BANDS

“Donna’s fiddle speaks fluent français!” Scott Alarik, NPR’s “Hear and Now”

 

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I love and play in more than one fiddle style, so I need more than one band to express myself! Here’s info on my seven performing groups!

Donna Hébert/Max Cohen

Celtic/French-Canadian duo, Fiddling Demystified string workshops, school fiddle residencies (certified in MA) – YouTube clip from 10/4/08 Mass Cultural Council “Keepers of Tradition” Concert.

Donna, Max and Molly Hebert-Wilson

Celtic & French-Canadian fiddle music and songs in French and Gaelic, with fingerstyle guitar. Florida January 2010 bookings include the Pinellas Park contradance Jan 9. Facebook page.

John Whelan & Donna Hébert: The Irish-French Connection

With guitarists Max Cohen, Flynn Cohen, singer Molly Hebert-Wilson. The Irish-French-Canadian connection is explored in this exciting new ensemble. John and I showcase the music of both cultures in the U.S. with the help of Gaelic singer Molly Hebert-Wilson, Max Cohen and Flynn Cohen (no relation except they are both fabulous guitarists!). Bookings for 2010 include the Franco-American Center in Lowell MA, NYU’s Blarney Star Concert Series at Glucksman Ireland House, the Old Songs Concert Series in Voorheesville NY and the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland RI. Facebook page.

Mist Covered Mountains – Donna, Max, Molly & fiddler Katherine First

I play with my daughter Molly Hebert-Wilson, Max Cohen and fiddler Katherine First. We feature Celtic and French-Canadian fiddling and contemporary folk music in our concerts, teaching workshops for guitar, fiddle, Gaelic singing.  2010 bookings include Amherst College, WAMC’s Dancing on the Air with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason and Old Songs Festival of Music and Dance. Amherst College concert is streamed in video on Amherst Community TV. Facebook page.

Donna with Josée Vachon, Daniel Boucher and Max Cohen

Concerts and workshops of Franco-American fiddling, stories, songs. 2010 bookings include Le Foyer in Pawtucket RI in February and Festival Mémoires et Racines in Québec in July with Dan and Max.

 

Groovemama

I play and teach with Jane Rothfield, Max Cohen, George Wilson, Stuart Kenney. We play Old-Time music and are also a contradance band, coaching Great Groove Bands at Old Songs (see photo below) and Philadelphia Folk Festivals.

Beaudoin Legacy

This band features the music of Vermont’s Franco-American Beaudoin family. Concerts, festivals with me, Nina Beaudoin, Carmen Bombardier, Glenn Bombardier, Elena Alexander, George Wilson, Max Cohen, Pam Gonyer, Selma Kaplan and Daniel Boucher. American Masterpiece Roster, VT Arts Council. Facebook page.

 

Plus the

Great Groove Band

of school age musicians that I direct at the Old Songs & Philadelphia Folk Festivals