Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Balkan Camp + Maine Fiddle Camp

This turned out to be a major camping year.

One week in Balkan Camp followed by a week of the Maine Fiddle Camp.

At the Balkan Camp I took Albanian and Greek fiddle workshops.  Played the cello in the Albanian and Bulgarian ensembles.

I did several hours of cello workshops at the Maine Fiddle Camp but also tried some Irish fiddling and other stuff.

It was nice to remember tunes from thirty years ago.  I could actually play some of them in a group setting!   I definitely want to go back to Maine Fiddle Camp. It was wonderful.

Here are two tunes I learned at camp.



Da Slockit Light - Supposedly the composer was thinking about a fishing village in the Northeast islands that was being abandoned.

 
Something Albanian.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

you're very inspiring, i love the way you play. i'm a begginer cellist, almost a year learning now, hope to play clearly soon just like you :)

Unknown said...

wish i could also be at a music camp, it must be really fun :)