Muriel Johnston

Picture the Harris Center for the Arts stage filled with 50 fiddlers backed by piano, drums, cellos, guitars, harps and even a harmonica, projecting a sound lively as a dance band, as majestic as a symphony orchestra. Front this merry group of music-makers with Scottish master fiddler Alasdair Fraser, whose humor, passion and charismatic playing set the tone, and you'll have a rough idea what it's like to attend a concert with The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers.

Picture the Harris Center for the Arts stage filled with 50 fiddlers backed by piano, drums, cellos, guitars, harps and even a harmonica, projecting a sound lively as a dance band, as majestic as a symphony orchestra. Front this merry group of music-makers with Scottish master fiddler Alasdair Fraser, whose humor, passion and charismatic playing set the tone, and you'll have a rough idea what it's like to attend a concert with The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers.

A vast repertoire of Scottish music, from the 17th Century to today, will be explored by three classically trained musicians during the 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Workshop Weekend in Santa Fe being produced by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of New Mexico.

A vast repertoire of Scottish music, from the 17th Century to today, will be explored by three classically trained musicians during the 25th Anniversary Gala Concert Workshop Weekend in Santa Fe being produced by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of New Mexico.