Scottish Fiddling Resources
The following links will allow you to discover a great deal of information about Scottish Fiddling. Many of the sites include links to even more information.
 
Listening to experienced players, either through recordings or in person, is very important. Be sure to check the Scottish Fiddle Club page to locate players in your area.

If you have information on links that you think would be appropriate for this
list please contact the SFIRE president, Anne Leslie, by email.

Please check our Scottish Events page for more information.

1. Information
2. Organizations
3. Scottish Games
4. Performers
5. Recordings
6. Training Schools
7. Music Sources
8. Printed Music Online

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1. Information

Cape Breton Fiddling -
      www.portlandamerica.com/page14.html

The Devil's Box - Information about the Fiddle -
      www.geocities.com/flpmaster

Fiddler Magazine’s “Carrying on the Traditions: Cape Breton Scottish Fiddling Today” -
      www.gpfn.sk.ca/culture/arts/fiddle/revs/vcapebreton.html

Maggie's Music for info on tours, albums, DVDs and videos -
      www.maggiesmusic.com

San Francisco Examiner article on Scottish Fiddling -
      www.culburnie.com/PressClippings/2001ExaminerSFSF.htm

SCOTS Magazine -

      Home Page of the US SCOTS Directory of Scottish Games and Festivals, listing all events worldwide by location and date, and the US SCOTS Directory of Scottish Websites, listing thousands of links to Scottish sites around the world. Also the Home Page for the US SCOTS Ring of Scottish sites, the largest Scottish-interest Ring on the Net with over 200 Member sites. www.usscots.com

Scottish Banner (newspaper) -
      www.scottishbanner.com

Scottish Country Dancing in Montreal -
www3.sympatico.ca/nlink.household/scd_mtl/scd_mtl_home.htm#Site%20Features

Scottish Fiddle part I -
      www.portlandamerica.com/page22.html

Scottish Fiddle part II -
      www.portlandamerica.com/page22.html

Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th—Century by David Johnson (NEW Edition APR 2005) -
      www.mercatpress.com

Sonoma County Folk Society article on Scottish Fiddling -
      www.socofoso.org/folkpage2.html

Traditional Scottish Music -
      www.sfcelticmusic.com/SCOTMUSC/scottcds.htm

The Association of Scottish Games and Festivals -
      www.asgf.org/

California Traditional Music Society(CTMS)-
      www.ctms-folkmusic.org/

Catawba Valley Scottish Society/
Loch Norman Highland Games -
      www.ruralhillfarm.org/

Celtic Arts Foundation -
      www.celticarts.org/

fiddlingaround.co.uk -
      www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/
      www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/scotland/

Portland America -
      www.portlandamerica.com/

San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers -
      www.sfscottishfiddlers.org/

Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society -
      www.gpfn.sk.ca/culture/arts/fiddle/

Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles -
      fiss.com/events/FI00540.htm

Scottish Fiddling Revival Ltd. -
      www.scottishfiddling.org

Strathspey & Reel Society of New Hampshire -
      www.srsnh.org

Traditional Celtic Music in the San Francisco &
Monterey Bay Areas -
      www.sfcelticmusic.com/

Alma Highland Festival & Gathering of the Clans,
May 25-26, Alma , MI -
      www.almahighlandfestival.com

Anne Arundel Scottish Festival and Highland Games
October 12-, Crownsville , MD -
      www.annearun.com/aasfi/

Charleston Scottish Games & Highland Gathering
Late September-, Mt. Pleasant, SC -
      email: clancraig5@alltel.net

Glasgow, Scotland - Bearsden and Milngavie Highland Games -
      www.bearsdenmilngaviehighlandgames.com /

Glengarry Highland Games -
      www.glengarryhighlandgames.com/

Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and
Gathering O’ Scottish Clans
July 11-14, Linville , NC -
      www.gmhg.org/

Ligonier Highland Games (Allegheny Mountain
Scottish Fiddling Championship)
September 6-7, Ligonier, PA -
      www.ligoniergames.org/

Loch Norman Highland Games/Catawba Valley Scottish Society -
      www.lochnorman.org/

