Welcome to the website of The Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra.

The Orchestra was formed in August 2007 by Hudson Swan, a violin teacher with the Cornwall Music Service.
Part of his teaching activities was supervising and running the string ensembles at
Helston Community School and Falmouth School.

He had been working on some arrangements of traditional fiddle music with both these ensembles
and in June 2007 brought them together for a performance at Helston School's Summer Concert.

The aim of the orchestra is to promote the learning and playing of traditional fiddle
music from the celtic nations - primarily Scotland, Ireland and of course, Cornwall.

At our first rehearsal in Gweek Reading Room we had 12 musicians but have grown
rapidly in size. The orchestra currently has over 50 dedicated musicians of all age groups and abilities.

Hudson has a long history of playing traditional music and was an original member of
hugely influential Scottish traditional band The Tannahill Weavers.
During his time with the band he performed at concerts and festivals in the USA, Canada
and throughout Europe and recorded the band's first three albums before going on
to record three albums with his own band.

The Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra is a non-profit making community project.

The Orchestra meets each Monday evening in the Music Suite (Room M1) at
Helston Community College from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.

Players of all age groups and abilities are warmly invited to join the Orchestra.

The new CD by The Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra "Live in Concert" is available now.
9 tracks recorded live at various performances throughout Cornwall during
2007 / 2008 plus 2 bonus studio recordings.
The CD costing £10.00 will be available for sale at our performances or you can
contact us using the contact link below and we will post a copy out to you.

"Some players from The Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra played at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and they were fantastic."
"The patients and visiting public alike benefited from the lovely tunes that filled the corridors."
"We would love to have you back again and thank you for coming."

"My daughter's playing has improved so quickly since she's been playing with the orchestra and she's taking it so seriously."
"She was offered free cornet lessons at school which she had asked to do but has turned them down now as she wants to
concentrate on the violin!" " I never thought I would ever see her do anything so diligently - so long live the orchestra!!"