August Week II Fiddle
Louisa Engle
Liz Faiella
Éric Favreau
Mary Fraser
Ellen Gawler
Session(s): August Week II, June Week, June Weekend II, VMFC - Feb 2021
Nest(s): Hawks
Instrument by Session(s): August Week II Fiddle, June Week Banjo, June Weekend II Fiddle

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Session(s): August Week II, June Weekend II
Instrument by Session(s): August Week II Fiddle, June Weekend II Fiddle

Louisa started playing violin as and eight-year-old through her public school’s strings program. In high school, she taught private violin lessons to younger students. Her music became more fiddley by the day. As a sophomore at Marlboro College, she founded a contra dance band, named “Wendy and the Lost Boys” by their admirers. The band studied with musician Keith Murphy. Louisa then hosted a monthly contra dance series that ran for four years. (more…)
Session(s): August Week II
Instrument by Session(s): August Week II Fiddle

An Irish fiddler with New England contradance flair and classical sensitivities, Liz Faiella has captivated audiences at premier folk venues, contradances, and festivals around New England. (more…)
Session(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I, June Weekend II, VMFC - Feb 2021
Nest(s): Buffleheads
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Fiddle, August Week II Fiddle, June Week Fiddle, June Weekend I Fiddle, June Weekend II Fiddle

Éric Favreau comes from a family of traditional musicians and has spent a great deal of time playing with other fiddlers, learning their repertoire and studying their varied styles. Éric has explored and exploited various sources including archives and personally made field recordings and has accumulated a rich and fascinating repertoire. Over the years, he has garnered a profound understanding and vast knowledge of Québécois traditional music. (more…)
Session(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I, June Weekend II
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Fiddle, August Week II Fiddle, June Week Fiddle, June Weekend I Fiddle, June Weekend II Fiddle

Mary Fraser began her musical life by training in classical violin for thirteen years, concluding with a Suzuki method violin teacher certification. She then left the classical music world and traveled extensively throughout the UK, immersing in the traditional music of her heritage. Carrying right on into the southern US states to study the old time fiddle styles of eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and North Carolina. (more…)
Session(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I, June Weekend II, VMFC - Feb 2021
Nest(s): Blues Jays
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Fiddle, August Week II Fiddle, June Week Fiddle, June Weekend I Fiddle, June Weekend II Fiddle

Ellen Gawler is a celebrated fiddler, masterful in many styles, including Irish, French-Canadian, Maritime, Shetland and New England. Her fiddling possesses sparkling clarity, authentically rooted in tradition while at the same time inventive and playful. Her lively delivery of traditional fiddling has sent many a contra dance hall into whirling delight with soaring melodies and driving rhythms. (more…)