Upcoming performances

Saturday, Jan. 8, 6 p.m. Farmington Grange, contra dance

Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. Mt. Vernon Community Center, Mt. Vernon, ME

Wednesday, FEb. 23, 7 p.m. Sugarloaf USA

Sunday, March 20, 3 p.m. Skye Theater, Carthage, ME

There is a pre-show jam session 45 minutes prior to curtain. Audience     members are encouraged to bring their instruments and jam with the artists for a few minutes. Call (207) 562-4445 or go to www.NECelticArts.com to reserve tickets.

March 27 2 p.m. Pineland Suzuki School Benefit Concert, Messalonskee Performing Arts Center, Oakland, ME

2 Highland Dr.
(Off Winter Hill Rd.)
South Carthage, ME 04224

Young fiddlers preserve Maine’s musical legacy

The Pineland Fiddlers is a touring ensemble of children age eight to 16 who play traditional fiddle music from Maine and Canada. All are students of Ellen Gawler, one of Maine’s top folk fiddlers, and most also study classical violin at the Pineland Suzuki  School. They perform throughout Maine at fairs, festivals, concerts and dances and their big, lively fiddle-orchestra sound has impressed crowds at venues such as the Chocolate Church in Bath, the Common Ground Fair, the L.L. Bean concert series, Johnson Hall Live, the Franco-American Heritage Center, the Kingfield POPS and the Skye Theater. They have toured Ireland, Turkmenistan, Quebec City, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. They have released two CDs.

These young musicians -- some of Maine’s most talented -- play the whole range of traditional music that makes up Maine’s musical legacy: traditional New England fiddle tunes, as well Quebecois and Celtic reels, jigs, ballads, waltzes and more.  They are the youth who will preserve Maine’s musical legacy for our children and grandchildren.