Bringing it Home: Apprenticeship Celebration
Saturday, August 8, 2026 1-4 pm at Fredricksen Library
About This Event:
Join us for performances, stories and demonstrations from our biggest‑ever cohort of Traditional Arts apprentices and the master artists who mentored them. This event is part of “Bringing It Home,” SFMS’s program featuring local folk artists.
East Galway Flute
Apprentices Courtney Fox (top left) and Katie Borgman (bottom left) with Master Lesl Harker (both right)
Irish Concertina
Apprentice Mary-Kate Spring Lee (right) with Master Gráinne Hambly (left)
And more!
Masters Neal Walters (upper left, with autoharp), Brian Conway (upper right, with fiddle), Samir Chatterjee (lower left, with tablas), and Pedro Antonetty with Apprentice Raimond David (lower right).
Join us for performances, stories and demonstrations from our biggest‑ever cohort of Traditional Arts apprentices and the master artists who mentored them. This event is part of “Bringing It Home,” SFMS’s program featuring local folk artists.
Feeling inspired? Ask SFMS folklorist Amy Skillman, who will be hosting the event, about apprenticeship opportunities for masters and learners. The funding outlook is uncertain, but one never knows.
This year’s cohort includes (details soon!)
- Samir Chatterjee and Vikram Mukharjee — Indian Tablas
- Gráinne Hambly and Mary-Kate Lee — Irish concertina
- Lesl Harker and Courtney Fox — flute and tin whistle music from East Galway
- Brian Conway and Kim van Donk — Irish fiddling
- Lesl Harker and Katie Borgman — Irish flute in the East Galway style
- Neal Walters and Beth Folkemer — Traditional autoharp music
- Pedro Antonetty and Raimond David — Puerto Rican drum making
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This event is sponsored by our Susquehanna Folk Arts Center, created in partnership with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Meet more amazing artists from Central PA in our Folk Artists Gallery.
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