Himalayan Dreams at the Young Tradition Festival
Featuring Genticorum, Shyam Nepali’s Himalayan Dreams, and the Young Tradition Touring Group.
Student/Mentor Showcase at the Young Tradition Festival
Join us at the Burlington Farmers Market for a showcase performance of students performing music and dance from a wide range of traditions alongside their teachers and mentors.
Genticorum with the Touring Group at the Young Tradition Festival
Vermont Folklife’s Young Tradition Touring Group will open for Genticorum for the Young Tradition Festival’s Saturday night concert.
Young Tradition Festival Family Friendly Jam
Join Pascal Gemme & Véronique Plasse for this family-friendly jam session.
Young Tradition Festival Family Contra Dance
Join Caller Luke Donforth and Pascal Gemme, Véronique Plasse and friends for a family contra dance.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
The Touring Group Plays the Montpelier Contra Dance!
Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Capital City Grange for the Montpelier Contra Dance!
Fiddleheads Summer Camp Ensemble with Laurel Swift
Come and play folk music with lots of lovely young people! All instruments and a range of levels welcome! If you like to play by ear (without notation), if you love rhythm, if you like the sound of folk music, then come and join Fiddleheads for a week of musical fun!
Take a journey that includes learning to play by ear, learning details of style for folk music, learning how to create harmonies and chords and learning how to join in tunes with others.
Trad Camp 2024
Registration is now open for Trad Camp 2024!
July 29-August 2nd at the First Congregational Church in Burlington.
Fiddleheads Fall Ensemble with Laurel Swift
Join Laurel Swift for this Fiddleheads Teen Fall Ensemble for intermediate to advanced players of all instruments at the Brattleboro Music Center.
The focus is on exploring ensemble playing and developing creativity in folk music. Learn great tunes and how to accompany them, make harmonies and build a groove! We'll work in both small and large groups, and there are simpler and more complex lines accommodating a range of abilities.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
The Touring Group at the Putney School
Join the Young Tradition Touring Group at the Putney School for a T performance and community contra dance!
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
The Touring Group at the Starksboro Meeting House
Join the Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group for a performance at the Starksboro Meeting House!
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Touring Group members perform at the Thayer House
Join Touring Group members Ari, Eli and Winslow for a small group performance at the Thayer House
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fiddleheads Spring Ensemble with Laurel Swift
Join Laurel Swift for this Fiddleheads Teen Spring Ensemble for intermediate to advanced players of all instruments at the Brattleboro Music Center.
A brand new band for teens, focusing on playing traditional folk music together in an ensemble. Learn great tunes and how to accompany them, make harmonies and build a groove! We'll work in both small and large groups, so you'll also have the chance to bring any tunes you already know and create performances of them with your bandmates!
Fiddleheads Semester with Sarah King
Join Sarah King for a semester of Fiddleheads sessions for beginner to intermediate fiddle players.
This 4-month “Semester” will include 8 sessions from 1-2pm on the first and third Saturdays of the month, from January to April 2014.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
House Concert: Emerald Rae with the Fiddleheads
Join us for a house concert with Nashville-based fiddler and folksinger Emerald Rae, with a special performance by a group of Fiddleheads.
Fiddleheads Session with Emerald Rae
Join Nashville-based fiddler and folksinger Emerald Rae for an in person Fiddleheads workshop in Essex, VT, on Sunday December 3rd, from 2:00-3:00pm.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Fam Jam!
Come one and all to a family friendly jam session where all instruments and music are welcome. This group is aimed at providing a welcoming and supportive space to try out playing tunes and singing songs together.
Instrument Petting Zoo at the Milton Art & Stroll
Come explore the Instrument Petting Zoo at the Milton Art & Stroll!
The Art & Stroll will be the second annual outdoor Art Festival hosted by the Milton Artists' Guild! With artists, crafters, and makers of all kinds, this art festival features artwork from all over Vermont. Featuring up to 100 vendors, this will be a festival to explore! Come for a day of music, artwork, family crafts, food, and much more. Hosted from 10 am - 4 pm in the Milton Square (field next to the Milton Artists' Guild) Milton, VT (Parking behind the Milton Post Office)!
Trad Camp Lunchtime Concert: Joanne Garton
Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert at Trad Camp! Joanne Garton mixes her pervasive passion for Scottish culture with the drive and rhythms of the New England dance floor. Ten musical years in Montreal and two in Scotland provided ample influence and inspiration for traditional tunes and the art of teaching them. A resident of Montpelier, Vermont for the last 12 years, Joanne teaches music and dance to kids and adults, performs on stage, plays in sessions, and of course, steps out on the dance floor.
Trad Camp Lunchtime Concert: Yann Falquet and Julia Friend
Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert at Trad Camp with Yann Falquet and Julia Friend. Yann is a very active and creative acoustic guitar player on the Québécois music scene. His involvement in the province's traditional music scene has brought him perform on numerous recordings, and to tour regularly throughout Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia with his main project Genticorum. Julia is a singer of pub songs, sea shanties, and ballads. She loves the power and vulnerability of the human voice. An occasional performer at small folk festivals, Julia is happiest swapping songs and blending harmonies in dark corners in the wee hours of the night.
Trad Camp Lunchtime Concert: Jeh Kulu
Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert and performance at Trad Camp! Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater invites you to join us in celebration through traditional West African music and dance. In the Bambara language of Mali, “Jeh Kulu” means “community” and this is exactly what we hope to build with our audiences! Founded in 1993, Jeh Kulu brings together people of all ages and backgrounds to honor the joyous traditions of West Africa.
Trad Camp Lunchtime Concert: Migmar Tsering
Join us for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert at Trad Camp! Burlington-based Migmar Tsering plays traditional Tibetan music on the dranyen, a long-necked, seven-stringed instrument. Born in Tibet, brought up in India, and a Vermonter since 2011, Tsering is a singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and Tibetan dance instructor. He is the founder of the Rolyang Lobling school (in English, “music class”) where he has worked with dozens of students to make Tibetan music and dance happen in Vermont.
Trad Camp Lunchtime Concert: Oliver Scanlon & Friends
Join us at Trad Camp for a free (donations accepted) lunchtime concert! Oliver Scanlon began his early training with a stint with the Vermont Youth Orchestra and years in the Young Tradition Vermont’s Fiddleheads. Fiddler, mandolinist and tunesmith Scanlon was introduced to his mentor Pete Sutherland and the parallel universe of fiddle music at the age of nine. In 2008, Oliver and a few talented middle school friends formed the group which became The Irregulars and in 2013 he co-founded Pete’s Posse and became the youngest member of Sutherland’s long running dance band The Clayfoot Strutters.
Fiddleheads Session with Dominique Dodge
Join harper and singer Dominique Dodge for an in person Fiddleheads workshop at the Monteverdi Music School in Montpelier on Saturday, June 17th from 10:30am to noon. This will be followed by a rehearsal and performance of the music learned at the Carolan Festival in Worcester, VT on Saturday the 24th from 3:00 to 4:30 pm.
Fiddleheads Session with Sarah Hotchkiss!
Join fiddle instructor Sarah Hotchkiss for an in person Fiddleheads workshop on Saturday June 10 & 17 at 1 - 2pm at Vermont Violins.
Sarah will be reviewing a set of tunes that will be performed at 12:30 pm on June 23rd with the band Poor Cousins as part of the BCA summer concert series, as well as teaching new tunes to participants. Beginners and early intermediate fiddlers are welcome.