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Monthly Gathering ~ March
Mar
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SMC Gathering

Monthly Gathering ~ March

Member Tune Month!

We’ll play an orginal tune from Deb DellOrfano and some tunes from last month’s surprise guest, Karen Stevens. After tea (and coffee) we’ll continue digging into our concert sets. Daylight Savings Time begins at midnight, so don’t forget to spring ahead!

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April Gathering
Apr 14
April Gathering

How to Bring a Strathspey to Life

Portsmouth Library Concert
Apr 13
Portsmouth Library Concert

Come join us for a free concert as we play new and old Scottish favorites at the Portsmouth, NH, Public Library.

We Celebrate Tartan Day 2024
Apr 6
We Celebrate Tartan Day 2024

Join us as we perform a Tartan Day celebration of tunes and lore.

March Gathering
Mar 10
March Gathering

Our March gathering will be a rehearsal of all our concert tunes. You don’t have to play in one of our spring concerts to enjoy this event. We welcome newcomers to all our gatherings. Note that clocks “spring ahead” that weekend so don’t forget to change your clock or you’ll be an hour late!

February Gathering
Feb 11
February Gathering

Accordionist Jeremiah McLane will teach our February workshop. Fluent in many different genres of music, most of his work now - both composing and playing - is with traditional Celtic and French music.

January Gathering
Jan 14
January Gathering

Ryan and Brennish Thomson will lead our January workshop.

December Gathering
Dec 10
December Gathering

Gordon Peery will lead our gathering as we play through some of our tunes that we’ll be playing in concerts later in the season.

Karen Steven & Alastair MacDonald Return for our November Gathering
Nov 12
Karen Steven & Alastair MacDonald Return for our November Gathering

This past February Karen Steven and Alastair MacDonald paid a surprise visit to the NH Scottish Music Club. They were such a big hit that we immediately booked them for a return visit.

Neil Pearlman Joins Us in October
Oct 8
Neil Pearlman Joins Us in October

Neil Pearlman will be leading a workshop for our October gathering, followed by a tea and coffee break and jam session.

September Gathering
Sep 10
September Gathering

Your music committee was hard at work this summer putting together concert sets for our new program year. Visit the music page to print them out and bring them to the September gathering when Gordon Peery will lead us through our first reading of them.

June Gathering
Jun 11
June Gathering

Join us for our final gathering of the 2022/23 program year as we play through our new June tunes and revisit all the tunes we added to our repertoire since last September.

Mari Black Celtic Trio
Jun 4
Mari Black Celtic Trio

Champion fiddler Mari Black brings her trio to Nelson for an exciting Sunday afternoon concert.

Satellite Jam Session - Nelson
Jun 4
Satellite Jam Session - Nelson

Come join us as we host a Scottish jam session in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region. Acoustic musicians of all abilities - beginner to professional - are welcome.

Workshop with Ed Pearlman
May 14
Workshop with Ed Pearlman

Ed Pearlman will be returning to the NH Scottish Music Club to lead our May workshop, when he will introduce a March, Strathspey, and Jig set.

NHSMC returns to the Portsmouth Library.
May 13
NHSMC returns to the Portsmouth Library.

Join us for an afternoon of Scottish music, to enjoy toe-tapping reels and jigs, lively strathspeys and marches, and poignant slow airs performed by the skilled members of the New Hampshire Scottish Music Club.

Barn Concert at Anne’s in Bow
Apr 28
Barn Concert at Anne’s in Bow

Join us for an evening of original and traditional music by Kalos, featuring Ryan McKasson (fiddle, viola, vocals), Eric McDonald (guitar, mandolin, vocals), and Jeremiah McLane (accordion) in the intimate setting of Anne & Clete Baier’s renovated barn in Bow, NH.

Workshop with Pam Weeks
Apr 16
Workshop with Pam Weeks

Pam will work with us on expressive playing . . .

We Celebrate Tartan Day!
Apr 2
We Celebrate Tartan Day!

Join New Hampshire’s premiere Scottish Music orchestra for a Tartan Day celebration of tunes and lore.

Monthly Gathering ~ March
Mar 12
Monthly Gathering ~ March

Member Tune Month!

We’ll play an orginal tune from Deb DellOrfano and some tunes from last month’s surprise guest, Karen Stevens. After tea (and coffee) we’ll continue digging into our concert sets. Daylight Savings Time begins at midnight, so don’t forget to spring ahead!

Monthly Gathering ~ February
Feb 12
Monthly Gathering ~ February

All are welcome as we work on our 2023 concert sets. We will have copies of our music available for guests.