Arts & Cultural Events

Westminster College will host its annual family-friendly Independence Day celebration with a free concert and fireworks at Brittain Lake. Music will be performed by the River City Brass Band, the country’s only full-time professional brass band. The evening will be capped by a fireworks display provided by Pyrotecnico beginning around 9:15 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available throughout Westminster’s campus. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for seating, as well as picnic baskets and refreshments. Food vendors will also be on site.

In the event of rain, the concert will be held in the Anderson Amphitheater.

The Instructors' Concert will feature fiddlers Dr. Melinda Perttu, professor of music at Westminster and director of the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling, guest fiddle instructor David Gardner of Williamsburg, Va., and Dr. Daniel Perttu, professor of music at Westminster, on keyboard.

The Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling camp is held on Westminster’s campus annually. Participants come from all over the U.S. to focus on bowing techniques, ornamentation, interpretation and rhythmic nuance, while also learning by ear and how to interpret traditional notation practices.

Crawford Perttu is a sanctioned Scottish FIRE judge, as well as a U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Champion and author of “A Violinist’s Guide to Scottish Fiddling.” She earned an undergraduate degree from Duquesne University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Gardner, also a sanctioned Scottish FIRE judge, is a professional fiddler and the director of the Williamsburg Strathspey & Reel Society and a Fulbright teacher exchange scholar in music.

This concert is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, it will be held in Berlin Lounge in McKelvey Campus Center on the Westminster College campus.

For more information about the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling, please visit https://www.melindacrawford.com/strathgheny.

The Strathgheny Fiddlers Concert will feature student participants from the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling camp.

The Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling camp is held on Westminster’s campus annually. Participants come from all over the U.S. to focus on bowing techniques, ornamentation, interpretation and rhythmic nuance, while also learning by ear and how to interpret traditional notation practices.

This concert is free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, it will be held in Berlin Lounge in McKelvey Campus Center on the Westminster College campus.

For more information about the Strathgheny School of Scottish Fiddling, please visit https://www.melindacrawford.com/strathgheny.