Drawing from the depth of Australia's fiddling talent, Fiddlers Feast brings together the unique elements of Australia's fiddle style with its blend of Traditional Folk, Blues, Jazz and Classical sounds combining them with breathtaking musical wizardry and quirky humour. As a small or large group, Fiddlers Feast is full of fun and energy, with an ability to engage audiences of all ages with dazzling fiddle virtuosity and sound that is all their own.

Venue Format
Theatre, Hall
Technical Rating
D
Touring Party
7
Considerations

The show is for the entire community. For more remote communities, interaction with local schools will give music students a chance to interact with musicians a with great range of skill sets ranging from studio and production techniques to developing adaptive listening skills and mutli-genre improvising.

Trained as classical violinist from the age of 8, Marcus has developed skills as a multi-instrumentalist, playing mandolin, guitar, banjo, cittern, tenor guitar, dobro, all the members of the bowed string instrument family and even the saw. He has appeared at major festivals around the world, major events such as World Expo and venues such as the Lincoln Centre in New York and the Sydney Opera House. Marcus plays many styles of music including Jazz, Folk, Country, Blues, Classical as a soloist and as a member of many groups.

Company Website
fiddlersfestival.com

Unique Selling Point

For community events in remote areas, our music classroom skills can bring music students together to learn new instrumental techniques on a variety of acoustic instruments

Community Engagement

Fiddlers Feast showcases the world of Aussie Fiddling. It's very informative and gives listeners an overview of what modern fiddle playing involves, it's influences and where it's all headed. It's a narrow net but we have fun with audiences and giving them a sense of what is possible violinists beyond the realm of classical music. For music students and community it's a golden opportunity to learn and brush up on skills that may be lurking just below the surface. In previous tours of Queensland in in all our touring we have discovered many ways of interacting with the musicians be it with formal master classes, informal workshops, or just a jam at the local pub.