First Friday Salons: Traditional & contemporary Scottish fiddle with Brandon Vance

Brandon Vance, violin/fiddle
Anita Anderson, piano
Dan Carollo, guitar

World-class violinist and Scottish fiddler Brandon Vance is an innovative performer-composer, creating new music in a traditional style while honoring the classics of the Scottish fiddling tradition. As a torch-bearer of this living tradition, Vance brings musical narratives to life through his nuanced performances, imparting listeners with a greater sense of cultural connected-ness.

Vance’s playing will be complemented by the artistry of Anita Anderson (piano) and Dan Carollo (guitar). The evening’s repertoire will include selections from Vance’s new solo album, The Gentleman & Scholar.

About Brandon Vance

Internationally acclaimed Scottish fiddler and violinist Brandon Vance is the recipient of Scotland's 2017 Royal National Mòd "Sutherland Cup" in Scottish Fiddle, as well as being the youngest to win the U.S. National Open Scottish Fiddling Championship in both 1999 and 2001.

Vance has performed and taught internationally, serving as a guest lecturer at the University of Limerick's Irish World Academy, appearing as guest artist for the 50th Anniversary of the Armagh Piper's Club at the William Kennedy Piping Festival, and being selected as a featured soloist at the 2017 Scottish Royal National Mòd in Fort William.

Vance holds a B.M. and M.M. in Violin Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Vance is the second violinist of the Skyros Quartet, and fiddler for folk ensembles Keltoi, as well as being a founding member of Celtic ensemble Dréos, and crossover ensemble Crossing the North Sea. He is a member of the chamber orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta and baroque ensemble Pacific MusicWorks, as well as having a vibrant career as a recording artist and composer. Vance had the honor of performing his own composition, Gael Storm, with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra at Severence Hall and premiering his Shetland Fantasia for String Quartet as part of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series.