catherine fraser
the art of the scottish fiddle
catherine fraser & duncan smith
performances 2008
| date | venue | details | contact |
| January | |||
| 11th -13th | Cygnet Folk Festival, Tasmania |
with Eilean
Mor |
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| Sun 20th | Robbie Burns Celebration North Tce, Adelaide 11am |
Solo item |
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| February | |||
| Sat 16th | Mt Stromlo, Canberra (ANU function) |
with Eilean
Mor |
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| Sun 17th | The Folkus Room |
with Eilean
Mor and Mad Violet |
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| Tues 19th | Memory of the World Conference — The
National Library of Australia, Canberra. 5.30 pm. |
with Eilean
Mor |
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| Sat 23rd | Concert and Dance at Laura - Drought relief
project |
with Jeanette
Wormald |
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| March | |||
| Sun 2nd | Private party, Adelaide |
with Duncan Smith |
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| Thurs 20th | Guest Lecturer Australian National University,
School of Music |
with Duncan Smith |
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| Fri 21st - Mon 24th | National Folk Festival |
with Eilean
Mor |
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| Sun 30th | Australian String Teachers' Association SA
Branch workshops. Clarence Park Community Centre |
Scottish fiddle workshops for string players
of all levels. |
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| April | |||
| Sat 12th | Auckland Regional Ball |
With Duncan Smith |
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| Sun 13th | New Zealand String Teachers' Association
Workshops, Napier New Zealand |
Scottish fiddle workshops for string players
of all levels. Piano workshops also, with Duncan Smith |
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| Sun 13th | Napier, New Zealand |
In concert with Duncan Smith |
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| Fri 18th | Whangarei folk club, NZ | With Duncan Smith and Gregor Borland |
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| Sun 20th - Sun 27th | Southern Hemisphere International School of
Scottish Fiddle |
With Gregor Borland, Laura Risk and Duncan
Smith |
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| Sat 26th | SHISSF end of Camp Concert 8pm |
With Gregor Borland, Laura Risk and Duncan
Smith |
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| Sun 27th | SHISSF benefit concert |
With Gregor Borland, Laura Risk and Duncan
Smith |
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| May | |||
| 2nd - 5th | Cairns annual Scottish Country dance weekend |
With Duncan Smith |
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| June | |||
| 6th -9th | National Celtic Festival |
With Eilean Mor |
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| Fri 13th | Melbourne Girls' Grammar School.
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Scottish Fiddle workshops
with school students. All Day. |
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| Sun 15th | Austa Victoria workshop. Melbourne Girls Grammar School 2pm - 5pm |
Scottish Fiddle workshop for
string teachers and advanced players. |
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| July | |||
| 6th-13th | Tallebudgera Conference Centre, Brisbane |
RSCDS QLD National Winter School |
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| August | |||
| Sat 8th | Scottish Country Dance Teachers' Class |
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| Sat 8th | Sydney Park Pavilion Sydney, NSW |
In concert with Duncan Smith |
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| Sat 30th | Veterans Memorial Hall, 301 Main Street, Pleasanton. |
Jean Patrick Memorial Dance with Duncan Smith |
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| September | |||
| October | |||
| 31st-3rd November | Maldon Folk Festival Victoria |
With Duncan Smith | www.maldonfolkfestival.com |
| November | |||
| 31st October - 3rd November | Maldon Folk Festival Victoria |
With Duncan Smith | www.maldonfolkfestival.com |
| December | |||
| 28th - 6th Jan | Christchurch Summer School, Musicians' Course |
with Duncan Smith |
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| January 2009 |
Past performances
| date | venue | details | contact |
| february | |||
| Fri 16th | The Merry Muse, Canberra (8pm) | with Eilean Mor | |
| Sat 17th | The Singing Gallery (8pm) | with Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club | |
| march | |||
| Sat 17th | The Daniel O'Connell Pub, North Adelaide (4 - 7pm) | With Jack Brennan & John Murphy | |
| april | |||
| 15th-22nd | Camp Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand | Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle | |
| Sat 21st | Genesis Theatre, Upper Hutt, NZ (8pm) | SHISSF Concert | |
| Sun 22nd | Onewhero, NZ (7.30pm) | In concert with Iain Fraser, Laura Risk & Duncan Smith | |
| Mon 23rd | St. Peter's Church, Onehunga Auckland, NZ (7.30pm) |
In concert with Duncan Smith | hgreenwood@orcon.net.nz
