In addition to traditional tunes and songs, Hope shares her original fiddle and viola tunes and often-comic storytelling about the farming, winterizing and neighborly adventures which inspire them.

Hope's CD
Infinite Winter Squash:
New Maine Fiddle Music

can be purchased at concerts,
from Free Grange™ music retailers, & online
(now available as single-track downloads!)

Review of the CD: "Pure New England fiddle music, proud of its rural past, relishing the present ... the feeling of a warm kitchen above a well-stocked root cellar ... The performances are inviting, warm, energized and straight ahead, with a bit of mischief thrown in." - Greg Boardman

Hope

Hoffman
UPCOMING EVENTS

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~ Group Violin/Fiddle Lessons at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham ~

Tamora Goltz will teach group lessons, in beginning violin and in intermediate to advanced fiddle, for children ages 7 and up, and for adults.

Tamora has been performing fiddle music for 29 years, and has been teaching violin/fiddle for a total of 12 years, including 7 years of lessons at Ashwood Waldorf School. She has experience in Medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque music, and has performed for English, Irish, and New England traditional dancers. Tamora has studied with Irish fiddlers Martin Hayes, James Kelly, Oisin MacDiaramada, and Patrick Orceau.

To register and for more info contact Tamora at curlewmusic [at] gwi [dot] net

(207) 633-6148

[link to Free Grange Music Studio for rates and directions]

Free Grange Productions (www.freegrange.org) supports local foods through music events, related merchandise & and promotional partnerships with farms, towns and businesses.

FIDDLES*FARMS*FOOD*FUN

A percentage of Hope's CD price goes to OTFinc.org, when purchased at: Good Tern Co-op, Fresh off the Farm, and Rising Tide Community Market.

 

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Saturday, March 13 free mini-lessons in fiddle/violin with Hope Hoffman, including coaching for experienced students and introductory info for beginners. On a drop-in basis between 12:30-1:30 p.m.; enjoy the waiting room and local artwork and observe other visitors' lessons; each lesson is about 10-15 minutes long. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Saturday, March 13 from 3:30-4:30 join Hope Hoffman in an informal music session for intermediate to advanced levels of experience. An opportunity to learn new fiddle tunes or try new arrangements of old tunes and songs. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham. Free. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Saturday, March 13 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. come enjoy acoustic music provided by the teachers at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham, and view samples of the studio's gallery of visual art and fine crafts. Featured items include landscape paintings by Jim Tolles, wooden bowls and toys by wood turner Jeff Raymond and jewelery by Hilary Tozier, as well as CDs of original acoustic music by Jeff Trippe and Hope Hoffman. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Saturday, March 13 from 8-10:30 p.m., music for the Evening Contradance in Farmington, with calling by Richard Green. Music by Hope Hoffman (fiddle) and Eric Johnson (guitar). Most dances are taught, no partner is necessary, all experience levels welcome. Located at Fairbanks School Community Center on Route 4, north of Farmington. At 6:30 is the Family Dance with sit-in musicians, $2 adults/$1 children (sit-in musicians free). At 7:30 is a Snacks and Treats Potluck (finger food to share).
Admission price for Evening Contradance: $6.00 adults, $5.00 students, $15.00 immediate family max. (participants staying beyond the first of the Evening Contradances may deduct Family dance admission from admission price). More info at www.starleft.org/dance, (207) 491-9928.

Saturday, March 27 fiddle and banjo music by Hope Hoffman and Peter Proeller, at Goranson Farm's pancake breakfast. 250 River Road (Rte. 128), Dresden, ME 207-737-8834.

Wednesday, March 31 from 5-6:30 p.m. Series of acoustic dinner music at O'Naturals restaurant in Falmouth, Maine, on the last Wednesday of each month. (A Free Grange event.)

Saturday, April 3 from 7-9 p.m. festive instrumental fiddle and guitar music by Hope Hoffman & Jim Tolles, at a silent auction of Michael Perkins' hand-crafted furniture benefiting The Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program. At the Coleman Burke Gallery in Brunswick (next door to the Frontier Café in Fort Andross). For more info, [link to poster] or contact Amanda at www.mainestreetevents.com.

