Boston Scottish Fiddle Club

Scottish Session with Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
2020-12-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-10-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Facebook Live
These sessions takes place on the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club Facebook group page. If you are not a member of that Facebook group you should go to that page and request to join. You will be accepted as long it looks like you are a human with no bad intentions. Anyone can join.

On Wednesday evening when you go to the Facebook group page you should see the Facebook Live event underway.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip via Paypal(sign in here) during the session directly to Katie and Neil using Katie’s Paypal email: mcnallykl@gmail.com. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their end. This is how we can help Katie and Neil during this very difficult time for touring and performing musicians.

* On Paypal enter Katie’s email, enter the $ amount, click “Continue”, select “Send to a friend“. This will eliminate the fee at Katie and Neil’s end.

“See” you at the session!

LIST OF POPULAR TUNES played at these sessions here.
Data on which tunes were played each month or frequency of tunes over time: Lance Ramshaw’s site.
Questions? Send us an email.
(When life is normal these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

Online Workshop with Anna Wendy Stevenson
2020-11-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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Anna Wendy Stevenson is a fiddler specializing in Celtic music, she has toured the world as a performer and teacher working with a range of artists and community groups. As a composer, she has written music for film, theatre, animation, TV and Royal Conservatoire exam boards. In 2011, her Celtic Connections festival commission My Edinburgh was nominated for a BBC MG Alba Composer Of The Year award. Anna-Wendy has produced several albums and recorded on over 35, working with many artists from different genres including her grandfather, composer and pianist Ronald Stevenson. She has directed for several TV shows and documentaries including BBC Itrad and BBC Christmas service which featured her students from Benbecula. She was also nominated Music Teacher Of The Year for the Scottish Music Industry Awards in 2011.
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We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.

Online Workshop with Ed Pearlman
2020-11-01 15:15 - 16:15 | Zoom Meeting online
For Members only

Zoom Workshop Schedule:

2:00 – 3:00pm Beginner/Intermediate workshop
(learn tunes at a slower pace)
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:15 Intermediate/Advanced workshop
(faster-paced and more advanced)

* Members will receive the Zoom link the day before the workshop.

Ed Pearlman plays with heart and an unusual depth of knowledge about Scottish and Cape Breton music. He is a full-time fiddler and teacher living in the Portland, Maine area. His band, Highland Soles, with wife Laura Scott and 3 kids, offers a contemporary take on traditional Scottish and Cape Breton dance and music, and his new CD, On the Edge, features the innovative piano playing of his son Neil. Ed directed the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club for 18 years, building it from about 15 to nearly 200 members, and creating events such as the 15-year annual Scottish Fiddle Rally, spotlighting each year a different soloists from Scotland and Cape Breton with dancers and Fiddle Club members. A CD of Rally highlights is on Greentrax Records. The Fiddle Rally pioneered, for the general public, the connection between the fiddling of Scotland and Cape Breton. Ed also created and directed for 7 years the Celtic Festival at the Hatch Shell, featuring top Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton artists, and led the Fiddle Club on two performing tours to Cape Breton. Since the mid 90s, Ed has written the music column for Scottish Life magazine. Ed’s Portland America Distributing was for 11 years the US distributor for recordings from Scotland, Atlantic Canada, and selected titles from Ireland, Brittany and Wales; this distribution has continued under a new owner since 2003. Ed has taught many camps, including Blazin-in-Beauly in Scotland, Ohio Scottish Arts School since 1995, Pinewoods, Maine Fiddle Camp, Ashokan, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. Ed created the music committee and music books for the RSCDS Boston Branch, and has played other styles as well, including contra dances (he ran Roaring Jelly for a few years and currently runs a monthly contra dance in Portland), and a swing jazz band.

Online Workshop with Ed Pearlman
2020-11-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Meeting online
(Note: daylight savings time ends – clocks “fall back”)

For Members only

Zoom Workshop Schedule:

2:00 – 3:00pm Beginner/Intermediate workshop
(learn tunes at a slower pace)
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:15 Intermediate/Advanced workshop
(faster-paced and more advanced)

* Members will receive the Zoom link the day before the workshop.

