Intermediate Celtic Fiddle

Increase your repertoire of jigs, reels, and other popular "session" tunes. Add ornaments, double stops, and accents. Requires the ability to play a few simple scales and melodies.
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Purchase of a Celtic Violin instructional book (includes melodies and accompaniment) is required.

Irish Fiddle

Visit the Riverside Celtic College website for detailed class descriptions, as well as registration information. The College also offers Scottish Pipes, tin-whistle, Irish language, bodhrán, guitar, and other instruments, as well as Irish Ceili Dancing.
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Duncan Cameron is also teaching at new Guelph locations.
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Single Evening Sessions

Join Duncan and friends for a single evening class. Learn new Celtic tunes and improved techniques for your next "session".
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Original photograph by:
Roz Riccardi
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Schatten Design

"Unsurpassed! He [Duncan Cameron] could pick up a stick of wood in the forest and make music." - quote from Lorne Brown, founder of The Ballad Project and editor of The Canadian Folk Music Bulletin

Bookings & information: info@duncancameron.com

Duncan Cameron : Vocalist & Multi-Instrumentalist

Duncan Cameron is well known at Celtic music venues and folk festivals for his strong vocals and remarkable instrumental abilities. He plays twelve instruments including fiddle, guitar, whistles, uilleann pipes, bodhrán, Irish bouzouki, mandolin, mandola, Irish tenor banjo, five-string banjo, English concertina, and Appalachian dulcimer.

Tours across North America and the United Kingdom

"[Duncan Cameron is] The finest young Celtic musician I have heard!" - quote from Dan Laxer, CJAD Radio, Montreal In 2006, Duncan Cameron's Celtic band Fig For A Kiss (with fellow multi-instrumentalists Sahra Featherstone, Joe Phillips and the recent addition of Fiona Coll) was nominated for The Canadian Folk Music Awards for "Best Instrumental Group". Duncan is also a member of Tamarack, and The Pierre Schryer Band, whose Blue Drag CD was nominated for the "Best Roots/Traditional Album of the Year" Juno Award in 2004. In 1998, Duncan Cameron joined Mary Jane Lamond and John McDermott as one of the original cast members of the hit theatrical show Needfire, at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. He continues to tour solo and with numerous bands across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Solo CD Release: The Whistling Thief

Duncan Cameron's debut solo album The Whistling Thief (released in 2000) features both traditional music and his original songs and instrumentals.

"[The Whistling Thief] is really brilliant! Wonderful music! Wonderful arrangements!"
Pierre Schryer, Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion

"I LOVE this CD [The Whistling Thief]!"
Peter Crowheart, Program Director, World Music Radio, San Diego, CA

Visit Duncan Cameron's cdbaby.com page for audio clips from The Whistling Thief CD.

Buy The Whistling Thief CD by Duncan Cameron at Indiepool.com's Online Store (secure online payment by credit card), or order CDs and books using the online form below.

Visit Duncan Cameron's myspace.com page for more audio clips.

Courses, Workshops, Lessons

Duncan has self-published several books of traditional and original fiddle tunes, and has recorded instructional CDs for the multi-instrumental courses he teaches in Toronto and Guelph, ON Canada. Visit sibliusmusic.com for sample sheetmusic and arrangements by Duncan Cameron. He has been teaching classes, including courses for the Toronto District School Board, as well as providing private lessons for over ten years. Duncan also regularly holds Celtic music workshops, at such venues as the Tranzac Club in Toronto. Inquiries regarding availability are welcome at info@duncancameron.com.

Fiddle Books & CDs by Duncan Cameron

Order FIDDLE BOOKS by Duncan Cameron:
Title	Description	Price* ($CDN)	Quantity
Beginners' Fiddle©2004	Includes holding the violin, how to read music, common scales, simple tunes.	$25
Celtic Violin ©2004	A collection of over 150 popular Irish, Scottish and Canadian fiddle tunes. Includes melodies and accompaniment.	$25
Blue Drag©2004	A transcription of the music from the Pierre Schryer Band's 2004 Juno-nominated CD.	$25
Order CDs with Duncan Cameron:
The Whistling Thief©	Duncan Cameron's solo debut album (2000) featuring traditional songs and original compositions.	$20
Blue Drag©	Pierre Schryer Band's Juno-nominated CD ("Best Roots/ Traditional Album of the Year", 2004).	$20
Popular Fiddle Tunes©	Instructional CD of unaccompanied melodies played on fiddle at both slow/beginner and fast/advanced tempos.	$10
*All prices in Canadian dollars. Prices do not include shipping and handling.
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Customers in the Toronto, ON Canada area can order fiddle books and CDs by phone at: 416-534-5604.

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Bookings & information -

phone: 416-534-5604 (in Toronto-area);

e-mail: info@duncancameron.com

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