Helen NZ (09) 521 9068 |
| Tues 24th | Napier, NZ (7.30pm) | In concert with Duncan Smith | |
| Wed 25th | Napier, NZ | Fiddle workshop | |
| Wed 25th | Palmerston North Folk Club, Theosophical Hall, Church St Palmerston North NZ (8pm) | In concert with Duncan Smith | PETER.PIPER@xtra.co.nz Peter 027 640 2565 |
| Fri 27th | The Chapel, Christchurch School of Music,140 Babadoes Street, Christchurch, NZ |
In concert with Duncan Smith | ellendoyle@paradise.net.nz Ellen Doyle 366 1711 |
| Sat 28th | Christchurch School of Music | Fiddle workshop | ellendoyle@paradise.net.nz
Ellen Doyle 366 1711 |
| may | |||
| Sat 5th | RSL Club, Cairns | Scottish Country Dance workshops | |
| Sun 6th | RSL Club, Cairns | RSCDS Ball with Duncan Smith | |
| june | |||
| Sat 2nd | Eastside Arts, Sydney | With Eilean Mor | |
| Fri 8th - Mon 11th | National Celtic Festival, Port Arlington | With Duncan Smith With Eilean Mor |
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| july | |||
| Sun 8th | Trinity Sessions, Church of the Trinity, 318 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Park, Adelaide - 6pm Tickets available from www.dramatix.com.au or on 8271 0329 (mon, wed, fri) |
In concert with Duncan Smith | Roger Freeman freeman@kern.com.au |
| Sat 14th | House Concert at Hove | With Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club | |
| Sat 28th | The Singing Gallery, Main Rd, McLaren Vale Bookings ph Dave 0413 358 618 or email rumrasp@bigpond.com |
In concert with Duncan Smith | ph Dave 0413 358 618 or email rumrasp@bigpond.com |
| august | |||
| Fri 10th | Club Passim 47 Palmer Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA, USA |
In concert with Hanneke Cassel & Duncan Smith 8pm | Ticket line: 617-492-7679 |
| 11th -18th | Thompson Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, USA | Boston Harbour Fiddle School | Folk Arts Center of New England: 781-662-7475 |
| Tues 14th | Thompson Island, Boston Harbor Massachusetts, USA |
Boston Harbour Fiddle School Visitors' Day 3pm |
Folk Arts Center of New England: 781-662-7475 |
| Sun 19th | Wellfleet Summer Concert Series, First Congregational Church, 200 Main St, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA | In concert with Duncan Smith 7.30pm |
Church Office: 508 3496877 |
| Wed 22nd | North Shore Unitarian Universalist Church 323 Locust Street Danvers, MA, USA |
In concert with Duncan Smith 7.30pm |
Bonnie Smith 978-741-1244 |
| Fri 24th | Public house concert, Boston, USA | In concert with Duncan Smith 7.30pm |
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| september | |||
| Fri 14th | The Merry Muse, Canberra | In concert with Duncan Smith 8pm |
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| Sat 15th | Eastside Arts, Sydney | In concert with Duncan Smith 8pm |
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| Thurs 27th | South Coast Folk Club, Adelaide, South Australia | In concert with Eilean Mor 8pm |
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| october | |||
| Sat 13th | Whyalla, SA | In concert with Duncan Smith | |
| Fri 19th | Auckland, NZ |
Fiddle Workshop | |
| Sat 20th - Mon 22nd | Labour Weekend School, NZ | Scottish Country Dance weekend | TBA |
| Sat 27th | Fleurieu Folk Festival, Willunga SA | With the Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club | |
| november | |||
| Sat 4th | Glenelg Golf Club | With Jack Brennan and John Murphy | |
| 9th - 11th | Beechworth Celtic Festival | With Duncan Smith and Eilean Mor | |
| Sat 17th | Brisbane 2pm-5pm | Workshop for Brisbane Celtic Fiddlers. All welcome | |
| Sun 18th | Brisbane - All day | Workshops for Australian String Teachers' Assoc, Qld Branch | |
| Sun 18th | Brisbane Boys Grammar Great Hall | In Concert with Duncan Smith with Special guests, the Brisbane Celtic Fiddlers | |
| Mon 19th | Brisbane | Workshops for Australian String Teachers' Assoc, Qld Branch | |
| Sat 24th | Adelaide, SA | Private function | |
| Sun 25th | Noalunga Theatre, SA | In concert with Duncan Smith as part of St Andrews' Day Concert | |
| december | |||
| 1st - 2nd | Celtica Festival, Port Adelaide | With Duncan Smith | |
| 19th-21st | Recording, Canberra | With Eilean Mor |
2006
| date | venue | Details | contact |
| march | |||
| Fri 31st | The Merry Muse, Canberra | With Ruth Lee Martin | The Merry Muse |
| april | |||
Sat 8 8.15pm |
The Boite World Music Cafe, Melbourne Australia | With Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith | The Boite |
| Tues 11 - Thurs 13 | National Folk Festival Master Classes, Canberra Australia | With Hanneke Cassel | National Folk Festival |
Fri 14 - Mon 17 |
National Folk Festival, Canberra Australia |
With Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith |
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| Tue 18 - Sun 24 | SHISSF, Camp Akatarawa, Upper Hutt, New Zealand | With Catriona Macdonald, Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith | info@catherinefraser.com |
| Sun 24 | SHISSF Concert, Upper Hutt, New Zealand | With Catriona Macdonald, Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith and SHISSF students | info@catherinefraser.com |
