Boston Scottish Fiddle Club

2022-04-20 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Hybrid Session with Barbara McOwen & Beth Murray

April 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

In-person & on Zoom
Session Leaders: Barbara McOwen & Beth Murray
Must provide proof of vaccination
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members plus the email list of interested people the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club or on our session email list and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.
If you have received Zoom links for sessions in the past you will receive one for this.

Zoom Workshop with Mairi Rankin
2022-04-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop with Mairi Rankin Monday!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Sunday Meeting with Barbara McOwen
2022-04-03 14:00 - 16:30 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont, United States
Barbara McOwen is teaching IN-PERSON at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting this Sunday! A video recording will be available afterwards.

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

**Must have proof of vaccination and wear a mask to attend.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Hybrid Session with Leland Martin & Eamon Sefton
2022-03-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
In-person & on Zoom
Session Leaders: Leland Martin and Eamon Sefton
Must provide proof of vaccination
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members plus the email list of interested people the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club or on our session email list and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.
If you have received Zoom links for sessions in the past you will receive one for this.

Zoom Workshop with Kevin Henderson
2022-03-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop with Kevin Henderson Monday!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Sunday Meeting with Elizabeth Anderson
2022-03-06 14:00 - 16:30 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont, United States
Hopefully we will meet IN-PERSON at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting. A video recording will be available afterwards.

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

**Must have proof of vaccination and wear a mask to attend.

Elizabeth Anderson Elizabeth is the 2020 US National Scottish Fiddle Champion and the 2016 Perth All-Scotland Fiddle Champion. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, she teaches string instruments as a middle school and private instructor.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Zoom Workshop with Wendy MacIsaac
2022-02-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop – Teacher TBD
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.

Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after 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.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Zoom Session with Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
2022-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom Meeting online
February 16th @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Session Leaders: Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman

Minimum $5 donation requested – directly to Katie & Neil’s PayPal and Venmo
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar (in your own house)

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. Share the Zoom link with your friends! If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

Sunday Meeting - Zoom Only - with Mari Black
2022-02-06 14:00 - 16:30 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont, United States
Zoom workshops at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting!

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Zoom Session with Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
2022-01-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Session Leaders: Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar (in your own house)

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. Share the Zoom link with your friends! If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

Zoom Workshop with Anna Wendy Stevenson
2022-01-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop with Anna Wendy Stevenson Monday!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

*Zoom* meeting with Katie McNally
2022-01-02 14:00 - 16:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Katie McNally is teaching ON ZOOM at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting this Sunday! A video recording will be available afterwards.

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

**Must have proof of vaccination and wear a mask to attend.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Zoom Workshop with Jenna Reid
2021-12-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop with Jenna Reid Monday!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Monthly Session In-Person & on Zoom with Leland Martin & Eamon Sefton
2021-12-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Session Leaders: Leland Martin and Eamon Sefton
Must provide proof of vaccination
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

In-Person Sunday Meeting with Anne Hooper
2021-12-05 14:00 - 15:30 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont, United States
Anne Hooper is teaching IN-PERSON at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting on Sunday! A video recording will be available afterwards.

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

**Must have proof of vaccination and wear a mask to attend.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Monthly Session In-person & on Zoom
2021-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Session Leaders: Barbara McOwen & Terry Traub
Must provide proof of vaccination
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

Zoom Workshop with Troy MacGillivray
2021-11-15 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

No Sunday Meeting
2021-11-07 | MA
Check out Fiddle Hell. There are many many workshops in many styles, many instruments and with a whole slew of great teachers.

Wednesday Night Session: In-person & on Zoom
2021-10-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA, 02472, United States
Session Leaders: Katie McNally and Neil Pearlman
Must provide proof of vaccination
Must wear a mask unless sitting and drinking.

Minimum $5 donation requested
Location: Upstairs at the Canadian American Club in Watertown (plenty of space to spread out)
Everyone welcome! All instruments, friends, listeners, etc.
Cash Bar

Zoom link will be sent to Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members the day before and will be posted in the “Members Only” section of the website. If you are not a member of the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club and would like the Zoom link email bostonscottishfiddle@bsfc.org by 5:00 the day of the session.

