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Lissa Schneckenburger

Location: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States

About

- Lissa Schneckenburger

"Her talent lies in crafting pendulating melodies . . . innovative freewheeling arrangements..." Dirty Linen Â®
Fiddler and folk singer Lissa Schneckenburger grew up in Maine as an active member of the folk community, where she learned to play at the feet of some of the most venerable musicians in New England. She has continued to explore music throughout her life, leading to her graduation from The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts (2001). Lissa has now played all over the world, including appearances in Russia, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Canada, and the United States. Her most recent, self titled, independently released recording is a mix of what Lissa does best; traditional New England fiddle tunes mixed aptly with beautiful folk songs and intricate originals. While embracing a diverse pallet of musical influences, she still stays true to her New England roots.

Style

- Roots / Other / Folk / Celtic / Acoustic

Band Members

Double Bass: Corey DiMario
Guitar: Keith Murphy
Lead vocals and fidd: Lissa...

Name: Corey DiMario
Age: 30

Double-bassist Corey DiMario provides rock solid, driving low-end accompaniment. He has performed at jazz and folk venues across the world

Name: Keith Murphy
Age: 101

Newfoundland-born Keith Murphy began absorbing his native musical languages from an early age. He has long applied much of his considerable energy to the rhythmic side, becoming a sought-after sideman on guitar, mandolin and foot percussion

Name: Lissa...
Age: 29

Fiddler and folk singer Lissa Schneckenburger grew up in Maine as an active member of the folk community. While embracing a diverse pallet of musical influences, she still stays true to her New England roots.

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How would you describe your music?

We play traditional New England fiddle music and songs. Half of our pieces are instrumental, and feature the violin in different types of dance tunes. The other half are vocals- often songs that are hundreds of years old, but performed and arranged in a contemporary setting. We've done a great deal of research on traditional music from the northeast part of the US, and that music makes up the bulk of our repertoire.

What live experience have you had?

Everything from playing local fiddle contests when I was 6 and 7 years old (every county in my state had its own fair- mostly for agriculture, but each fair also had its own fiddle contest) to touring the national (US) folk festival circuit last summer. I really love to do workshops, and teach at camps. There is a great new generation of fiddlers and folk musicians coming up through the ranks and its a treat to get to meet some of them from time to time.

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If you are a tribute band please provide your song list here:

In most traditional music the concept of "covers" doesn't apply. Most of the repertoire is 100's of years old, and has been played by that many or more people over the years. However, sometimes I do perform songs written by my very talented song-writing friends. And occasionally if I'm in the mood, I might do a legit cover as an encore- whatever I feel like playing (Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson) just so that I can leave the audience with something familiar that they can all sing along to.

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Hire the Lissa Schneckenburger Band! There is a lot more information about the band, and New England fiddling at the official web site- www.lissafiddle.com