Maine Fiddle Camp

Piano

Learn to play piano at Maine Fiddle Camp

Sure, Maine Fiddle Camp has a lot to do with learning to play the fiddle. But fiddlers need accompanists and piano is one of the oldest traditional accompanying instruments for fiddle. This year we have several top notch teachers who will instruct in a variety of styles, Quebecois, Scottish and Cape Breton, old time New England, or just the “beginner level”.

It is recommended, but not required, that piano students bring your own keyboard!

Check out the bios below, look on the staff schedule to see who is on staff for which session and sign up here..

June Weekend I

  • Alex Fortier

    Alex has been playing piano since the age of six, even receiving instruction from our esteemed MFC staff at a young age. He now adds his experience with various styles of music to MFC as staff.
    Having graduated from University of Rochester’s Music program in 2019, Alex is now working both solo and with various projects out of Rochester, NY.

  • Doug Protsik

    Doug Protsik

    Doug likes to play the “old-time piano” for dances, melodramas, honky tonk saloons, and silent movies. He learned his style from Otto Soper, Geneva Walton, and Danny Patt among many others. He plays with Old Grey Goose and produced all three of their recordings, including the group’s first recording in 1978 for Folkways, “Old Time Country Dance Tunes and Songs from Maine”, now available again on CD. Doug also plays piano, accordion, and fiddle. He is the Camp Director again this year. 
    116 Pleasant Cove Dr. Woolwich ME 04579 207-522-3800

June Week

  • Alex Fortier

    Alex has been playing piano since the age of six, even receiving instruction from our esteemed MFC staff at a young age. He now adds his experience with various styles of music to MFC as staff.
    Having graduated from University of Rochester’s Music program in 2019, Alex is now working both solo and with various projects out of Rochester, NY.

  • Doug Protsik

    Doug Protsik

    Doug likes to play the “old-time piano” for dances, melodramas, honky tonk saloons, and silent movies. He learned his style from Otto Soper, Geneva Walton, and Danny Patt among many others. He plays with Old Grey Goose and produced all three of their recordings, including the group’s first recording in 1978 for Folkways, “Old Time Country Dance Tunes and Songs from Maine”, now available again on CD. Doug also plays piano, accordion, and fiddle. He is the Camp Director again this year. 
    116 Pleasant Cove Dr. Woolwich ME 04579 207-522-3800

August Week I

August Week II