Winter Term Dates/Information
Weekly Rehearsals take place on Mondays at the F.H. Collins High School Music Room. The full ensemble rehearsal runs 6p.m. to 6:50p.m.. There will be an advanced class from 7p.m. to 7:30, as well as mentoring for front row fiddlers from 5:30p.m. to 6p.m. (4-6 sessions in the fall term).
Students are expected to arrive a new few minutes early to tune and get ready, and will be responsible for practicing throughout the week if there are tunes they need to work on (learning videos and resources will be provided).
Mark Your Calendar for the following Winter Term Dates:
Jan. 8- Regular Monday Rehearsals Resume-F.H Collins
Feb. 16 (evening)- African Music Festival Performance
Additional shows are booked as requested by our Yukon community- there are usually 2-3 extra performances each term.
Looking forward to a winter/spring season ahead!
Rendezvous Information
Mark Sullivan
Guest Instructor
Among his many awards, Mark Sullivan is a 3-time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion and is widely regarded as one of the finest fiddlers in North America today. Mark is a regular instructor at prominent Music Camps in North America, has 6 recordings to his credit and has appeared on numerous compilations as an instrumentalist, arranger, and producer.
As an Educator, Mark currently practices in Vancouver, and is highly committed to educating through collaboration and student empowerment. He holds his Masters of Education and is also the current president of the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association.
Calvin Vollrath
Friday Guest Workshop - Composing
Calvin Vollrath is a two-time Grand North American Fiddle Champion and one of the best known fiddlers in Canada. He has written more than 700 tunes including major commissions for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremonies.
He has recorded more than 72 albums and toured across America and Europe.
Christine Prescott
Visual Art
Christine Prescott is a landscape painter who depicts our natural and urban surroundings with bold colours and shapes. She holds a degree in marketing and art history from the University of Saskatchewan. Her work has appeared in galleries across Saskatchewan and Alberta, on murals in the city of Saskatoon, and is held in private collections in Canada and internationally. Christine loves to share her passion of art-making and has taught drawing and painting community classes for Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Walter Philips Gallery, and colour theory and painting classes at Banff Elementary School.
Schedule
Set Lists
Draft Rendezvous Set List (Yukon Arts Centre)
Pine Tune
Trapping Skies or Rabbit/Geese
Rainy Day
The Terror
Saturday Night HD
Val’s Dream
Rocking the Baby
Liza Jane
African Music Festival (not in order)
Pine group feature tune
The Terror
Pine Tune
Trapping Skies
Rainy Day
Oranges in Mongolia
Rabbit/Geese
Fiddleheads Theme Song or Flyway Home
Saturday Night HD
Val’s Dream
Rocking the Baby
Evangaline
Liza Jane