Canberra Scottish Fiddlers
The Canberra Scottish Fiddlers is a group of Scottish fiddle music enthusiasts who meet regularly to learn, teach and rehearse their favourite Scottish fiddle tunes.
Formed in 1999 in Canberra, Australia's national capital, the group includes fiddlers of all ages and experience. The Fiddlers perform at folk clubs, festivals and community events. The Fiddlers’ repertoire reflects the global flowering of Scottish music, with some members teaching tunes to the group after attending fiddle camps and schools in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, England and the US.
Informal rehearsals take place in convivial surroundings and are lots of fun. If you have a passion for Scottish fiddle music, this may be the small music group for you. Interested fiddlers are always welcome. Private lessons for beginners or more experienced players are available.
The Canberra Scottish Fiddlers usually meet every month, on a Sunday, from 3 – 6 pm.
Contact: Kate Scott ph (02) 6247 4753 or Lachlan Green ph (02) 6258 5221
Next meetings
Our next meeting will be on Sunday 28 September 2008, from 3 – 6 pm at the Green's house in Evatt.
Past meetings
On Sunday 31 August 2008 we played Tom Anderson's Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe, Come Awa' In and Angus Grant's Lureen's Tune.
We had a special meeting on Sunday 24 August 2008 to record some tunes to use in our application to perform at the 2009 National Folk Festival. The tunes we recorded are on our sound files page.
On Sunday 3 August 2008 we played Annbjorg Lien's Phoenix (a cool Norwegian tune in 7/8), the Les Trois Grands Luthiers set and Ahint Da Daeks O'Voe.
On Sunday 6 July 2008, we played Annbjorg Lien's Phoenix, The Sands of Murness/Myra's Jig/One Old Woman Would Dance set and Leire's Welcome to Cozac.
Latest news
New pictures of the Canberra Scottish Fiddlers
Check out the new pictures taken on 31 August 2008 on our new pictures page.
New recordings of the Canberra Scottish Fiddlers
Check out the new recordings made on 24 August 2008 on our sound files page.
New website launched
Our first-ever Canberra Scottish Fiddlers website was launched on 22 June 2008.
Celebrating another successful National Folk Festival
The Canberra Scottish Fiddlers joined with fiddlers from around Australia to play in the Festival Celtic Fiddle Rally at the 2008 National Folk Festival here in Canberra. The Celtic Fiddle Rally was organised by Trish Barker of the Sydney Scottish Fiddlers. Visit the Sydney Scottish Fiddle Website to see the tunes we played.