Scots duo fiddles around Coast

October 10, 12:40 PMSF Performing Arts ExaminerDyane Hendricks

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IShauna Pickett-Gordon and Colyn Fisher

Have a sip, a bite and pull up a chair to listen to some fine music.

The Peat Fire Flame is playing house concerts October 10 and October 11 in Montara, California.

Performing Scottish classics are Colyn Fischer on violin and fiddle along with Shauna Pickett-Gordon on piano.

The repertoire also includes original Celtic, world music, jazz and improvisation.

The doors open at 7 p.m. with the music beginning at 7:30 on Saturday and the doors open at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday with show starting at 3 p.m.

Donations of $12 are requested for adults and $5 for children 5 to 15. Everyone is asked to bring a snack to share.

Colyn Fischer, an exponent of the classic Scots fiddle style and interpreter of both fiddle and

violin music, has twice won the U.S. Open Scottish Fiddling championship. He performs locally on the San Mateo County Coastside and nationally. He teaches school orchestra in San Carlos and summer fiddle intensives on the East Coast, and composes music ranging from traditional through jazz and classical. He coaches the Bay Area Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers and toured Scotland with them in October 2008.

Shauna Pickett-Gordon, founder of the Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers, has accompanied many of the great Scottish fiddlers in North America, including Alasdair Fraser, John Turner, Laura Risk, Calum MacKinnon, John Taylor, and Bonnie Rideout. She also composes music in many styles, and enjoys accompanying silent movies.

The Peat Fire Flame duo co-directs the Peninsula Scottish Fiddlers, conduct workshops in Scottish traditional music for string players, and play for Scottish country dancing.

For tickets and information, call 650.728.0862, email ScotsDuo@live.com or visit www.scotsduo.com.

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