Gabe's Gibsons Fiddle Camp 2022!
I am excited to announce my second annual fiddle camp on August 5-7 on the Sunshine Coast. The camp will be held in-person in Gibsons - just a short ferry ride from Vancouver! Two amazingly talented instructors will be joining me - Ivonne Hernandez on violin and Andy Hillhouse on guitar. The goal of the weekend will be to have fun playing music together, learning tunes and working up a couple arrangements for our beach concert on the last day. The house concert on Friday night will also be open to the public.
This year's camp has three streams: (1) accompanists; (2) mixed levels ensemble (intermediate); and (3) advanced fiddle ensemble. The camp is open to musicians of all ages who are interested in ensemble playing and learning new fiddle tunes and sets. Classes are geared towards adults and teenagers. The camp is not geared towards kids - Children must be at least 10 years old with at least 3 years playing experience and accompanied by a parent. Attendance will be capped, so make sure to register now and save your spot!
Register here: https://forms.gle/7orZ3y8zna7kn5ue8
(more info below)
This year's camp has three streams: (1) accompanists; (2) mixed levels ensemble (intermediate); and (3) advanced fiddle ensemble. The camp is open to musicians of all ages who are interested in ensemble playing and learning new fiddle tunes and sets. Classes are geared towards adults and teenagers. The camp is not geared towards kids - Children must be at least 10 years old with at least 3 years playing experience and accompanied by a parent. Attendance will be capped, so make sure to register now and save your spot!
Register here: https://forms.gle/7orZ3y8zna7kn5ue8
(more info below)
A little more about our wonderful world-class instructors...
Gabriel Dubreuil - violin | Gabriel Dubreuil took to the fiddle at an early age. Captivated by old traditions and emerging music styles he has learned to play many instruments in many genres. He is indeed a musical chameleon: blending Celtic, Canadian fiddle and jazz with style and flare, drawing from his studies with violin legends Matt Glaser, Darol Anger and Jason Anick. He is an alumni of Berklee College of Music where he received a degree in Jazz performance and American Roots music. He has recorded on dozens of albums with acclaimed musicians and producers and performed across North America alongside some of the world’s finest folk musicians. Gabriel is a founding member of Celtic-rock band Early Spirit, which released their second album ‘The Hollow Tree’ in 2022. Gabriel is the Executive Artistic Director for Vancouver’s North Shore Celtic Ensemble.
Ivonne Hernandez - violin | Some people are born to play music. Ivonne Hernandez, a Juno award winner, started playing violin at age three and by a pre-teen, was playing with the BC Fiddle Orchestra and her own shows, performing all over Canada. Ivonne has recorded 14 albums and is a 5 time Grand North American Fiddle Champion. She won a 2017 Juno Award, 3 Canadian Folk Music awards and 2 Western Canadian Music Awards among other accolades. Ivonne is a sought after session player and lends her talents as a musician and arranger on many critically acclaimed recordings and film scores from projects in Canada and the US. She is also an in demand teacher, having taught at camps and workshops across North America, Europe and the Caribbean. She also directs the well known youth trad band Coastline and is the Artistic Director of the Victoria Trad Weekend festival and the ‘World on a String’ fiddle workshop series. Most recently, Ivonne was awarded the Honorary Citizen Award from the City of Victoria (BC, Canada) in Oct 2021. The city of Victoria’s highest formal recognition for ‘outstanding leadership and service for the betterment of the community’. Ivonne has mastered Canada’s traditional fiddle music. She embodies the country’s 21st century multiculturalism and her music reflects the new century’s marriage of cultural influences.
Andy Hillhouse - guitar | Having spent much of his adult life as a musician in the fields of folk and traditional music, Hillhouse now divides his time between performance and scholarly pursuits in traditional world music. Andy’s entrance into professional folk music began with the creation of his own group “Mad Pudding”, who released four CD’s and performed across 2 continents. Now as a song interpreter and specialist on Celtic rhythm guitar, he plays with several of Canada’s most respected, unique and exciting acoustic musicians including Pierre Schryer, and The McDades, with whom he won a JUNO award in 2006. Andy is also the artistic director of the Harrison Festival of the Arts.
This fiddle camp is appropriate for beginner, intermediate and advanced musicians interested in learning by ear! Sheet music will be provided before the camp. This event is not suited for those playing an instrument for the first time. Coffee / tea / cold drinks / water and snacks will be available by donation both days. Please bring your own pack lunch and something to share for a potluck on Saturday evening.
Schedule:
- August 5 - House concert - 7:00pm
- August 6 - 11:00 - 12:30 Classes | 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch | 1:30 - 5:30 Classes | 5:30-late Outdoor potluck picnic followed by a Jam!
- August 7 - 10:00 - 12:00 Session 3 | 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch | 1:00 - 3:00 Beach performance and wrap-up
- $150 for the weekend (including house concert)
- $100 for Saturday only (including house concert)
- $30 house concert only
- $225 Mature child over 10yo with accompanying parent (full weekend including house concert)
Limited spots, so make sure you register soon!
Accommodations & Travel:If you are coming from out of town there will be very limited space to pitch a tent in the backyard at Bobbie Mauel's, and there is inexpensive camping in Roberts Creek. There are also lots of beautiful B&Bs in the area. I am happy to provide suggestions.
If you will be traveling from Vancouver, I highly recommend making a ferry reservation SOON.
Register here: https://forms.gle/7orZ3y8zna7kn5ue8
