05/24/2026
***FIDDLE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE AT GMHG.ORG
Direct Link:
https://sabas.idloom.events/2026_fiddling
July 9-12, 2026
Are you a fiddler who loves playing Scottish music? Friday from 2-4 PM is the Scottish fiddle competition Novice, Junior, and Open. The judge is Dr. Melinda Crawford Perttu. Winners of the Junior and Senior Open competitions will perform at the Friday night concert!
On Saturday from 3-4 PM Dr. Melinda Crawford Perttu will hold a Scottish fiddle workshop. Melinda Crawford, a sanctioned Scottish F.I.R.E. judge and a former U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion, plays frequently for Scottish highland games, Celtic festivals, and concert series throughout the United States and abroad (including a recital for the Lord Lyon of Scotland.) She also performs as the only fiddle-playing member of the bagpipe/percussion band, The Rogues. A Scottish fiddler since the age of eleven, Melinda has won numerous awards for her solo playing and her original compositions. She also was a finalist for the inaugural Niel Gow International Scottish Fiddle Composition Competition held in Pitlochry, Scotland.
Melinda is a professor of music at Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA, where she directs Ceòl na Teud, Westminster’s Scottish string ensemble. She is also the orchestra director, the string education specialist, and violin and viola (and Scottish fiddling) instructor. Melinda received her doctorate in music education with an emphasis in alternative string pedagogy from The Ohio State University. She is the author of “A Violinist’s Guide to Scottish Fiddling,” published by Mel Bay.
For more information about Melinda, the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling, and her CDs – on which many of her compositions may be found, please visit www.melindacrawford.com.
If you have additional questions, contact Robina Walker, fiddle competition director, at [email protected].
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