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Learn and play music with masters from a wide array of fiddling styles during the annual workshops hosted in Port Townsend. Join Centrum for the next session of Fiddle Tunes.

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Troy MacGillivray

Nova Scotia
fiddle, piano, dance

Troy MacGillivray is from Lanark, a small community on the north-eastern shore of Nova Scotia. Troy’s commitment to music has spanned 30 years and includes both practical and academic accomplishments, most recently an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick in Ireland. From as young as six years old, Troy impressed audiences with his step dancing and soon after, fiddle and piano skills.…

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Sarah Kate Morgan

Tennessee
mountain dulcimer

Born of Appalachian soil in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, Sarah Kate Morgan sings, plays, and writes like she’s been in these hills since the dawn of time. She’s had plenty of varied influences, beginning with hearing a classical music CD belonging to her family and going on to discover old time music through a dulcimer built by her grandfather.…

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The Onlies

Artistic Directors: Fiddle Tunes

The Onlies are a young group of old friends who perform together in a stringband. They grew up playing fiddles, guitars, and banjos in their hometowns of Seattle, WA and Lexington, VA. With their latest self-titled recording, the band digs deep into performances of traditional American popular (old time) music. The music moves with a pulsating drive, sharp arrangements, and rich vibration — it resounds with the present.…

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Mairi Rankin

Nova Scotia
fiddle

Born in Mabou, Mairi Rankin is a fiddler and step dancer who has been influenced by some of the best Cape Breton traditional musicians and instructors on the island. She has developed her own unique style by being immersed in this rich musical culture, pulling from her native Cape Breton and her strong Scottish roots from North Uist.…

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Caitlin Romtvedt

Wyoming
Social Dance (with Tom Krueger)

Caitlin Romtvedt is a musician and dancer from Wyoming currently living in the Basque Country. She is a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology at the University of California, Berkeley studying and writing about the intersections of music, dance, and language use.

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Alexandre Cadarso Suárez

with Kevin Carr
Galicia, Spain
fiddle, gaita, percussion, culture

Alexandre Cadarso Suárez was born in Compostela in 1961. He holds a PhD in Sports Sciences, Physical Education and Healthy Physical Activity from the University of A Coruña. He currently works in the Sports Area of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

Alexandre began his musical training in 1977, learning to play the bagpipes with Maestro Bartolo and later with Manuel Miramontes.…

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