Classes:
Each session is of equal length during the weekend.
Classes in red type indicate instruments other than fiddle are welcome!
Class 1 – Saturday 10am-12 noon
- AdvBeg–Int: Intro to Scottish Fiddle - Elke Baker
- AdvBeg–Int: Easy tunes from the Jewish tradition - Lisa Gutkin
- Int–Adv: Unique treasures for the Fiddle - Joe Herrmann
- Int–Adv: Concepts in Irish Fiddling - Cleek Schrey
(will explore stylistic and interpretive aspects of traditional Irish fiddling including bowing, ornamentation and melodic variation) - Int–Adv: Contra Band for Mixed Instruments - Amy Cann
Class 2 – Saturday 2-4:30pm
- AdvBeg–Int: Irish Fiddle Basics - Cleek Schrey
- AdvBeg–Int: New England Fiddle Style - Amy Cann
- Int–Adv: Old Time Dance Band - Joe Herrmann
- Int–Adv: Klezmer Fiddle - Lisa Gutkin
- Int–Adv: Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Style - Elke Baker
Class 3 – Sunday 10am-12 noon
- AdvBeg–Int: Old Time Favorites - Joe Herrmann
- AdvBeg–Int: Waltzes - Amy Cann
- Int–Adv: Pentatonic Improv on GDAE - Paul Oorts
(open to fiddle, mandolin, tenor banjo and octave mandolin players) - Int–Adv: Adding Flash and Pizazz with your Bowing - Lisa Gutkin
(will work beyond the notes on developing nuances in your bowing technique to evoke stronger flavors in a host of traditional styles) - Int–Adv: Irish Ceili Band for Mixed Instruments - Cleek Schrey
Class 4 – Sunday 1:30-3:30pm
- AdvBeg–Int: Finding your Fiddle Groove - Cleek Schrey
- AdvBeg–Int: Mandolin for Fiddle Players - Paul Oorts
- Int–Adv: English Country Dance Music for Violin - Amy Cann
- Int–Adv: Klezmer Band Workshop - Lisa Gutkin
- All levels welcome: Old Time Jam Session - Joe Herrmann
All Day Saturday Classes:
- Folk Fiddle For Seasoned Beginners is designed for newer students who need some work with basic skills and learn more slowly. It will cover some basic elements of playing including holding the violin, left-hand technique, bowing, tone production, practicing and building technical facility while learning some traditional folk melodies in a few different styles. - Ellen Jacobs
- Back up a Fiddle Tune on Hammered Dulcimer will explore chord patterns, back-up techniques and arranging tricks for backing up fiddle tunes on the hammered dulcimer working with a few popular old-time, celtic and contra dance melodies. - Ken Kolodner
Upper Potomac Music Weekends