| Mon 25 | Onewhero, New Zealand | With Catriona Macdonald, Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith | ph +61(0)419329539 |
| Wed 27 | The Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, Australia | With Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith | Judith Wright Centre |
| Thurs 28-Sun 30 | Yacht Club, Cairns | With Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith | ph 0419329539 |
| may | |||
| Sat 20 | Emmanuel College | Bushdance | |
| june | |||
| Fri 9-Mon 12 | National Celtic Festival, Port Arlington, Victoria | With Duncan Smith and Eilean Mor |
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| july | |||
| Fri 7-Tue 11 | AUSTA National String Conference, Brisbane, Australia | With Duncan Smith | |
| august | |||
| Sat 12th | Canberra | Private lessons | info@catherinefraser.com |
| Sun 13th | Evatt, Canberra | Fiddle Workshop - all welcome | info@catherinefraser.com |
| Mon 14th | Canberra Girls' Grammar School | Guest teacher, Primary School | |
| Sat 26th | SA Folk Federation, Thebarton, Adelaide | With Duncan Smith and the Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club |
SA Folk Federation |
| september | |||
| Sun 10th | Mitcham Institute, Adelaide | With the Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club |
tlrankin@tne.net.au |
| Fri 15-Sun 17 | Maroon Dam Scottish Country Dance Weekend | With Duncan Smith, David South and Emma Nixon | TBA |
| october | |||
| Fri 13th | The Merry Muse, Canberra | With Duncan Smith | The Merry Muse |
| Sat 14th | Fetish4, Malua Bay NSW | with Duncan Smith | 0439 500 740 |
| Sun 15th | Evatt, Canberra | Scottish Fiddle Workshop, all welcome |
info@catherinefraser.com |
| Sun 22nd | Meadows, SA | Scottish fiddle Workshop, all welcome | info@catherinefraser.com |
| november | |||
| Mon 6th | Aberdeen | Workshops, Aberdeen Strathspey and Reel Society | Morag, 01224 898881 |
| Wed 8th | Aberdeen University | Recital (TBC) | Elphinstone Institute, Aberdeen University |
| Thurs 9th | Hootanannys, Inverness, Scotland |
With Duncan Smith | www.hootananny.com |
| Sat 11th | Resolis Hall, Scotland | With Duncan Smith and the Inverness Fiddlers |
TBA |
| Sun 12th | Cromarty Training Centre, Scotland | Fiddle and accompaniment workshops | centre@cromarty-training.com |
| Fri 17th | Fiddle 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland | Concert with Duncan Smith | www.scotsfiddlefestival.com |
| Sat 18th | Fiddle 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland | Accompaniment workshop with Duncan Smith | www.scotsfiddlefestival.com |
| Sun 19th | Fiddle 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland | Fiddle Workshop Concert with Duncan Smith |
www.scotsfiddlefestival.com |
| december |
2005
9 April..............with Duncan Smith, Auckland Region Ball, New Zealand
15 April............in concert with Iain Fraser (Scotland), Hanneke Cassel (USA), and Duncan Smith, Auckland, NZ
16-22 April.......Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle, with Iain Fraser, Hanneke Cassel and Duncan Smith, Upper Hutt, NZ
21 April...........SHISSF end of school concert, National Library Auditorium, Wellington, NZ
8-16 July..........Pinewoods Scottish Country Dance Camp, Boston, USA
1-13 August.....with Duncan Smith, SCD Tour of Scottish Castles, Scotland
15-27 August...with Duncan Smith, SCD of Outer Hebrides, Scotland
2004
May 1-2 ........Cairns, Queensland, Australia
June 11-14 ... National Celtic Festival, Port Arlington, Victoria, Australia
July 5 - 10 .....Southern Hemisphere International School of Scottish Fiddle, Upper Hutt, NZJuly 3.............Christchurch NZ with Liz DohertyJuly 9.............SHISSF Concert, with Liz Doherty, Irish Society,.Wellington, NZ
July 10...........Auckland NZ with Liz Doherty
July 11...........Carterton NZ
July 14...........Palmerston North NZ
July 16...........Katikati NZ
July 17 ..........RSCDS Club Night, Auckland, NZ
September 3..Wesley Music Centre with Duncan Smith
September 18-19 ...Castlereagh, NSW, Australia
October 9 .....Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
December 29 - January 5 2005
......................RSCDS Summer School, Nelson, New Zealand2003
March ...........Town Hall, Brisbane, Australia
April .............National Fiddle Festival, Hawkesbury, Australia
April .............National Folk Festival, Canberra, Australia
April .............Teacher at Scottish weekend school, Wellington, New Zealand
May ..............City Sound Auditorium, Wellington, New Zealand
May ..............Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
June ..............Scottish Country Dance Weekend School, Cairns, Australia
July ...............St Peter's Cathedral Adelaide, Australia
October ........Teacher at Weekend School Auckland New Zealand
......................Teacher 3 Day fiddle School Whangarei New Zealand
......................Lecture and concert Whangarei New Zealand
November.... St John's Church Melbourne Australia
.....................Armagh House, Melbourne Australia
December..... Epping, Sydney Australia
......................Historic Houses Trust, Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, Australia