New Hampshire Highland Games
September 13-15, Lincoln, NH -
      www.nhscot.org/

The Ohio Scottish Games
June 20-22, Oberlin , OH -
      www.ohioscottishgames.com/

Portland Scottish Highland Games
July 20-, Gresham, OR -
      www.phga.org/

Skagit Valley Scottish Games
July 13-14, Mount Vernon, WA -
      www.celticarts.org/

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival
Apr 26, Maryland -
      www.cssm.org/

Stone Mountain Highland Games
Oct 18-19, Atlanta, Georgia -
      www.smhg.org/

Virginia Scottish Games Association
July 26-28, Alexandria , VA -
      www.vascottishgames.org/

Elke Baker -
      www.elkebaker.com

Hanneke Cassel -
      www.users.qwest.net/~litecone/biography.htm

Alasdair Fraser -
      www.alasdairfraser.com
      www.celticcafe.com/Music/alasdairfraser/
      www.celticcafe.com/scotland/index.htm

Iain Fraser -
      www.iainfraser.com

Ed Pearlman -
      www.highlandsoles.com

Bonnie Rideout -
      www.bonnierideout.com
      www.baylinartists.com/Rideout.htm
      www.maggiesmusic.com

Laura Risk -
      www.rscdsboston.org/NovConcert2004/index.html

John Turner -
      www.fiddletree-music.com
      www.jinkdiddle.com

CD review - Crystal Clear,
Solo Violin by Cape Breton Fiddler Jerry Holland -
      www.tiac.net/users/cfiddle/jerryhollandreview.html

Maggies Music -
      www.maggiesmusic.com

Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School (August 5-12, 2006) -
      Location: Thompson Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.
      Teachers (2005) --
        Paul Anderson       Hanneke Cassel       Dave MacIsaac       Laura Risk
      Barbara McOwen, Music Director
      www.scottishfiddle.org/bh

Cape Breton Style Fiddle & Step Camp, Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada (March 14th -18th and June 27th - July 1st, 2005) -
      Teachers for March 14th -18th --
        Sandy MacIntyre, Kimberely Fraser, Mary MacIntyre, Jeffery Gosse,
        Bonnie Jean MacDonald, Eleanor Matte, Nicole MacIntyre
       
      Teachers for June 27th - July 1st --
        Troy & Kendra MacGillivray, Brenda Stubbert, Andrea Beaton
        and others.

      Phone: (800) 339-8554
      Email: pinewoodinn@on.aibn.com
      www.pinewoodinn.barrysbay.on.ca

Ceilidh Trail School of Music in Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia -
      www.ceilidhtrail.com

Charleston Scottish Games Scottish Fiddle Workshop -
      email: clancraig5@alltel.net

Gaelic College Vermont on July 25-29, 2005 -
      Contact: Solveig Overby
      www.gaeliccollege.edu/vermont.html

Irish Fiddle School based in Tipperary, Ireland -
      www.fiddlersretreat.com

Jink and Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling -
      www.jinkdiddle.com

Ohio Scottish Arts School -
      www.ohioscottishgames.com
      www.ohioscottishgames.com/index2.html

Sunshine Coast Fiddle School in British Columbia -
      www.suncoastarts.com/coastfiddlers.html

Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School -
      www.valleyofthemoon.org/

Cranford Publication specializes in Celtic fiddle music from
Cape Breton, Ireland and Scotland -
      www.cranfordpub.com/

DunGreen Music -
      www.total.net/~dungreen/

Elderly Music - Books - Basic Fiddle Instruction -
      www.elderly.com/books/260.htm

    - books - General Fiddle Tune Collections -
      www.elderly.com/books/264.htm

    - books - Scottish & English Fiddle Tunes -
      www.elderly.com/books/264.htm#268

Fiddle And Violin Instruction Books -
      www.larkinam.com/MenComNet/Business/Retail/Larknet/
           BookRecVidFolder/BookFolder/BookFiddleViolinInstruction

Fiddlers Crossing -
      www.fiddlerscrossing.com/

Maggies Music -
      www.maggiesmusic.com

Margaret MacDonald’s Delight -
      www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/CapeBreton/Margaret’sDelight.htm