About Donna Hébert
“Fiddling Demystified should be required reading for all string teachers hoping to branch out into fiddling.” Laura Risk, Strings Magazine, 9/09.
Great Groove Band, main stage, 2009 Philly Folk Fest, with Groovemama
Media kit w/audio/video
Performances with:
- Max Cohen - fiddle-guitar duo
- John Whelan: The Irish-French Connection with Max Cohen, Flynn Cohen, Molly Hebert-Wilson
- Franco-American/French-Canadian music with Josée Vachon & Daniel Boucher; Rachel Aucoin and Sabin Jacques and others
- trio with Max Cohen & Molly Hebert-Wilson Florida tour January 2010
- Groovemama with Max Cohen, Jane Rothfield, George Wilson & Stuart Kenney, coaching the Great Groove Bands at Old Songs & Philly Folk Festivals
- Mist Covered Mountains Celtic & contemporary folk music with Max Cohen, Katherine First & Molly Hébert-Wilson
- Beaudoin Legacy – Franco-American music with Beaudoin family members & friends
Recordings:
In Full Bloom is Donna’s best CD ever! Un vrai délice!” Benoit Bourque. In Full Bloom / En pleine floraison” French-Canadian fiddling with Pascal Gemme, Max Cohen, André Brunet, Rachel Aucoin, Sabin Jacques, Stuart Kenney, Marie Soleil-Pilette and Denis Fréchette. Online downloads of the last song, “A Place Called Beautiful,” benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund in honor of Franco-American artist Martha Pellerin. New companion tunebook is available online with CD.
Donna’s other CDs include her “Big Boned Beauty” solo CD and Chanterelle’s “Soirée chez nous,“.
Lessons, workshops, summer camps & residencies:
Donna Hébert’s classes, workshops and residencies demonstrate the innovative right and left-hand teaching methods documented in her Fiddling Demystified for Strings teaching series.
Summer camps at Old Songs Community Center in Voorheesville NY include Fiddle & Strings week July 5-9 for ages 6-18. Fiddling Demystified for Strings week Aug 9-13 features Donna teaching with fiddlers Liz Carroll and Jane Rothfield. French Music & Dance week Aug. 16-20 features Donna with Québecois musicians and dancers Pascal Gemme, Marc Maziade and Marie-Soleil Pilette.
Donna also offers online video chat lessons for long-distance learning.