Friday, April 9 concert of country duet songs & fiddling with Jim Tolles at the Frontier Café at 7:30 p.m. Purchase advance tickets for $8 at (207) 725-5222; tickets at the door $10; doors open 7 p.m. Located at 14 Maine St. in Mill 3 of Fort Andross in Brunswick, ME, 04011. [printable poster] [small printable flyer and 4-panel handout]

April 9, 14 and 30 at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland, creative movement workshops with live music. As part of "Dancing with Books," a literacy program combining reading with music and movement. Professional dancers, musicians and storytellers will lead children in singing and dancing their way through a story. Located at 142 Free Street, 207-828-1234, www.kitetails.org. No registration is required, and participants are welcome to come to one session or to all of them. Free with museum admission.

Saturday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to noon, fiddle music and creative folk dance at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta, Maine. As part of the Green Beginnings Spring Celebration, which includes information about garden-related skills, organizations and opportunities, food from Rising Tide, and games, poetry and art. Free, donations appreciated. FMI: dbalant [at] roadrunner [dot] com, (207) 563-1216.

Saturday, April 10 free music lessons including coaching for experienced students and introductory info for beginners. On a drop-in basis between 12:30-1:30 p.m.; enjoy the waiting room and local artwork and observe other visitors' lessons; each lesson is about 10-15 minutes long. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Saturday, April 10 from 3:30-4:30 join Hope Hoffman in an informal music session for intermediate to advanced levels of experience. An opportunity to learn new fiddle tunes or try new arrangements of old tunes and songs. Located at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham. Free. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Saturday, April 10 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. come enjoy acoustic music provided by the teachers at Free Grange Music Studio in Bowdoinham, and view samples of the studio's gallery of visual art and fine crafts. [link to directions] [print a brochure]

Sunday, April 11 contra dance in Rockland with John McIntire calling and music by Hope Hoffman (fiddle) and Peter Proeller (banjo). [link to details][download a poster to print]

Wednesday, May 5 with guitarist Jeff Trippe at Blue from 7:30-9 p.m., with an open music session afterwards. Hope Hoffman (fiddle) and Jeff Trippe (guitar and octave mandolin) are a well-matched, sensitive and subtly dramatic duo, creating fluid, detailed interpretations of jigs, reels, hornpipes, old songs and new songs. Hoffman and Trippe's CD, to be released in May, showcases their elegant, spontaneous settings of popular Irish tunes (as well as a couple of Hoffman's compositions). Gracefully improvised phrasing and a lush, emotional texture are hallmarks of this duo -- some great musicianship not to be missed! (Blue is a small, comfortable and classy place with quality wines and beers and a nice menu ranging from pasta to hummus. The hat will be passed around for tips but there is no cover charge.) Located at 650A Congress St. (between High and State Streets), Portland, Maine, (207) 774-4111. [print a poster]

Saturday, May 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 pm. live, original fiddle music accompanied by guitarist Jeff Trippe, for performances by The Ballet School.

Sunday, August 22 (2010) at 5:30 p.m., concert of country duet songs & fiddling with Jim Tolles at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine, as part of the event "Down Home at the Gardens" which includes catering by Beale Street BBQ.

Saturday, August 28 contra dance at Simonton Corners in Rockport from 8-11 p.m. Hope Hoffman (fiddle) and Putnam Smith (banjo and guitar). The dance hall is west of Route 1 on Main Street, at the corner Park Street. All ages and abilities welcome. Admission $7. More info at (207) 832-5584, writer [at] midcoast [dot] com and www.simontoncorners.com.

Saturday, September 25 contra dance at Simonton Corners in Rockport from 8-11 p.m. The dance hall is west of Route 1 on Main Street, at the corner Park Street. All ages and abilities welcome. Admission $7. More info at (207) 832-5584, writer [at] midcoast [dot] com and www.simontoncorners.com.