Afternoon workshops and Evening Concert

On Saturday and Sunday the familiar format of daytime workshops, evening concert, and Sunday sessions continues! Saturday workshops include opportunities to learn/hear tunes from County Mayo, New England, Scandinavia, French Canada, and the Bal Folk dance tradition, as well as explore songs of the Northern New England work camps, maritime traditions, and Irish Immigration.  There will also be a chance to dance Bal Folk!

Schedule of workshops

12:00 pm: Quebecois Fiddle:Pascal Gemme

1:00 pm: Swedish Tunes:Ben Fosse

2:00 pm: French-Canadian band: Pascal Gemme & Yann Falquet

3:00 pm: Quebec Tunes for all (intermediate): Sabin Jacques

Classroom

12:00 pm: Quebecois piano:Rachel Aucoin

1:00 pm: Guitar Accompaniment:Yann Falquet

2:00 pm: Bal Folk Tunes:Rachel Bell & Becky Tracy

3:00 pm: Ergonomics for fiddlers:Lissa Schneckenberger

Library

12:00 pm: Worksongs of Northern New England:Bennett Konesni

1:00 pm: Maritime Songs:Deirdre & Sean Murtha

2:00 pm: Tradition and Innovation in Singing:Bennett Konesni

3:00 pm: Songs of Irish Immigration:Deirdre & Sean Murtha

Auditorium

12:00 pm: New England Tunes for All:Ben Fosse

1:00 pm: Advanced Quebecois tunes:Sabin Jacques

2:00 pm: Irish Tunes from County Mayo for all: Paul McDonnell

3:00 pm: Bal Folk Dance: Becky Tracy, Rachel Bell, Rachel Aucoin

4:00 pm: PERFORMER CIRCLE:Pascal Gemme, Sabin Jacques, Rachel Aucoin, Paul McDonnell, Deirdre & Sean Murtha, Bennett Konesni, Benjamin Fosse, with host Keith Murphy

The Saturday evening concert (7:30 pm) will include an encore smattering of French-Canadian music but will also feature Paul McDonnell on Irish accordion, Bennett Konesni (guitar and vocals), Benjamin Foss (New England fiddle), singers Deirdre and Sean Murtha, and Traddleboro 2025.  This year’s Traddleboro, which highlights a different ensemble each year, will consist of members of the young musician group Fiddleheads Brattleboro, a program of Vermont Folklife, led by Laurel Swift and currently hosted at the BMC.

Tickets:  

Adult daytime $35.
Adult Concert $25.
Adult combo ticket: $50
For Youth: daytime $10, concert $10, combo ticket $15