Fiddling is synonymous with Métis music, and has been part of Métis, First Nations and Inuit culture since the Europeans ...

Fiddles are the same instrument as a violin played in an orchestra, with different tuning mechanisms, said Jeannette Hansen, a Metis fiddler. The style of fiddle music — not just Metis — uses ...

The program is scheduled for the 2024/2025 academic year, with 10 slots available for students. Instruments are provided to students while they are enrolled and no experience is needed.

Métis fiddler Richard Lafferty played at Expo 86 and the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, but he could perform at only a few festivals a year because he had a demanding day job building roads ...

Metis fiddle music is lively, with syncopated rhythms, fancy bow-work and foot tapping that accompanies the tune. A kids rodeo kicks off Saturday morning at 9.

Métis fiddling, the incorporation of First Nations, Scottish, and French-Canadian rhythms and an oral tradition with important musical ties to First Nations, especially Ojibwe, was recently introduced ...

RCMP Heritage Centre presents Tattoo Royale to celebrate Canada 150. It will feature the famous RCMP Musical Ride May 23 &ampamp; 24.

Long & McQuade, the Lethbridge Public Library, and Lethbridge and Area Metis have come together to provide Lethbridge with a unique musical opportunity.

Kusturok is leading a new Métis fiddling course at the Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, launched at the beginning of the fall semester.

North American Fiddlers' Hall of Fame member Patti Kusturok recently added university instructor to her long list of accomplishments. Kusturok is leading a new Métis fiddling course at the Desautels ...