loader image
logo
MENU ☰
×

NOW BOOKING JAN & FEB 2025 (complete inquiry above for these AND future dates)

Fiddles in the Forest is a new specialty field trip for young string players. It combines top-flight strings instruction with singing, dancing, nature hikes, and some very special hands-on crafts. Students learn fiddle tunes by ear on violin, viola, cello and bass, along with body percussion, harmony singing and fun, easy folk dances. Great melodies are taught along with rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment, and more advanced students get to explore multilevel ensemble arrangements with parts available for guitar, piano and other instruments. Team building and community are an underlying theme at Fiddles In the Forest as students work and play together in the inspiring beauty of the natural world.

Classes & Activities:

– Fiddling for Orchestras
– Body Percussion
– Singing
– Hike to Cathedral Gorge
– Blacksmithing

Evening Programs: Dance, Campfire12

What you get:

Body Percussion (Fiddles in the Forest only)

Heighten your coordination and focus by synchronizing sound and movement as a group. This program is available as part of the Fiddles in the Forest experience. Watch the video.

Fiddle Music for Orchestras

Learn traditional fiddle tunes and techniques on the fiddle, viola, cello, or bass from our talented guest instructors. This program is available as part of the Fiddles in the Forest experience. Watch the video.

Fiddle Music for Orchestras (Fiddles in the Forest only)

Learn traditional fiddle tunes and techniques on the fiddle, viola, cello, or bass from our talented guest instructors. This program is available as part of the Fiddles in the Forest experience. Watch the video.

Folk Dance (Fiddles in the Forest only)

Strengthen community while finding joy in traditional circle, square, and contra dancing. This program is available as part of the Fiddles in the Forest experience. Watch the video.

Hike to Cathedral Gorge

Hike through an old Eastern Hemlock forest along the Esopus Creek and explore the natural and social history of the region! The trail passes relics of the recent and prehistoric past, including a 19th-century water mill, a 130-year-old covered bridge, and a glacial gorge, before it ends at a 80-foot waterfall—the walls of which reveal rock layers that are millions of years old.

Singing (Fiddles in the Forest only)

Vocalize with guest instructors who know how to help you connect your musicality and feeling to your breath. This program is available as part of the Fiddles in the Forest experience. Watch the video.

Evening Options:

It seems we can't find what you're looking for.
VIEW OUR FULL CATALOG

Ashokan Center programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature

Copyright 2024 - Ashokan Center