It was a fiddler’s dream week! With world-famous teachers, terrific meals, and rollicking jam sessions on a gorgeous campus by the sea, it just doesn’t get better than this.
Tess GerritsenThe Acadia Trad Festival
June 26 – July 1, 2016
Now entering its forth year, the Acadia Trad Festival summer music school is the the core program offered by the Acadia School of Traditional Music and Arts. The Acadia Trad Festival is a jam-packed week of classes, concerts and jam sessions in the Irish, Acadian, Cajun, Old-Time and Cape Breton styles. Our world-class Faculty and instructors teach programs for fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, concertina, piano, piano accordion, button accordion, banjo, pipes, whistle, bodhran, dance, song, Celtic culture, and much, much more.
Adults, teens, children, families — students of all ages and abilities are welcome. Full time students spend the week in intensive studies, sessions, and fun. If you can’t spend the whole week with us, you can pick and choose among a large selection of afternoon workshops or attend any of 11 concerts over the course of the week.
A life-changing experience
Students at the Acadia Trad Festival can expect an experience like no other. With more than 15 major instruments, 150 workshops, 10 concerts and continual jam-sessions, traditional music will surround you. The classes are intense, but paced for a variety of learning levels. Students will learn by ear, although in some cases music is provided. You will study, listen, jam and socialize with world-class faculty and fellow students and make lasting friendships.
With the Acadia Trad School’s guarantee and commitment to quality, we guarantee that you will have a great time. If at the end of the week you really feel like you did not get your money’s worth out of our program, we will happily refund your course tuition fees.