Event

Jamie Laval in Athens, GA

The event gets under way at 6:00 pm with a potluck meet & greet. At 7:30 the sit down concert begins, lasting until approximately 9:30 with an interval in the middle. Afterward musicians are invited to stay for an open jam session of fiddle tunes.

U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion Jamie Laval creates rapt audiences with his passionate, virtuosic performances, uncanny imitation of Highland bagpipes, and engaging stories. One of the hottest fiddlers out there (Asheville Citizen-Times), Jamie performed for Her Majesty the Queen and presented a TED Talk.

Most of us associate Celtic music with toe-tapping rhythms, bouncy jigs, galloping reels. Jamie promises both the warmly familiar and the bracingly surprising in this program themed towards Celtic music from Brittany, the Gaelic-speaking region of France.

Like their northern relatives, the Bretons favor bagpipes and high energy village dances. Yet the minor keys and hypnotic syncopation give the music of Brittany a strikingly exotic quality. Tarentellas, Laridées, Gavottes, and Ronds are just some of the suprises in store.

In addition to his fiddle wizardry and irresistable groove-making, Laval will also recount mythic legends from antiquity.