Spiegeltent • Bluegrass on Hudson
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project
July 16
Spiegeltent • Bluegrass on Hudson
July 16
The musical legacy of John Hartford has found a new chapter with The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project. Mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist, fiddle player Rachel Baiman, and banjo/guitarist Ella Korth bring newly discovered Hartford tunes to old-time and bluegrass fans everywhere. These compositions, found handwritten in 60 notebooks after John’s death, were compiled in The John Hartford Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes, and recorded on the Grammy-nominated album, The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project Vol. 1, and Vol. 2: Julia Belle (co-produced by Gilchrist and released in February 2025). The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project is passionate about sharing these tunes far and wide so that they can become part of the roots music canon for future musicians to love and enjoy.
The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project has performed at festivals such as the Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, and Folky Fish Fest, and has toured house concerts throughout the United States. The Project also presents workshops, teaching tunes from Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes and sharing aspects of the iconic songwriting and creative ensemble practices that Hartford led in his own band.
Renowned mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist has performed and recorded with the Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet, Scott Nygaard & John Reischman in the Harmonic Tone Revealers, The CA Bluegrass Reunion Band, Darol Anger, Uncle Earl, Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands, and many others. She is also an influential music educator offering multiple online mandolin courses at pegheadnation.com and teaching at music camps around the globe. Sharon has also performed and recorded with the acoustic string bands Uncle Earl and Della Mae who, like Hartford, are known for creating their own sound within traditional music. In 2024, Sharon joined The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2 as an artist and co-producer alongside Katie Harford Hogue, Megan Lynch Chowning, and guest producer Alison Brown.
Rachel Baiman has spent the last decade working as a musician in a wide variety of roles, from session musician (Molly Tuttle, Kelsey Waldon, Caroline Spence), to live sidewoman (Kacey Musgraves, Amy Ray), to bandmate and producer (Nicholas Jamerson, Josie Tonney). Known in the bluegrass and old-time world for her work with progressive fiddle duo 10 String Symphony, Rachel represents the new generation that carries on John Hartford’s legacy as both an instrumentalist and songwriter. Since 2017, Baiman has toured her solo project internationally with appearances at the Kilkenny Roots Festival in Ireland, the Mullum Music Festival in Australia, and the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C.
Guitar and Banjo phenom Ella Korth has been touring as a side musician with Leith Ross in Europe, the U.S. and Canada, and played guitar for Grammy Award-winning John Reischman’s band at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. With her own musical project, Ella has played a number of festivals, including Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival, NimbleFingers, Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival, Oly Old Time Festival, and Folk ’n Fiddle Music Festival. Passionate about songwriting and co-writing, Ella won a Kootenay Music award for “Best Roots Song” in 2018.
Grab a bite and a drink while you’re at the Fisher Center! We offer theater concessions at Sosnoff Theater, LUMA Theater, and Olin Hall. Across the way is the al fresco Spiegeltent Garden—or grab a nosh while seeing a Spiegeltent performance. There is ample space for outdoor picnics across the Bard College campus. Nearby villages and towns in the Hudson Valley boast a large selection of restaurants, as well as a variety of hotels, motels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
Eat & StayBard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.9 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.5 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
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