About Boston States
The Boston States Fiddle Camp is a week-long program founded in 2020 by Katie McNally, Dorene Higgons, and Katharine MacPhail, with help from Rachel Reeds. At Boston States, we offer a unique musical immersion by taking a week-long deep dive into Scottish and Cape Breton traditional music and dance. Our priority is to provide the world’s best instruction in Scottish music all while building our local community and fostering creativity and FUN across ability levels, age, and backgrounds. We offer classes in fiddle, piano, guitar, step dancing, and more.
The Virtual Set-Up
Because of ongoing concerns with COVID-19, Boston States Fiddle Camp will not be launching in person this year. Instead, they will be hosting a week of online workshops, jams, and parties on Zoom. To help keep up all of our spirits, maintain a sense of community, and keep their faculty employed, they are rolling out an online camp with classes August 17-21, 2020. What will be provided:
1 fiddle class each day from a rotating featured instructor
1 rotating non-fiddle class each day: step-dance, guitar, piano, singing, cello
1 elective each day: cooking class with Nancy Bell! Interpretive dance with Elias Alexander!
45-minute session every evening led by our auxiliary fiddle staff
GALA CONCERT on Friday night featuring all of the faculty
Dropbox with recordings and sheet music for the week
Check-in email each morning of camp
All classes will be recorded and available to watch later if you are working/unavailable during the hours that classes are taking place. Because of these extenuating circumstances, all classes will be conducted at an intermediate level.
The Faculty
Katie McNally, Camp Director
Wendy MacIsaac, Cape Breton Fiddle
Allan Henderson, Scottish Fiddle
Adam Sutherland, Scottish Fiddle
Alasdair White, Fiddle
Hanneke Cassel, Beginner Fiddle
Natalie Haas, Cello
Christine Morrison, Cape Breton Step Dancing
Neil Pearlman, Piano
Elias Alexander, Pipes & Whistle
Dominique Dodge, Gaelic Song
Eamon Sefton, Guitar
Elizabeth Anderson, Fast Jam
Barbara McOwen, Slow Jam
Louise Bichan, Fast Jam
Conor Hearn, Band Lab
Maura Shawn Scanlin, Band Lab
Galen Fraser, Fast Jam
Anne Hooper, Slow Jam
Listen to Boston States’ Faculty on Spotify today!
The Cost
Boston States is offering a FEW financing options:
$200/individual student for the week
$300/household for the week
$40/day rate
Gala Concert by donation
All registration is online and a $10 processing fee will be added to each order.
SIGN UP HERE!
If you would like to make an additional donation to the camp, please do so HERE. All funds brought in through this link will go directly toward paying the faculty—most of whom will not be able to perform at concerts and festivals for the rest of the year—and making sure Boston States has the resources to happen in 2021.
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