An Evening of Scottish Music with Andy Imbrie & Caroline McCaskey

Madison Scottish Country Dancers are delighted to announce an upcoming fiddle and piano concert showcasing music from Scotland. The 2019 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle champion, Caroline McCaskey, will be playing with acclaimed pianist Andy Imbrie, both from the San Francisco area band "Reel of Seven." In addition to the Celtic tunes, there will be a song or two on the musical saw, Highland dance performances, and a dessert buffet! "An Evening of Scottish Music" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at Bethany Ministry Center/Evangelical Free Church, 301 Riverside Dr, Madison, 53704. A donation of $15 per person is suggested. Andy Imbrie (piano) began studying classical piano as a child and started playing for dances with the encouragement of Kim McGarrity and Barbara McOwen. He is the band leader for Reel of Seven, and plays regularly for Scottish country dancing, ceilidh dancing, and contra dances throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has been on music staff for several tours, including one in France, three to New Zealand and one to Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. He has also been on staff at Asilomar and Pinewoods workshops and was honored to have been invited to teach piano accompaniment at the Boston Harbor Fiddle School and the Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddling school for several years. Andy was delighted to serve as music director for the TAC Summer School in 2019 and to be on staff at the International Branch workshop in Italy in 2022. Caroline McCaskey (fiddle, saw) is the 2019 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and a two-time International Musical Saw Champion. A native daughter of the genre-bending West Coast music scene, she is equally at home in the traditional, improvisational and classical music worlds. In demand as a teacher and performer throughout North America and author of the AltStrings Fiddle Method, she holds degrees in music composition and performance, as well as Suzuki teaching certification in violin and cello. Caroline is a fiddler for the dance bands Tartan Suite, Reel of Seven and Greenwich Mean Time. She also performs regularly with Boston-based guitarist and banjo player Larry Unger, and with cellist Daniel Delaney as Secret Oaks, a jazz- and folk-inspired string duo.   For more information, visit madisonscottishcountrydancers.org/ball2024/

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