Mark O’Connor Community Connections

Thanks Portland Ovations for bringing Mark O’Connor to Maine and for so generously sharing him with the community.  The workshop that Mark put on at 317 Main Street Community Music Center (317) for our fiddle instructors to teach his O’Connor method, and later that same afternoon for our fiddle students in which he demonstrated his method and talked about his approach to improvisation, was phenomenal.  Mark is an exceptional teacher and he did a great job of communicating and sharing his passion for American fiddle music.  Everyone who had the opportunity to interact with Mark commented that the session was intimate and that they felt personally touched by his greatness as an artist.  Bringing artists out into the community is so valuable because it provides far greater access to the artist, and therefore an opportunity for better connection.  Thank you Portland Ovations for making the Mark O’Connor visit such a wonderful community event.