Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Rhode Island Fiddle Project students will play fiddle tunes in Pawtucket this Saturday,
April 2nd from 11am- 12 noon at the Wintertime Farmer’s Market 
at Hope Artiste Village
1005 Main St, Pawtucket, RI. 
We thank Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Jubilation Foundation and all of our donors for helping to make this year so much fun!
here's a clip of our students playing a tune while the Newport String Project Students are dancing!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2015


This Friday, May 15th 7:50-8:00pm

We're looking forward to sharing a few fiddle tunes to warm up the dancers before the Contra Dance
at St Paul's Episcopal Church in Pawtucket.
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Monday, December 1, 2014

December Workshop/Jam Tunes






So far, the tunes we've jammed on at our monthly workshop/jams have included:
Quoi Faire (Cajun)
Angeline the Baker
Amazing Grace
When the Saints Come Marching In
Sandy Boys
Shortnin' Bread
Marie's Wedding
Butterfly

This week, we'll be working on a tune called:
Dancing Bear, doing a little improvisation, and sharing others tunes as suggested!

Monday, October 27, 2014

October 2nd, the first Ri Fiddle Project community workshop/jam.

At the first  jam, we played Amazing Grace, Shortnin' Bread, 
The Saints Come Marching In, and several other tunes. 
We also learned the first part of Sandy Boys. 

Antonieta brought us great snacks!
Come and join us for the next one, next Thursday, November 6 at 6:30

Thursday, September 18, 2014

The 6th year of RI Fiddle Project started with great energy! Students arrived with instruments in hand, ready to play, with good form, and smiles on their faces. Old tunes were reviewed, and Amazing Grace was the new tune of the day. It's cool to see how much our students have grown up over the summer. They were quick to help each other learn, and were really focused on getting good tone. I am so glad that we are continuing this year.
I had a nice surprise last Sunday. Magnolia (my Cajun band) was playing at the Pawtucket Arts Festival at Slater Park, and suddenly I see Heiner, one of our students, with his sister and Mom. He jumped and joined the band for a tune. What a treat!