Maine Fiddle camp is NOT just for fiddles. We have some of the top banjo players in the northeast teaching in a variety of styles.. Check out the instructors (below) and when you’re ready to sign up go to the registration page!
June Weekend I
- John Gawler
John plays 5-string banjo, guitar, and piano and is the best bottom feeder in the business! When he isn’t smiling and putting on a roof, he is smiling and singing a Woody Guthrie song, accompanied by his wife, Ellen Gawler, or one of his daughters in the Gawler Family Band. Besides doing workshops, John helps host the camper concerts.
282 Guptill Rd. Belgrade ME O4917 207-495-2267 - Stuart Kenney
One of the most in demand upright bass, and five-string banjo players on the US contradance circuit, Stuart Kenney’s regional musical interests sweep from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia. He has a long career in many traditional music genres. His interest in Quebecois music formed through the fiddling of Lisa Ornstein, and performances by La Bottine Souriante. The inclusion of French Canadian music into the living tradition of New England contradance music caught his attention early on. (more…)
June Week
- Sara Grey
Sara Grey has been playing banjo for over 58 years.
Her dad, from northern NH, played fiddle and he took Sara down south when she was young back in the early 50’s to watch some of the “old boys” play and sing. She took that knowledge back up to NH where she grew up,and played for square dances when she was still in school. She has been playing ever since….dividing her time between the states and Scotland. She has taught wherever she has lived and at many traditional music camps and schools. This year (2022 August Week I) at camp I will be doing a “cross the pond” migration of ballads and songs each day for one hour. We will cover each region of the States and parts of Canada. (more…)
August Week I
- Jennifer ArmstrongI am delighted to be back at MFC this summer teaching banjo, fiddle, sharing stories, getting up to high jinks. I have over 60 years of performing and teaching music behind me but I think my daughter’s bio for me at 33 still holds. (Except for the brown hair with a little auburn. It’s now grey with a little brown.)
Bio for Jennifer Armstrong by Georgia Rose, age 10.
My mother is 33 and getting smarter every day. Her hair is dark brown with a small amount of auburn in it. She is a music maker and gives her music to schools, libraries and nursing homes. She has two girls. A ten year old and a nine year old. Her skills in cooking are slowly growing better. She has just finished playing banjo, fiddle, guitar, lap dulcimer and spoons in a production of Quilters. She says she is inspired to make a quilt herself. She’ll need a lot of help and wishful thinking. (That tells you her skills with a needle. Ha ha ha ha!) She’s doing her best in life and in my opinion its pretty good. She is honest, hard working, beautiful and is a heck of a fiddle player. I love her a whole lot!
Jennifer Armstrong135 Fisher LaneAsheville, NC 28804 - Stuart Kenney
One of the most in demand upright bass, and five-string banjo players on the US contradance circuit, Stuart Kenney’s regional musical interests sweep from Southwest Louisiana to Acadia. He has a long career in many traditional music genres. His interest in Quebecois music formed through the fiddling of Lisa Ornstein, and performances by La Bottine Souriante. The inclusion of French Canadian music into the living tradition of New England contradance music caught his attention early on. (more…)
August Week II
- Carter Logan
Carter plays banjo with his band “Jerks of Grass” and also plays for dances. He has a unique repertoire and we are pleased to have him on staff at camp
www.jerksofgrass.com