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Big Sur Fiddle Camp Big Sur Fiddle Camp is a music immersion program in Big Sur, CA. for serious stringed musicians

Mark your Calendars for our annual Big Sur Fiddle Camp Concert. The student concert will be June 27th.
06/24/2025

Mark your Calendars for our annual Big Sur Fiddle Camp Concert. The student concert will be June 27th.

We’re thrilled to welcome Ruairidh Mackay to our team of instructors for 2025! Hailing from the Highlands of Scotland, R...
04/18/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Ruairidh Mackay to our team of instructors for 2025! Hailing from the Highlands of Scotland, Ruairidh is a talented 23-year-old fiddle player with a deep passion for traditional music. Having started playing at the age of nine, he is set to graduate this summer from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a degree in Traditional Music.

Known for his creative approach to music, Ruairidh enjoys pushing boundaries through composition and performance. Recently, he had the honour of composing a tune for Princess Anne and showcased his talent on the international stage at the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

In addition to his work as a performer, Ruairidh has a love for Scottish ceilidhs, bringing his vibrant energy to life both as a musician and by teaching others to join in the dancing. With a friendly and engaging teaching style, he is excited to share his skills and passion for fiddle music at this year’s camp.
To register for camp click the link in our bio.

We are thrilled to welcome back Sumaia Jackson as an instructor for BSFC 2025! With driving groove and a smooth, open so...
04/18/2025

We are thrilled to welcome back Sumaia Jackson as an instructor for BSFC 2025! With driving groove and a smooth, open sound, fiddler and tunestress Sumaia is a quintessential modern West Coast fiddler. Jackson weaves together Old-Time, Bluegrass, Swing, and Celtic traditions with an easy virtuosity and melodic elegance.

Born and raised in Santa Cruz, Jackson was surrounded by many innovative and inimitable coastal string players and she studied classical violin intensely. Throughout her teenage years she played in classical orchestras, youth symphony, and chamber music settings, refining her sound, and winning awards and competitions. Soon after, Jackson’s musical path widened as she sought out roots communities who played Scottish, Appalachian, Bluegrass, and Jazz.

Jackson spent years soaking up tunes and styles at vibrant fiddle camps( including BSFC), and still attends under various roles; student, teacher, helper, coach, organizer. On a full scholarship, she holds a Bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music in the American Roots Music department.

Now living in the Bay Area, Jackson tours all over the world with Jayme Stone’s Folklife and Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards—playing places such as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Celtic Connectio, Planet Bluegrass, and the Edmonton Folk Festival. To learn more about Sumaia and register for this year’s camp. Click the link in our bio.

Colin grew up immersed in Irish, Finnish, and American folk music. When he was four years old, his mom had him pick up t...
04/10/2025

Colin grew up immersed in Irish, Finnish, and American folk music. When he was four years old, his mom had him pick up the fiddle and began teaching him to play the tunes she had learned as a child, building on several generations of a family tradition in Finnish folk music. He attended fiddle camp a few years later and fell in love with the Scottish and Irish tunes that quickly came to define his musical journey for a time. In addition to being a fine fiddler and singer, Colin is an accomplished self-taught guitarist, having taken to the instrument both for the practical purpose of accompanying himself singing and out of a deep affinity for sitting in the rhythmic belly of the beast when playing with fiddlers. Over the years, he has crafted a unique approach to expressing on the instrument that he brings to collaborations with artists from across the musical spectrum. To read more about what Colin is currently working on and to register for Fiddle camp 2025, click the link in our bio.

We are delighted to welcome back instructor Rebecca Stout for camp 2025! There was never a question that I would sing an...
04/10/2025

We are delighted to welcome back instructor Rebecca Stout for camp 2025! There was never a question that I would sing and dance,” says Rebecca. “In my family, it was about the same as breathing air or drinking water.”

Her early dance training began in rural Georgia when her mother signed her up for clogging classes with a local “club” called The Dixieland Cloggers. when the family moved to Tennessee the following year, she continued her lessons with Sumner County’s Corn Crib Cloggers and graduated from her first course in 1983 with an official diploma from the College of Double Toe, Double Toe, Toe, Stomp! and, became a “Bachelor of Clogging”.It wasn’t until she moved to Southern California in 2003 that she realized her calling as a teacher. “People had been suggesting I teach flatfoot for years, but I didn’t think of it as a unique skill while living in the southeast. It’s so common there and so many folks are familiar with it that it just seemed like old hat. But when I moved out west, I realized what a special gift I was given to have grown up immersed in such deep culture. Now, I feel it’s my legacy and responsibility to keep this tradition alive by passing it on to people wherever go.”

And so, while she currently sings, writes and performs for a variety of groups and projects — including Los Angeles-based, Eastern-European women’s choir Nevenka; silky-smooth, lounge- pop ensemble Vermouth; her own music projects including Hendersonville Song Company, Baby Stout and the occasional musical theater project, Rebecca gives percussive dance its own spotlight as a serious art form. “It’s not just a trick anymore; it’s my heritage, and I’m just so proud and excited to share it with the world.” To read more about Rebecca and register for camp click the link in our bio.

We are thrilled to be welcoming Zachary Brown to Big Sur Fiddle Camp as a 2025 instructor! Zachary Brown is a NYC-based...
04/10/2025

We are thrilled to be welcoming Zachary Brown to Big Sur Fiddle Camp as a 2025 instructor! Zachary Brown is a NYC-based cellist from Far Rockaway, Queens, trained in both classical and progressive/improvisational music. Using his experience from within these styles, Zach focuses on pushing the boundaries of progressive cello playing through his writing, collaborations, and percussive approach. His band Westbound Situation blends the precision of classical music, the rhythmic drive of bluegrass, and the colorful expression of jazz into a new style of chamber music—chambergrass. To read more about Zach’s musical accolades and register for camp click the link in our bio.

2025 BSFC Instructor Abigail Washburn! If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and musi...
04/02/2025

2025 BSFC Instructor Abigail Washburn! If American old-time music is about taking earlier, simpler ways of life and music-making as one’s model, Abigail Washburn has proven herself to be a bracing revelation to that tradition. She—a singing, songwriting, Illinois-born, Nashville-based clawhammer banjo player—is every bit as interested in the present and the future as she is in the past, and every bit as attuned to the global as she is to the local. Abigail pairs venerable folk elements with far-flung sounds, and the results feel both strangely familiar and unlike anything anybody’s ever heard before. Abigail was recently named the first US-China Fellow at Vanderbilt University. Her efforts to share US music in China and Chinese music in the US exist within a hope that cultural understanding and the communal experience of beauty and sound rooted in tradition will lead the way to a richer existence. To read the rest of Abigail’s bio and to register for this year’s camp click the link in our bio.

2025 BSFC Teacher Jordan Tice! Jordan is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who combines witty, well-crafted songs with ...
04/02/2025

2025 BSFC Teacher Jordan Tice! Jordan is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who combines witty, well-crafted songs with deft fingerstyle and flatpick guitar playing. His performances have been compared to those of legends like Leo Kottke, John Hartford, and David Bromberg for their mix of virtuosity and playfulness and his songs have been compared to those of writers, Bob Dylan and John Prine for their humor, introspection and philosophical nature. Folk fans might recognize Jordan Tice as a member of the instrumental bluegrass supergroup, Hawktail as well as his sideman work with many other artists in the folk/bluegrass genre such as Dave Rawlings, Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange), Yola, Tony Trischka, and comedian Steve Martin. To read more about Jordan and register for camp click the link in our bio.

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