About the Instructors

Elizabeth performs and teaches in the Boston area.  She is the 2020 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and the winner of the 2016 Perth All-Scotland Fiddle Championship.  Elizabeth’s early training came through a combination of Classical violin lessons and learning at fiddle workshops and camps.  A formative moment came in the fall of 2016, when she spent a semester in Glasgow to study under fiddler Douglas Lawrence.  She holds music education degrees from Berklee College of Music (B.M. 2017) and Ithaca College (M.M. 2022).  She is a frequent staff member at camps and workshops such as Maine Fiddle Camp, Pinewoods Dance Camp, Pure Dead Brilliant Fiddle Weekend, and the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club.  Elizabeth teaches string orchestra full time in Walpole, MA.

www.elizabethandbenanderson.com

Emilie is originally from Connecticut and now plays and teaches music around New England. She began Suzuki violin at age five and now plays Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, and Classical music. She qualified for and competed in the 2018 All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Ireland and co-founded The Carroll Sisters Trio. The band has performed together since 2020 and has released two albums together. Beyond performing, Emilie teaches private and group lessons in classical and traditional music styles through her private studio and in groups such as the New England Fiddle Ensemble and the UNH Youth Symphony Orchestra. Emilie studies Music and Education at the University of New Hampshire, where she also co-founded the UNH Fiddle and Folk Club. She is currently studying abroad at the World Academy of Irish Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. 

www.carrollsisters.com