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SUMMARY:Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in Concert
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/alasdair-fraser-and-natalie-haas-in-concert195/
LOCATION:St. Stephen's United Church, Qualicum :: 150 Village Way Qualicum, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:World renowned fiddler and cellist, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, will perform one show only in BC, before they start their week long Celtic Music Cruise from Vancouver to Alaska.  =0D=0A=
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The show is at St Stephen's Church on Village Way in Qualicum Beach.=0D=0A=
Friday June 3.=0D=0A=
Doors at 7pm=0D=0A=
Show at 7:30pm=0D=0A=
Tickets $20 available through Joyce Beaton jbeaton@shaw.ca and at The Vintage Candy Shop in Qualicum and Cranky Dog Music in Parksville.=0D=0A=
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Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas=0D=0A=
"Fraser, one of the most respected of all exponents of the Scots fiddle, would=0D=0A=
look long and hard to find a more appropriate cellist as a partner. Haas can=0D=0A=
switch just as effortlessly as Fraser from a gentle singing tone to driving,=0D=0A=
dancing melody. A positive joy."=0D=0A=
—The Scotsman=0D=0A=
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The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as=0D=0A=
Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young=0D=0A=
California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser,=0D=0A=
acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as “the Michael Jordan of=0D=0A=
Scottish fiddling,” has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years,=0D=0A=
with a long list of awards, accolades, television credits, and feature=0D=0A=
performances on top movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans,Titanic).=0D=0A=
Fraser has been sponsored by the British Council to represent Scotland’s=0D=0A=
music internationally, and received the Scottish Heritage Center Service=0D=0A=
Award for outstanding contributions to Scottish culture and traditions.=0D=0A=
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The 25-year-old Haas, a graduate of=0D=0A=
the Juilliard School of Music, wasn’t=0D=0A=
even born when Alasdair was=0D=0A=
winning national fiddle competitions=0D=0A=
on the other side of the Atlantic.=0D=0A=
But this seemingly unlikely pairing is=0D=0A=
the fulfillment of a long-standing=0D=0A=
musical dream for Fraser, whose=0D=0A=
cutting-edge musical explorations=0D=0A=
took him full circle to find a cellist who could help him return the cello to its=0D=0A=
historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music.=0D=0A=
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Natalie Haas was just 11 when she first attended Fraser’s Valley of the Moon=0D=0A=
Scottish Fiddling School in California. She responded to Fraser’s challenge to=0D=0A=
find and release the cello’s rhythmic soul, and four years later, when Natalie=0D=0A=
was just 15, Fraser and Haas played their first gig together. Now regularly=0D=0A=
touring with Fraser and creating a buzz at festivals and in concert halls=0D=0A=
throughout Europe and North America, Natalie is in the vanguard of young=0D=0A=
cellists who are re-defining the role of the cello in traditional music. “Cellists=0D=0A=
are coming out of the woodwork to study with Natalie, to learn how she=0D=0A=
creates a groove and a whole chunky rhythm section,” says Fraser. “It’s=0D=0A=
inspiring to hear the cello unleashed from its orchestral shackles!”=0D=0A=
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The duo’s two recordings, In the Moment and their debut CD, Fire and=0D=0A=
Grace — both on Fraser’s own Culburnie Records label — are providing a=0D=0A=
great deal of inspiration to other players. The CDs display the duo’s dazzling=0D=0A=
teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and their shared passion for=0D=0A=
improvising on the melody and the groove of Scottish tunes. “Haas is the=0D=0A=
percussive power to Fraser's fiddle fireworks, providing syncopated, bowed=0D=0A=
underpinnings to his melodies and solos,” writes Kira Schlechter of The=0D=0A=
Patriot News.=0D=0A=
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The duo has performs frequently in Europe, and throughout the US and=0D=0A=
Canada. They have been featured on NPR’s Performance Today, the Thistle=0D=0A=
& Shamrock, and Mountain Stage, and represented Scotland at the=0D=0A=
Smithsonian Museum’s Folklife Festival. In addition, Fraser and Haas have=0D=0A=
busy teaching schedules, including summer fiddle courses in the US,=0D=0A=
Scotland, and Spain. Natalie also teaches at the Berklee College of Music in=0D=0A=
Boston.=0D=0A=
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For more information, go online to www.alasdairfraser.com, or www.nataliehaas.com=0D=0A=
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Herald Scotland Review of their latest CD=0D=0A=
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Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas: Highlander’s Farewell (Culburnie)=0D=0A=
Published on 1 May 2011=0D=0A=
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...by Rob Adams=0D=0A=
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Clackmannan-born, California-based fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his American musical partner, cellist Natalie Haas, have been investigating and reinvigorating the relationship between their instruments that flourished in former times with spectacular success over recent years. This third album is yet more proof of both the musicians’ and their instruments’ compatibility. An expanded cast sees County Clare’s poet of the fiddle Martin Hayes and American old-time master Bruce Molsky shift the accent from Scotland to Ireland to Appalachia on the opening medley, and there are French and Galician interludes as well as a distinctly drawing-room quality on Gloomy Winter’s Noo Awa’. At the heart of the album, however, are the sparky understanding and mutual inspiration that make Fraser and Haas such a classy, self-sufficient pairing and emphasise their ability to give even popular session tunes such as Fergie MacDonald’s Jig Runrig and Gordon Duncan’s The High Drive a new lift.=0D=0A=
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HIGHLANDER'S FAREWELL by Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas=0D=0A=
Bringing a Fresh Sound to an Old Tradition=0D=0A=
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Award-winning duo Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas once again unleash their dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and shared passion for taking the infectious melodies and grooves of Scottish/Celtic music on an exciting new journey.=0D=0A=
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WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: =0D=0A=
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - Bruce Molsky - Brittany Haas - Hanneke Cassel - Laura Risk - Ryan McKasson - Evan Price - Emily Onderdonk - Mike Block - Tristan Clarridge=0D=0A=
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Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Haas continue to delight audiences with live performances throughout the US, Canada and Europe and with their seminal and highly inspirational previous releases “Fire & Grace” and “In the Moment”.=0D=0A=
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