Ed Pearlman plays with heart and an unusual depth of knowledge about Scottish and Cape Breton music. He is a full-time fiddler and teacher living in the Portland, Maine area. His band, Highland Soles, with wife Laura Scott and 3 kids, offers a contemporary take on traditional Scottish and Cape Breton dance and music, and his new CD, On the Edge, features the innovative piano playing of his son Neil. Ed directed the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club for 18 years, building it from about 15 to nearly 200 members, and creating events such as the 15-year annual Scottish Fiddle Rally, spotlighting each year a different soloists from Scotland and Cape Breton with dancers and Fiddle Club members. A CD of Rally highlights is on Greentrax Records. The Fiddle Rally pioneered, for the general public, the connection between the fiddling of Scotland and Cape Breton. Ed also created and directed for 7 years the Celtic Festival at the Hatch Shell, featuring top Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton artists, and led the Fiddle Club on two performing tours to Cape Breton. Since the mid 90s, Ed has written the music column for Scottish Life magazine. Ed’s Portland America Distributing was for 11 years the US distributor for recordings from Scotland, Atlantic Canada, and selected titles from Ireland, Brittany and Wales; this distribution has continued under a new owner since 2003. Ed has taught many camps, including Blazin-in-Beauly in Scotland, Ohio Scottish Arts School since 1995, Pinewoods, Maine Fiddle Camp, Ashokan, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. Ed created the music committee and music books for the RSCDS Boston Branch, and has played other styles as well, including contra dances (he ran Roaring Jelly for a few years and currently runs a monthly contra dance in Portland), and a swing jazz band.

Young Fiddlers Workshop Series with Hanneke Cassel
2020-10-23 20:00 - 20:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
These workshops will be faster paced evenings geared toward musicians under 25.
All instruments are welcome
Expect to learn a tune or two by ear.
Older members welcome to “audit” with audio & video turned off to keep the focus on the younger musicians

Effervescent and engaging, Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel is a performer, teacher and composer whose career spans over two decades. Her style fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with Americana grooves and musical innovations, creating a cutting-edge acoustic sound that retains the integrity and spirit of the Scottish tradition. Hanneke’s music is a blend of the contemporary and traditional, described by the Boston Globe as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness.”

Online Workshop with Anita MacDonald
2020-10-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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Anita MacDonald, along with her duo partner Ben Miller, have become renowned across Canada and further afield, for their synergistic approach to traditional Scottish music. Blending Scottish Lowland pipes with Cape Breton fiddle, Gaelic song and step-dance, Ben and Anita join together the threads of Old and New World traditions, while constantly exploring new ways to bring their instruments closer together. Their music has been hailed as “Playful, poignant, and passionate all at once” — “Fresh, yet totally traditional.”
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We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.

Online Workshop with Wendy MacIsaac
2020-10-04 15:15 - 16:15 | MA
For Members only

Zoom Workshop Schedule:

2:00 – 3:00pm Beginner/Intermediate workshop
(learn tunes at a slower pace)
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:15 Intermediate/Advanced workshop
(faster-paced and more advanced)

* Members will receive the Zoom link the day before the workshop.

Wendy MacIsaac is a renowned fiddler from Cape Breton who has been playing music for over 30 years. She is recognized as one of the “old school” style of players who has kept the traditional sound going and has a deep respect for it. Wendy is also a sought after piano accompanist and step dancer. Besides performing as a solo artist, Wendy tours with Mary Jane Lamond. Wendy can also be seen performing with Heather Rankin and occasionally Beolach who she toured with for 11 years. Wendy is in high demand for her skills at teaching the Cape Breton style of fiddling. She travels throughout North America and overseas as well as teaching from her home in Halifax.

ONLINE Workshop with Wendy MacIsaac
2020-10-04 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Meeting online

Online Workshop with Rua MacMillan
2020-09-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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Hailing from Nairn, Rua Macmillan is one of Scotland’s top fiddlers. Having graduated with a B.A.(Hons) in Scottish Music from the R.S.A.M.D. (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), and being awarded the prestigious title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2009, Rua has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, inlcuding performances at some of the world’s most prominent Folk Festivals, including Celtic Connections (Sco), Cambridge (Eng), Ortigeuira (Spn), and Winnipeg (Can). His debut album, ‘Tyro’ (CDTRAX346) was voted instrumental album of the year in the Fatea Awards, and was picked by Songlines Magazine as a ‘Top of the World’ album.
In 2014, Rua joined the multi-awardwinning Blazin’ Fiddles
In addition to touring, Rua is in great demand as a tutor, and teaches regularly with Fèis Rois, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow Fiddle Workshop, as well as internationally.
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We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.

Cancelled! Scottish / Cape Breton Session with Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
2020-09-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Facebook Live
The session will take place on the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club Facebook group page. If you are not a member of that Facebook group you should go to that page and request to join. You will be accepted as long it looks like you are a human with no bad intentions. Anyone can join.