Zoom Workshop with Natalie Haas
2021-10-18 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
Zoom workshop with Natalie Haas Monday!
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm Eastern Time

Zoom link will be emailed to members the day before the workshop.
Zoom Cloud recording available for about a month after the workshop.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Sunday Meeting In-Person with Jenna Moynihan
2021-10-03 14:00 - 16:30 | Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Belmont, United States
Jenna Moynihan is teaching IN-PERSON at the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club’s meeting this Sunday! A video recording will be available afterwards.

Two workshops:
2:00pm (Beginner/ Intermediate)
3:15pm (Int./ Advanced).

**Must have proof of vaccination and wear a mask to attend.

Join the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club to attend. Members also have access to video recordings of workshops, sheet music and instructor recordings of tunes taught at all 17 workshops this year.
Annual memberships: $50 Individual, $70 Family, $35 Youth (25 & under), good through August 2022. For more info about the workshops, go here.

Online Workshop with Gregor Borland
2021-06-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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Gregor Borland grew up near Inverness in the Scottish highlands and started fiddle lessons with Donald Riddell at the age of 9. After several years and many successes in fiddle competitions all over Scotland, he was sent to continue his studies with Hector MacAndrew, an acclaimed fiddler in the north-eastern tradition. Both his teachers inspired and influenced his great love of highland pipe marches and stirring strathspeys. He lived and worked in Edinburgh for many years as a piano technician. During that time he played and recorded with many great bands and artists, including Kathryn Tickell, Davy Steele, Jim Malcolm and Burach, to name just a few. He toured extensively all over the UK and as far afield as Colombia, Australia and Russia. Gregor began teaching while still in Scotland, but eventually moved to Spain with his wife and young family. He is passionate about passing on my musical heritage to the next generation of fiddle players, which he does at his fiddle camps in Spain and Scotland. He has also continued to tour and teach in other countries.
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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.

Scottish Session with Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman
2021-06-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-05-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | 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 or about to begin.

In lieu of a donation basket at the door you can send a tip to paypal.me/neilpearlman or Venmo: @neil-pearlman. Select “Send to someone you trust” so there are no fees at their 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.
(During non-Covid times these sessions take place in person on the Third Wednesday of each month (September – June) at the Canadian American Club in Watertown, MA.)

2021 BSFC Gala Celebration!
2021-06-06 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
FREE for Boston Scottish Fiddle Club members!
$10 Non-members:

2021 BSFC Gala Celebration – Sunday, June 6th

1:00 – 2:15 – Allan Henderson will teach the tune Thursday Night in the Caley (written by Allan).
2:15 – 2:45 – Recipe Swap – Share your favorite recipe from ‘the lockdown’
2:45 – 4:00pm – Barbara McOwen will teach the tune Peter Barnes’ Trip to Skye (written by Barbara)
4:00pm on – Session led by Barbara and Robert McOwen

Online Workshop with Jennifer Wrigley
2021-05-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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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 Anne Hooper
2021-05-02 15:15 - 16:15, 2021-05-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom meeting, MA, United States
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.

Two-time winner of the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Championships, Anne Hooper has performed frequently for dance events of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society since her introduction to Scottish Country dancing in 1984. Anne has served as Music Director of Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School and of several RSCDS Boston Branch concerts and at Pinewoods Camp. She has performed with the dance band, Tullochgorum, for many years – both in the U.S. and Scotland. Under her other guise as a classical violinist, Anne Played for nine years with the Camerata Academica of Salzburg and the Sinfonieorchester Graunke of Munich and is an active member of the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra and the Boston Philharmonic. She is on the faculty at The Rivers Music School and The New School of Music.

Online Workshop with Pete Clark
2021-04-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Zoom Meeting online
An ONLINE Workshop Series – for Members Only
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Pete Clark – Pete Clark, performer, composer and teacher, lives in highland Perthshire, where he has many private students, coaches an enthusiastic weekly fiddle group in Dunkeld, and runs his own fiddle courses at the Birnam Institute. For 15 years Pete was a tutor in the Scottish music degree course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Born and raised in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, Pete is now based in Perthshire not far from the birthplaces of two significant historical figures in traditional Scottish music, Niel Gow and Robert MacIntosh. He has performed and recorded with many notable musicians including Dougie MacLean, Rod Paterson, and John Watt. In recent years he has presented workshops and master classes at Edinburgh’s annual fiddle festival, Stirling University Summer School, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Common Ground Scotland, and fiddle schools throughout Scotland and beyond. He has twice been on the adjudication panel at the annual Glenfiddich fiddle competition at Blair Castle.
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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.
