Come join us for a free concert as we play new and old Scottish favorites at the Portsmouth, NH, Public Library.

Always a joyful time in Bass Hall

The March gathering, dedicated to hearing and playing tunes written by our members, is cancelled. So we will hear the work from the composers next month.

NOTE: 2:00 pm start

A multi-instrumentalist and brilliant fiddler in various Celtic traditions, Skip will share some ideas about how instruments, even fiddles, in an ensemble, can contribute to backing up the tunes.

One of New England's finest fiddlers!

Our June gathering will be a recap of the music from the 2023/24 program year. After playing through the June tunes presented by our Tune Master, we’ll play through all the tunes we learned throughout the year, discussing which ones we’d like to include in our concerts for the coming year.

Dominique has a passion for melody-driven dance music and responsive, rhythmic accompaniment, as well as for Gaelic songs, airs, and 18th century harp tunes.

Harpist Dominique Dodge will lead our May workshop, offering a set of Scottish tunes, drawing on Gaelic and West Highland repertoire from the 18th and 19th centuries. Note that this gathering is a departure from our usual 2nd Sunday to avoid meeting on Mother’s Day.

How to Bring a Strathspey to Life

Come join us for a free concert as we play new and old Scottish favorites at the Portsmouth, NH, Public Library.

Our March gathering will be a rehearsal of all our concert tunes. You don’t have to play in one of our spring concerts to enjoy this event. We welcome newcomers to all our gatherings. Note that clocks “spring ahead” that weekend so don’t forget to change your clock or you’ll be an hour late!

Accordionist Jeremiah McLane will teach our February workshop. Fluent in many different genres of music, most of his work now - both composing and playing - is with traditional Celtic and French music.