Past Years’ Artists

2024

2024 Faculty

Fiddle – Mari Black / Anastasia DesRoches / Frank Ferrel / Laurel Martin / Troy MacGillivray / Lissa Schneckenburger / Caitlin Warbelow

Guitar – Dan Faiella / Matt Heaton / Keith Murphy

Dance – Armand Aromin / Pierre Chartrand / Kieran Jordan / Sabra MacGillivray

Piano – Susan MacLean / Neil Pearlman

Flute – Hanz Araki / Shannon Heaton

Community Singing – Liz Hanley

Accordion – Emily Troll

Bouzouki – Frances Cunningham

Harp – Màiri Chaimbeul

2024 Artists in Residence

Jacob Brillhart – Luthier
Vincent Crotty – Plein air painter

2024 Artistic Work Study Students

Lillian Chase / Lennart Jansson / Madelyn Morrell / Sammy Wetstein / Yasmina Zeichner

2024 “Spirit of Trad” Recognition (in memory of Pastelle LeBlanc)

Sammy Wetstein

2023

2023 Faculty

Fiddle – Mari Black / Anastasia DesRoches / Colin Farrell / Ellen Gawler / Laurel Martin / Katie McNally / Don Roy

Guitar – Josh Dukes / Patrick Egan / Matt Heaton

Dance – Pierre Chartrand / Kieran Jordan / Evie Ladin / Cindy Roy

Piano – Troy MacGillivray / Neil Pearlman

Flute – Shannon Heaton / Nicholas Williams

Accordion – Jimmy Keane / Jeremiah McLane

Bouzouki – Owen Marshall

Harp – Maeve Gilchrist

2023 Artists in Residence

Jonathan Cooper – Luthier
Vincent Crotty – Plein air painter

2023 Artistic Work Study Students

Emilie Carroll / Rosalie Coleman / Samuel Foucher / Marie Hamilton

2023 “Spirit of Trad” Recognition (in memory of Pastelle LeBlanc)

Fern Tamagini-O’Donnell

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