Workshop: Green Mountain Greatness with the Pine Tree Flyers - YTFest

In this 90-minute workshop, the Flyers will introduce a favorite New England classic (Green Mountain Petronella, for the great state of Vermont!), teaching both chords and melody. After a short break, the second half of class will focus on how we arrange for the concert stage. With a combination of demonstrating, discussion, and full-group playing, we'll use Green Mountain Petronella to make some magic happen.

Recommended for intermediate and advanced players
All instruments and ages welcome
Suggested donation: $10-35

Listen to the Flyers' rendition of Green Mountain Petronella:

Four of the finest voices in New England's traditional music scene shine a renewed light on the tunes of the Northeast with excitement and respect. From festival stages and concert halls to raucous August nights at fiddle camp, the Pine Tree Flyers are here to make sure New England music has a seat at the table as a distinct and vital American tradition. All residents of the great state of Maine, Katie McNally (fiddle), Emily Troll (accordion), Benjamin Foss (guitar), and Neil Pearlman (piano) cut their teeth playing for contra dances and learning from the greats. Individually, they've toured the world playing Irish, Scottish, and Quebecois music and they bring this wellspring of knowledge and technical prowess to the American music that was born from these traditions.

The Young Tradition Festival is an annual celebration of young artists and multi-generational relationships in diverse traditional music and dance communities, as well as an opportunity for youth, families, and the greater community to immerse themselves in a wide range of traditional music and dance.

• Performances for Burlington school students and residents at a local retirement community
• 5:30-7:15 - Community Potluck, and dance leader round table - Contois Auditorium
• 7:30-10:00 - Community Dance Party, featuring a medley of dance traditions–including Bosnian, Burundian, Tibetian, and Nepali–taught by local dance leaders. - Contois Auditorium

• 10:00-1:00 - Student/Mentor Showcase at the Burlington Farmers Market
• 2:00-3:30 - Music workshop with the Pine Tree Flyers
• 7:00-9:30 - Evening Concert featuring the Young Tradition Touring Group and the Pine Tree Flyers

Host or Publisher Vermont Folklife Center