Traditional Folk Music

UVMC offers lessons, classes, and workshops in traditional styles on a variety of instruments.

Our mission is to connect the local music community with the best traditional musicians for performances and workshops, bring people together for music-making events, and offer lessons at all ability levels with highly skilled faculty members.

Accordion and fiddle player at Upper Valley Music Center
Fiddle player at Upper Valley Music Center
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Classes

Monday Night Fiddle


Learn tunes and styles from New England tradition.

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Colburn Park Trad Music Festival

Friday-Sunday, July 31-August 2
Downtown Lebanon
Registration is now open! 15% off Early Bird discount until June 1

Dive into the dynamic world of traditional music for a weekend of playing, learning, dancing, jamming, performance, and more.

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Contra Dance Band


New to UVMC, Spring 2026!

In this group class, we'll explore some important characteristics of contra dance choreography and how they relate different kinds of music. 

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Traditional Ensemble


Spring 2026: French Canadian Music

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Fiddle students listening to a new tune.

Beginning Fiddle


Beginning adults start with the very basics: how to hold the fiddle and bow with clean, relaxed technique that fits your body, how to “hear” and remember a tune.

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English Country Dance Music Sessions

2nd & 4th Sundays

UVMC English Country Dance Instrumental Music sessions provide a friendly, flexible and spontaneous small ensemble setting for beginning, intermediate to experienced players of a variety of traditional instruments.

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Events

Bruce Molsky and Martin Philip: Fiddle & Flour

Saturday, April 18,
1:00 pm to 4:30 pm EDT
Free admission for conversation and jam, $30 workshop fee
Upper Valley Music Center

Join us for an afternoon of artist and artisan workshops!

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A Little Lunch Music: Play it Forward

Friday, May 8,
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EDT
Upper Valley Music Center

Join Upper Valley Music Center faculty and friends for a free lunchtime concert as part of UVMC’s “A Little Lunch…

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Slow Jam

Friday, May 8,
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm EDT
Upper Valley Music Center

Whether meeting in-person or online via zoom, this session is low-pressure session that is welcoming to all levels and instruments….

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Folk Music Faculty

Amy Cann

Amy Cann

Fiddle, violin, contra/English country dance

Rachel Clemente

harp

Carol Compton

English Country Dance Ensemble fiddle

George Fowler

Fiddle Jeremiah McLane

Jeremiah McLane

Traditional ensembles Ben Van Vliet

Ben Van Vliet

Violin, fiddle

Questions?

If you’d like to learn more about our traditional folk music offerings, visit our FAQ page or contact us with your questions.