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2007 Fiddle Students & Instructors
Scottish Fiddle Course Information 
All Students are expected to bring their own instruments.
 The Scottish Fiddle course draws on the teaching talents of three top fiddlers from Scotland, Cape
Breton (Nova Scotia) and America, to explore music of the Scottish Highlands, Cape Breton, Northeast
Scotland and Shetland, providing a first-hand experience with the tunes, techniques, and spirit of the
music.
All ages and levels are welcome (beginners must at least be able to play the notes of a scale), and a
sense of humor will not go to waste! Music will be taught by ear, with sheet music available. Students
will have plenty of opportunities to play during the day and in optional evening sessions.
2008 Instructors
Ashley MacLeod is from Dalkeith, Ontario, in the county of Glengarry, a hotbed of Scottish culture in Canada and home of the well-known Glengarry Highland Games. When she was 14, Ashley was one of only four Canadians invited to play at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship for a Junior Showcase. She has since toured and recorded as a fiddler with the world champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, with the Celtic rock band Hadrian's Wall, with the popular Brigadoons, and opened for Seven Nations on a US tour. She has two solo CDs out, and teaches fiddle, stepdancing, and piano accompaniment to private students and at workshops.
Edward Scott Pearlman has taught and performed Scottish fiddling since 1980, currently performing with son Neil on piano, and with his family band, Highland Soles (www.highlandsoles.com). Ed directed the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club for 18 years, working with the best Scottish and Cape Breton fiddlers in 15 annual Scottish Fiddle Rally concerts (CD available on Greentrax Records), and has taught at many schools and camps, including the 2005 Blazin Fiddles camp in Scotland, Ohio Scottish Arts School since 1995, Maine Fiddle Camp, Ashokan, and Pinewoods. He has judged many Scottish fiddle competitions, including four U.S. Nationals. Ed  writes the music column for Scottish Life magazine, and teaches fiddle in Portland, Maine.
Mike Vass hails from Nairn in the NE of Scotland. He tours with his sister Ali, and regularly teaches fiddle throughout Scotland with the Feis movement. His gigs in Scotland have included appearances at Celtic Connections, the Fringe, Eden Court Theatre Inverness, Bute Folk Festival, Albert Hall Stirling, The Tron Theatre Glasgow, and Hootannany Inverness. Mike was a finalist in the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2005 award. Taught by Ian Hardie, also of Nairn, Mike competed successfully throughout Scotland including winning two Mod gold medals.
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