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp, in collaboration with Miners Foundry, and is underwritten by the Sierra Fiddle Village Fund of the non-profit Scottish Fiddlers of California. Run by Alasdair Fraser, with regular instructors, faculty, 2 guest artists, and about 200 campers, Valley of the Moon (VOM) it is the preeminent Scottish fiddle camp in the world and has been the blueprint for other music camps, such as the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. Find top songs and albums by Alasdair Fraser, including Harris Dance, Skye Dance, Lochiel's Awa' Tae France, Harris Dance, Tonight My Sleep Will Be Restless and more. Alasdair Fraser is one of the greatest carriers of the Scottish fiddle music tradition, a fiddler whose warmly expressive playing, mastery of his instrument and deep understanding of his native music as a venerable and continually evolving art is an inspiration to generations of musicians on both sides of the Atlantic.