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SUMMARY:IMC Festival of the Arts Performance — Ryan D’Aoust
LOCATION:International Music Camp\, International Peace Garden\, MB/ND
DESCRIPTION:Ryan D’Aoust is an award-winning fiddler from the Norway House 
 Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba. Ryan learned to play fiddle through the 
 Frontier School Division’s Fiddling program offered in his school when he 
 was in grade 6. His exceptional passion\, talent\, and commitment to his c
 ommunity soon led to his becoming a much sought-after fiddler at a very yo
 ung age. Ryan has played at countless square-dancing and jigging contests 
 throughout Manitoba.\n\nHis first album “South Side of the Strings\,” reco
 rded in 2006 when he was still a teenager\, won a Canadian Aboriginal Musi
 c Award for best fiddling album of the year. His second album\, “York Boat
 s and Legends\,” included four original compositions drawn from his home c
 ommunity and supportive family.\n\nRyan’s style of fiddling is rooted in t
 he tradition of Métis fiddling — going back over 350 years in Northern Man
 itoba — and is also influenced by the classic Canadian fiddle style of Don
  Messer\, Graham Townsend\, and Calvin Vollrath. He is a magician with his
  bow and is known for his musical articulation\, tone\, and danceable styl
 e.\n\nRyan performs both as a solo artist and as co-leader of the band Hig
 hway 373 with his brother Clayton\, and has been a fiddle instructor for t
 he Frontier School Division since 2011. He currently teaches in his home c
 ommunity of Norway House.\n\nThe concert is $10 USD — or free to Old Time 
 Fiddle Workshop participants. All times are Central Time and are subject t
 o change.
URL:https://www.mbfiddleassociation.org/en/events/imc-festival-arts-ryan-da
 oust-2026
CATEGORIES:CONCERT
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