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August Week II Guitar

Aidan Boardman

February 7, 2018 by

Dan Faiella

June 9, 2017 by

Dan Faiella specializes in fingerstyle arrangements of traditional Celtic tunes and songs. He is also in high demand as an accompanist for traditional Irish, Cape Breton, and New England contradance groups.  Dan has performed at the Capitol Center for the Arts, the Boston Celtic Music Festival, and the New Hampshire Statehouse. He has studied with folk musician David Surette and classical and jazz guitarist David Newsam. Dan has also had the opportunity to learn from top-notch Irish and New England folk musicians including flute player Shannon Heaton, guitarist Owen Marshall, and fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger.

To hear music from his duo project with his sister Liz Faiella, visit www.lizanddanmusic.com.

Owen Marshall

November 30, 2014 by

Vogue magazine calls musician Owen Marshall “A guitar/mandolin/banjo player rivaled in character only by the occasional three-pronged carrot” (Vogue 2009). Owen has accompanied and collaborated with many of traditional music’s top performers including Aoife Clancy, Liz Carroll, Darol Anger, John Doyle, Andrea Beaton, Jerry Holland, Ari & Mia Friedman and his own traditional Irish trio “The Press Gang”. [Read more…] about Owen Marshall

Eric McDonald

November 30, 2014 by

Eric McDonald has been instructing and performing on the mandolin for a number of years. In addition to his experience in the world of traditional music, Eric spent two and a half years studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he learned from some of the best including mandolinist John McGann and cellist Eugiene Friesen. Exposure to jazz and other styles come through in his playing. Eric has spent the last three years touring with bands such as The Dave Rowe Trio, Matching Orange, Jaded Mandolin and others. You can hear him on many independent recordings by Boston based artists, and you can catch him teaching at the Passim School of Music in Cambridge.

Bethany Waickman

March 9, 2015 by

Bethany Waickman is a guitarist based out of Portland, Maine. She grew up in a musical family in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state. After college she spent some time traveling, hiking, and playing music in Ireland. Upon returning, she moved to Boston to focus on music. She co-founded the contra dance trio, Anadama, and is the guitarist for VT-based fiddler/singer Lissa Schneckenburger. [Read more…] about Bethany Waickman

Aidan Boardman

Instrument: Guitar
Session(s): August Week I, August Week II, June Week, June Weekend II, VMFC - Feb 2021
Nest(s): Martins
Instrument by Session(s): August Week I Guitar, August Week II Guitar, June Week Guitar, June Weekend II Guitar

Dan Faiella

Instrument: Guitar
Session(s): August Week II
Instrument by Session(s): August Week II Guitar

Dan Faiella specializes in fingerstyle arrangements of traditional Celtic tunes and songs. He is also in high demand as an accompanist for traditional Irish, Cape Breton, and New England contradance groups.  Dan has performed at the Capitol Center for the Arts, the Boston Celtic Music Festival, and the New Hampshire Statehouse. He has studied with folk musician David Surette and classical and jazz guitarist David Newsam. Dan has also had the opportunity to learn from top-notch Irish and New England folk musicians including flute player Shannon Heaton, guitarist Owen Marshall, and fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger.

To hear music from his duo project with his sister Liz Faiella, visit www.lizanddanmusic.com.

Owen Marshall

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

Vogue magazine calls musician Owen Marshall “A guitar/mandolin/banjo player rivaled in character only by the occasional three-pronged carrot” (Vogue 2009). Owen has accompanied and collaborated with many of traditional music’s top performers including Aoife Clancy, Liz Carroll, Darol Anger, John Doyle, Andrea Beaton, Jerry Holland, Ari & Mia Friedman and his own traditional Irish trio “The Press Gang”. (more…)

Eric McDonald

Instrument: Guitar, Mandolin
Session(s): August Week II, June Week, June Weekend I, June Weekend II, VMFC - Feb 2021
Nest(s): Martins
Instrument by Session(s): August Week II Guitar, June Week Guitar, June Weekend I Guitar, June Weekend II Guitar

Eric McDonald has been instructing and performing on the mandolin for a number of years. In addition to his experience in the world of traditional music, Eric spent two and a half years studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he learned from some of the best including mandolinist John McGann and cellist Eugiene Friesen. Exposure to jazz and other styles come through in his playing. Eric has spent the last three years touring with bands such as The Dave Rowe Trio, Matching Orange, Jaded Mandolin and others. You can hear him on many independent recordings by Boston based artists, and you can catch him teaching at the Passim School of Music in Cambridge.

Bethany Waickman

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

Bethany Waickman is a guitarist based out of Portland, Maine. She grew up in a musical family in the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York state. After college she spent some time traveling, hiking, and playing music in Ireland. Upon returning, she moved to Boston to focus on music. She co-founded the contra dance trio, Anadama, and is the guitarist for VT-based fiddler/singer Lissa Schneckenburger. (more…)

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2021 Dates(Tentative):

All camp sessions for 2020 have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Here are the tentative 2021 dates.

June Weekend I – June 18-20, 2021
June Week – June 20-25, 2021
June Weekend II – June 25-27, 2021
August Week I – August 8-13, 2021
August Week II – August 15-20, 2021

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New Tunes Posted for 2020:

  • A Hundred Pipers
  • After the Ball
  • Britches Full Of Stitches
  • Canadian Reel
  • Daleigh
  • Flop Eared Mule
  • Have You Been to Ireland?
  • Highland Laddie
  • In the Good Old Summertime
  • Indian Reel
  • Irish American Waltz
  • La Moquine
  • Maggie Brown
  • Monk’s March
  • Moonlight Bay
  • Quebec Reel
  • Rain
  • Saponette
  • Wait Till the Sunshines, Nellie

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