On Wednesday evening when you go to the Facebook group page you should see the Facebook Live event underway.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip via Paypal(sign in here) during the session directly to Katie and Neil using Katie’s Paypal email: mcnallykl@gmail.com. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their end.

This is how we can help Katie and Neil during this very difficult time for touring and performing musicians.

Wearing headphones may help to hear Katie and Neil while you play along with them.

* On Paypal enter Katie’s email, enter the $ amount, click “Continue”, select “Send to a friend“. This will eliminate the fee at Katie and Neil’s end.

“See” you at the session!

LIST OF POPULAR TUNES played at these sessions here.
Data on which tunes were played each month or frequency of tunes over time: Lance Ramshaw’s site.
Questions? Send us an email.
(When life is normal these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

Annual Meeting / Social / Session
2020-09-13 15:00 - 18:00 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Come join us for our Annual Meeting. There will be time for socializing, a quick report and then a session with Barbara and Robert McOwen!
3:00 – Socialize
3:15 – Annual Meeting
More socializing
4:00 – 6:00 Session with Barbara and Robert McOwen
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Online Workshop with Allan Henderson
2020-08-31 15:00 - 16:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
NOTE TIME CHANGE!
An ONLINE Workshop Series.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, $15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing” workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.
We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.
Allan Henderson -Born and bred in the West Highlands, Allan Henderson is very much in the vanguard of the resurgence of interest in the native Gaelic culture of that area. He’s a founder member of Blazin’ Fiddles, and works as a performer, teacher, composer and producer. He is one of the foremost exponents of Scottish Highland music and Gaelic culture around today.

Online Workshop with Gordon Gunn
2020-08-03 14:00 - 15:30 | MA
An ONLINE Workshop Series.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, $15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing” workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.
Schedule

Monday, August 3 – Gordon Gunn
Monday, August 31 – Allan Henderson

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.

Online Workshop with Troy MacGillivray
2020-07-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
An ONLINE Workshop Series.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, $15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing” workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive the Zoom link via email the day before the workshop.
Schedule

Monday, June 29, 2:00-3:30pm – Jenna Moynihan
Monday, July 20, 2:00-3:30pm – Troy MacGillivray
Monday, August 3 – TBA
Monday, August 31 – TBA

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.

Online Scottish & Cape Breton Session with Katie McNally and Neil Pearlman
2020-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Facebook Live
Join us for the LAST SESSION BEFORE SUMMER BREAK!.
The session will take place on the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club Facebook group page. If you are not a member of that Facebook group you should go to that page and request to join. You will be accepted as long it looks like you are a human with no bad intentions. Anyone can join.

On Wednesday evening when you go to the Facebook group page you should see the Facebook Live event underway.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip via Paypal(sign in here) during the session directly to Katie and Neil using Katie’s Paypal email: mcnallykl@gmail.com. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their end.

This is how we can help Katie and Neil during this very difficult time for touring and performing musicians.

Wearing headphones may help to hear Katie and Neil while you play along with them.

* On Paypal enter Katie’s email, enter the $ amount, click “Continue”, select “Send to a friend“. This will eliminate the fee at Katie and Neil’s end.

“See” you at the session!

LIST OF POPULAR TUNES played at these sessions here.
Data on which tunes were played each month or frequency of tunes over time: Lance Ramshaw’s site.
Questions? Send us an email.
(When life is normal these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

Online Workshop with Jenna Moynihan
2020-06-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
A new ONLINE Workshop Series for these strange times.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, $15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive instructions by email for joining in.
Schedule

Monday, May 18, 2:00-3:30 – Jenna Reid
Monday, May 25, 2:00-3:30pm – Maura Scanlin
Monday, June 1, 2:00-3:30pm – Mairi Rankin
Monday, June 15, 2:00-3:30pm – Judi Nicolson
Monday, June 22, 2:00-3:30pm – Anna Massie
Monday, June 29, 2:00-3:30pm – Jenna Moynihan

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.

Online Workshop with Anna Massie
2020-06-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online

ONLINE Scottish & Cape Breton Session with Katie McNally and Neil Pearlman
2020-06-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Facebook Live
During this time of social distancing sessions will be held on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month on Facebook LIVE until we are able to gather again.
The session will take place on the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club Facebook group page. If you are not a member of that Facebook group you should go to that page and request to join. You will be accepted as long it looks like you are a human with no bad intentions. Anyone can join.

On Wednesday evening when you go to the Facebook group page you should see the Facebook Live event underway.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip via Paypal(sign in here) during the session directly to Katie and Neil using Katie’s Paypal email: mcnallykl@gmail.com. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their end.

