| Fiddler's
Fancy was founded in 1997 to showcase the talents of
Celtic musicians
and dancers in venues varying from fairs, festivals and weddings to
hotel ballrooms and living rooms. These experienced performers have
performed at venues ranging from pubs, restaurants and major festivals,
to wedding celebrations for Jerry Garcia and the Alioto family. Fiddler's Fancy can provide musicians and dancers for your party, festival, faire, wedding or wake: solo, duos, trios, a quartet, a quintet, or a Celtic Rock Band. |
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| Fiddler's Fancy ensembles have performed at: |
| Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts |
| Dublin St. Patrick's Day Festival |
| Castle Amororso |
| Sacramento's famed Rail Fair |
| The Mammoth Celtic Festival |
| The Gold Country Fair |
| Renaissance Pleasure Faire |
| Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire |
| Dickens Christmas Fair |
| Ardenwood Celtic Festival |
| Tapestry in Talent |
| San Jose Repertory Theater |
| Squaw Valley Solstice Festival |
| Rotary Arts Festival |
| Fairfax May Day Festival |
| Our repertoire now includes music
from all over Europe and much of
the Americas, including Celtic, American, English, French, Italian, Scandinavian, Mexican, Klezmer, Eastern
European, Classical,
Renaissance, Medieval and Middle Eastern. Click here
for a repertoire list. |
Various instrumentations are possible, combining violin, harp, flute, recorder, guitar, mandola, mandocello, bass, pennywhistle and bodhran and other percussion. Solo musicians, duos, trios, quartet or all five of us! Historical themes in both music and costuming are also possible, especially Renaissance and Victorian. And there’s always modern basic black. |
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Cat
Taylor: violin, bodhran, vocals |
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Mark Ungar: guitar, bass, mandocello, mandola, vocals |
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Deirdre McCarthy: bodhran,
pennywhistle, vocals |
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Margaret Davis: harp,
flute, recorders, vocals |
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Kristoph Klover: guitar, mandola, vocals |
| Click the tunes below to listen to our virtual demo tape: | |
| With Cat, Margaret & Kristoph | With Cat, Mark & Deirdre |
| Lark in the Morning | Ashokan Farewell |
| Lark in the Morning (excerpt) | Ashokan Farewell (excerpt) |
| Humours of Ballyloughlin | Shloymke's and Varshaver Freilichs |
| Humours of Ballyloughlin (excerpt) | Shloymke's Freilichs (excerpt) |
| Childgrove/Parson's Farewell | Swallowtail Reel/Gravel Walk |
| Parson's Farewell (excerpt) | Gravel Walk (excerpt) |
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