Summer Strings Fiddle Camp
Join us for a camp celebrating Manitoba’s rich history of fiddling!
Led by Patti Kusturok, Karen Warner and Kaiti Rieder, Summer Strings is WCM’s annual fiddle camp for beginner, intermediate, and expert fiddle players. All ages and skill levels are welcome with a a minimum one year playing experience. In keeping with aural tradition, links to recordings of traditional tunes will be provided to the students to prepare for the camp. We will preserve the rich tradition of learning by ear, while also providing sheet music if needed.
Sunday July 26 – Wednesday July 29, 2026
Sunday July 26 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Registration and Jam Day
Monday July 27 – Wednesday July 29 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM: Camp time–practicing, special exercises, and group activities
Wednesday July 29 2:30 PM: Concert Performance
Tuition for the camp is $175
Meet your Directors!
Patti Kusturok
Three-time Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle champion Patti Kusturok has turned her passion for Métis fiddling into a career, with 40 years of experience teaching private lessons, small and large groups, workshops, in the school system and at the post-secondary level. Patti is known across the country in the fiddle music world. Her humble demeanour and personable stage presence allows the audience to soak in the music and connect with her in a special way.
Karen Warner
Karen Warner, a retired teacher, now enjoys spending her time teaching private lessons at Winnipeg Conservatory of Music and substitute teaching for the fiddle programs in the Seven Oaks School Division. While at SOSD, Karen discovered a great love for traditional fiddle music including Cape Breton, Scottish, Métis and Irish tunes. Directing fiddle groups of young students and organizing and playing in jamborees has been a highlight for her and she continues this tradition as Director of WCM’s Fine Tuners Fiddle Ensemble.
Kaiti Rieder
Farm raised, free run, and organically grown, Kaiti Rieder took her Interlake folk roots to the city where she immersed herself in a career of music performance and pedagogy. Kaiti has taught in diverse environments including public school divisions in groups and private violin and fiddle lessons at Winnipeg Conservatory of Music. With over ten years of experience, Kaiti strives to tailor lessons to the student to deepen their connection to music and instruments to achieve their personal goals.
hours
Monday – Thursday
2:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturday 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Address
1476 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB, R3G 0W3 Canada
Phone
(204) 505-9012