Boston States offers a unique musical immersion by taking a week-long (online) deep dive into Scottish and Cape Breton traditional music and dance from August 17-21, 2020. 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.

Mike Block String Camp is an annual summer workshop for string players of all ages and backgrounds, focusing on non-Classical traditions and contemporary musical styles, with emphasis on learning by ear, creativity, collaboration, and performance. The faculty are currently brainstorming about creating an exciting/fun online experience for you that will combine level-based teaching in multiple styles with broader community-building experiences.

Join students at StringPlay Online, a summer camp based in Phoenix, Arizona, for a week-long (now virtual) exploration of musical creativity! Founded in 2013, StringPlay provides a fun, creative, and educational environment where students learn new musical skills and approach music in new ways. In our one-week camps, students learn a new fiddle tune by ear, fun accompaniment techniques like chopping and shuffling, improvisation skills, and more! StringPlay is open to violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists who completed grades 7-12 in the 2019-2020 school year.

This course will give a comprehensive introduction to playing fiddle music for any string player. It will be a jumping board for anyone wanting to become a fiddler, or just learn some tunes. This workshop is made for musicians who want to further their musical toolboxes and diversify their experiences and various abilities on their instrument.

Join us for for a weekend of virtual classes, jams, performances, and all the things you love about Maine Fiddle Camp! The weekend will include Zoom Jam Sessions, Zoom Classes for all Instruments, Virtual Camper Concert, Specialty Workshops and more!

Challenges inspire innovation! This year we have created learning opportunities that had not previously been possible with greater variety, more teachers, more one-on-one access, more “aha” moments. Violin, viola, cello, mandolin, and guitar players learn tunes and techniques from a variety of traditions such as Bluegrass, Scottish, Jazz, Appalachian, Irish, and Blues. Be inspired by the energy of a week of camp and continue to access the lessons for an entire year.