Join Laurel Swift for this Fiddleheads 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! 

Open to all instruments regardless of whether they're considered a traditional folk instrument or not. You don't need any experience playing traditional music, or playing by ear. You DO need reasonable proficiency on your instrument (able to play concert pitch scale of D, G, C or play chords C, G, D, A, Em, Am, Bm). We will have parts working at a variety of levels, suiting a mixture of abilities.

Dates: January 21, February 4 & 18, March 3 & 17, April 7 & 14, 2024.

Time: 3:00-4:30pm

Location: Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT

Ages: 12-18

Cost: $200. This registration fee pays for entire semester.

About the Instructor: Laurel Swift plays fiddle and double bass and dances Clog and Morris. Laurel is a musician and composer, an inspiring instigator of creative new projects and performances rooted in the folk arts. She also teaches folk music, with particular focus on helping people find their own ownership of our shared traditions through creative approaches to variation, ensemble skills and simply having a good time!