This is how we can help Katie and Neil during this very difficult time for touring and performing musicians.

Wearing headphones may help to hear Katie and Neil while you play along with them.

* On Paypal enter Katie’s email, enter the $ amount, click “Continue”, select “Send to a friend“. This will eliminate the fee at Katie and Neil’s end.

“See” you at the session!

LIST OF POPULAR TUNES played at these sessions here.
Data on which tunes were played each month or frequency of tunes over time: Lance Ramshaw’s site.
Questions? Send us an email.
(When life is normal these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

Online Workshop with Judi Nicolson
2020-06-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
A new ONLINE Workshop Series for these strange times.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, $15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive instructions by email for joining in.
Schedule

Monday, June 1, 2:00-3:30pm – Mairi Rankin
Monday, June 15, 2:00-3:30pm – Judi Nicolson
Monday, June 22, 2:00-3:30pm – Anna Massie
Monday, June 29, 2:00-3:30pm – Jenna Moynihan

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.

Online Workshop with Anne Hooper - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-06-07 15:15 - 16:15 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
ONLINE – Workshop with Anne Hooper
Via Zoom:
Members will receive instructions for connecting to the workshops

For Members only
(Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25, valid until September. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing” workshops and sessions!)

May 3 – Mari Black
June 7 –Anne Hooper

Zoom Workshop Schedule:

2:00 – 3:00pm Beginner/Intermediate workshop
(learn tunes at a slower pace)
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:15 Intermediate/Advanced workshop
(faster-paced and more advanced)

Online Meeting Workshop with Anne Hooper - Beginner/Intermediate
2020-06-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States

Online Workshop with Mairi Rankin
2020-06-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online

Online Workshop with Maura Scanlin
2020-05-25 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
A new ONLINE Workshop Series for these strange times.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, %15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive instructions by email for joining in.
Schedule

Monday, May 18, 2:00-3:30 – Jenna Reid
Monday, May 25, 2:00-3:30pm – Maura Scanlin
Monday, June 1, 2:00-3:30pm – Mairi Rankin
Monday, June 15, 2:00-3:30pm – Judi Nicholson
Monday, June 22, 2:00-3:30pm – Anna Massie
Monday, June 29, 2:00-3:30pm – Jenna Moynihan

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate workshops. Any member can participate online.

ONLINE Scottish & Cape Breton Session with Katie McNally and Neil Pearlman
2020-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Facebook Live
This is the new format in this time of Covid-19 and social distancing! Sessions will be held every two weeks on Facebook LIVE until we are able to gather again.

The session will take place on the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club Facebook group page. If you are not a member of that Facebook group you should go to that page and request to join. You will be accepted as long it looks like you are a human with no bad intentions. Anyone can join.

On Wednesday evening when you go to the Facebook group page you should see the Facebook Live event underway.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip via Paypal(sign in here) during the session directly to Katie and Neil using Katie’s Paypal email: mcnallykl@gmail.com. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their end.

This is how we can help Katie and Neil during this very difficult time for touring and performing musicians.

Wearing headphones may help to hear Katie and Neil while you play along with them.

* On Paypal enter Katie’s email, enter the $ amount, click “Continue”, select “Send to a friend“. This will eliminate the fee at Katie and Neil’s end.

“See” you at the session!

LIST OF POPULAR TUNES played at these sessions here.
Data on which tunes were played each month or frequency of tunes over time: Lance Ramshaw’s site.
Questions? Send us an email.
(When life is normal these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

Online Workshop with Jenna Reid
2020-05-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
A new ONLINE Workshop Series for these strange times.
For Members Only – (Special “Social Distancing” Memberships available for only $25 Individual, %15 Youth , $40 Family, valid through August. This membership gets you into all of the new “Social Distancing workshops!)
This will be a Zoom meeting – Members will receive instructions by email for joining in.
Schedule

Monday, May 18, 2:00-3:30 – Jenna Reid
Monday, May 25, 2:00-3:30pm – Maura Scanlin
Monday, June 1, 2:00-3:30pm – Mairi Rankin
Monday, June 15, 2:00-3:30pm – Judi Nicholson
Monday, June 22, 2:00-3:30pm – Anna Massie
Monday, June 29, 2:00-3:30pm – Jenna Moynihan

We encourage people to tip the workshop leader if you can via Paypal, directly to the leader’s account. Touring musicians have had all of their gigs cancelled and this is a chance to help them out.
These are intermediate/advanced workshops. Any member can participate online.
