Name: Fall Fiddle Festival Workshops 2025
Start: 2025-10-04T09:30:00-04:00
Location: Concord Community Music School

featuring fiddle faculty Jenna Moynihan, Pascal Gemme, Audrey Budington, & Liz Faiella
with Dan Faiella, guitar, accompanying daytime jams
Saturday, October 4, 2024
9:30am - 5:00pm (Doors open at 9:00am, orientation at 9:30am)
Concord Community Music School, Concord NH
Space is limited and pre-registration is required
Workshops + Concert: $130
Registration at https://www.ccmusicschool.org/event/fall-fiddle-festival-workshops-concert-2/
Open to all novice to advanced fiddlers and violinists, ages teen to adult. All fiddlers, including novice level, should have a basic familiarity with their instrument and some playing experience!
Fiddlers from the Celtic, New England, and Quebecois fiddling traditions will join forces in Concord for the seventh Fall Fiddle Festival, a day packed with workshops and group playing for fiddlers (and violinists who are interested in learning to fiddle!). The Festival, open to teens and adults, will include workshops on a variety of topics at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels. In the evening, all four fiddle faculty members will present a toe-tapping evening concert of fiddle music open to the public.
The Festival will feature guest faculty members Jenna Moynihan and Pascal Gemme, alongside two of New Hampshire’s own fiddling favorites, Audrey Budington and Liz Faiella. They'll be joined for the evening concert by accompanist Dan Faiella and Yann Falquet, guitar.
Jenna Moynihan is regarded as one of the best of the new generation of freestyle fiddlers. Versatile and inventive, her fiddling style draws strongly from the Scottish tradition, but is also influenced by American, Irish, and Swedish styles. She has performed as a soloist with The Boston Pops, and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS Sunday Morning, and currently performs with Seamus Egan Project, Hanneke Cassel Band, and in a duo with Màiri Chaimbeul. Pascal Gemme is a leading light in Quebec’s traditional music scene. Known as much for his original compositions as his fine interpretation of traditional tunes, Pascal is the fiddler, singer and arranger of the band, Genticorum, whose albums have met with critical acclaim in several countries. He has immersed himself in the traditional music around him, playing, collecting and recording music found all over Quebec.
From the Music School’s faculty, Audrey Budington is fluent in various fiddling styles and has performed with Rosanne Cash, Darol Anger, and Bruce Molsky among others. Liz Faiella, chair of the Folk Department at the Music School, brings flair and sensitivity to the traditional Celtic and New England folk music she loves.
Fall Fiddle Festival schedule
Please note: This is a tentative schedule and may be subject to change!
9:00-9:30 Doors open
9:30-9:45 Orientation
10:00-11:00 Workshop Session 1
11:15-12:15 Workshop Session 2
12:15-1:15 Lunch Break
1:15-1:45 Group tunes
2:00-3:00 Workshop Session 3
3:30-4:30 Workshop Session 4
4:45-5:00 Fall Fiddle Festival Finale Jam
5:00-7:30 Dinner Break
7:30-9:30 Concert
*A note about food: Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided! Lunch and dinner are not included in the cost of registration, but you are welcome to bring your own meals or head to downtown Concord. For lunch, you are also welcome to order (for an additional fee) from a list of options provided by the Music School when you register. Pre-ordered lunches will be offered on-site at lunchtime on Festival day.