Performances
Equally at home on the concert stage or at a folk festival, Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster is one of the most versatile and exciting young musicians on both the Folk music and Celtic music scenes. MacMaster's many projects have seen her collaborate and perform with Alison Krauss, the Chieftains, Paul Simon, and Pavarotti. Natalie's live performances are a testament to her incandescent musicianship and boundless energy, featuring foot-tapping rave-ups, heart-rending ballads, and world-class step dancing. MacMaster is equally adept at hypnotizing a crowd while alone in the footlights. Natalie's fiddling fireworks on traditional and contemporary Celtic melodies generate a kind of "Traditional Fusion" delivered with uplifting energy felt by the musicians and audiences of all ages.
"To call Natalie MacMaster the most dynamic performer in Celtic music today is high praise, but it still doesn't get at just how remarkable a concert artist this Cape Breton Island fiddler has become." —The Boston Herald
Before the Performance:
Join guest Ailithir McGill, director of Nickel Plate Arts, on Sunday, March 3 at 2:30 pm in the Robert Adam Room. Ms. McGill will share information about the arts trail and its programming for Hamilton County. This initiative supports the arts along a 30 mile trail, following the historic Nickel Plate rail line and White River, through the communities of Fishers, Noblesville, Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta and Tipton.