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 meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Sunday 14 February 2010 from 3 – 6 pm at the Green's house in Evatt.
Latest news
Lachlan and Phil appeared at Woodford, Cygnet and Newstead Folk Festivals
Lachlan and Phil appeared at the Woodford Folk Festival, held in Queensland from 27 December to 1 January 2010. Lachlan and Phil also played a week later at the Cygnet Folk Festival, held in Tasmania on 8-10 January 2010. Two weeks later they appeared at the Newstead Live! Music Festival, held at in central Victoria on 22-25 January 2010.
Phil Green joins Board of National Folk Festival
In November 2009 Phil was appointed to the Board of the National Folk Festival.
Lachlan and Phil's house concert
Lachlan and Phil held a free house concert on Saturday 12 December 2009 at the Green's house in Evatt. They played a selection of the tunes they will be playing at their forthcoming gigs at the Woodford, Cygnet and Newstead folk festivals in December/January.
Canberra Scottish Fiddlers members perform at the 2009 National Folk Festival
Canberra Scottish Fiddlers member Lachlan Green, accompanied by Phil Green on guitars and bodhran, performed as a duo at this year's National Folk Festival in Canberra. Lachlan also conducted a workshop on Scottish fiddle. Sheet music for the tune he taught, Twisted Bridge, can be found on our sheet music page. Scottish dance band Strathmannan, featuring Canberra Scottish Fiddlers Kate Scott and Mark Jenner, also performed at the National. (April 2009)
Canberra Scottish Fiddlers part of Fiddle Rally at 2009 National Folk Festival
The Canberra Scottish Fiddlers performed as part of the Celtic Fiddle Rally at the 2009 National Folk Festival In Canberra at Easter. The Fiddle Rally was coordinated by Trish Barker from the Sydney Scottish Fiddlers and the music played is on their website.
New sheet music added
Lachlan has added lots of new and updated sheet music to our sheet music page. These tunes are some of the old and new tunes in the Canberra Scottish Fiddlers' repertoire (February 2009).
Past meetings
On 22 November 2009 we reviewed several of the tunes we had learnt during the year.
On 25 October 2009 we reviewed the John McDonald's Reel set, The Tangerine Dream, the Miss Mary Macdonald set and the Da Auld Resting Chair set.
On 27 September 2009 Lachlan taught us a new tune, The Tangerine Dream by Chris Stout from Fiddlers Bid. We then reviewed John McDonald's Reel, Farewell to Whalley Range and Maggie's Pancakes.
On 30 August 2009 we played Maggie's Pancakes, John McDonald's Reel, Farewell to Whalley Range, Da Auld Resting Chair, Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe, Come Awa' In and Phoenix.
On 26 July 2009 we played the Flowers of Edinburgh set and the Mull Rant set, and again polished Stella's Trip to Kamloops, John McDonald's Reel and Farewell to Whalley Range.
On 28 June 2009 and 31 May 2009 we played some of our older sets, and ran through Stella's Trip to Kamloops, John McDonald's Reel and Farewell to Whalley Range.
On 3 May 2009 we learned Stella's Trip to Kamloops and Michael McGoldrick's Farewell to Whalley Range.
On 1 March 2009, 15 March 2009 and 15 April 2009, we practised some of the tunes to be played at the Celtic Fiddle Rally at this year's National Folk Festival In Canberra at Easter.
On 1 February 2009, we again practised Da Auld Resting Chair, Come Awa' In, Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe, John McDonald's Reel and Phoenix, focussing on arrangements and chords.
On 7 December 2008, we practised Da Auld Resting Chair, Come Awa' In and Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe. We then ran through John McDonald's Reel and Phoenix.
On 2 November 2008 we started to learn Michael McGoldrick's Farewell to Whalley Range. We also ran through the Shetland set consisting of Da Auld Resting Chair, Come Awa' In and Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe. We then ran through John McDonald's Reel and learned some drones to go with it.
On 28 September 2008 we learned Tom Anderson's Da Auld Resting Chair and placed it in a set with Come Awa' In and Ahint Da Daeks O' Voe. We then ran through Phoenix in all its many parts.
On 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 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 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 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.