Hanneke Cassel Band

March 14 | 7:30 pm | $25 advance / $28 day of show

With a career spanning over two decades, Hanneke Cassel has helped redefine what it means to be a modern fiddler. Fusing musical influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with Americana stylings, she blends originality and innovation with the spirit of Scottish traditional fiddle.

Prepare for a performance described by the Boston Globe as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness.” Beyond the strings of her fiddle, Hanneke’s generous presence and passion round out her magnetism as a performer on the world stage of fiddle music.

"For more than two decades, she has infused her fiddle music—whether interpreting from Scottish, Cape Breton or other traditions, playing her own material, or covering other contemporary fiddle tunes—with a singular passion as well as technical brilliance, from soulful slow airs to boisterous strathspeys to exuberant reels." — Boston Irish Reporter

More about Hanneke Cassel

A native of Port Orford, Oregon, Hanneke found her start in Texas-Fiddling competitions. Fast forward to a career gracing stages across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, and East Asia, Hanneke has established herself as a prolific composer and versatile musician. Her original material draws gracefully upon her personal experiences with love and loss, weaving together the joys and sorrows of life in times of celebration and hardship. 

Hanneke’s discography includes six unique solo albums that harness her magnificent presence. Melding more traditional fiddle music with her own compositions, Hanneke’s arrangements evoke the heart and showcase her talent as both a curator of tradition and an eloquent creator in her own right.

Cassel’s latest album Infinite Brightness, written on the heels of a global pandemic and in memory of friends who’ve past, lyrically and poignantly captures a brightness that shines with sorrow-tinted joy.