Ava and Thomas Paufler, a sister-brother duo currently living in Dunn’s Valley, sing lovely harmony together and are students of the fiddle, guitar, and piano. They have been playing fiddle and performing since they were very young, with a varied repertoire that includes folk songs, scottish melodies, and Cape Breton fiddle tunes, that wonderful hotbed of Scottish music being the home of their parents. They have been learning these traditions with some of the best teachers in Canada, including Julie Schryer, Wendy MacIsaac, and Dwayne Cote, as well as in workshops at St. Anne’s Celtic College in Cape Breton.
Ontario Traditional Music Library
AlgomaTrad is a registered charity dedicated to building community through the celebration, sharing, and learning of traditional music, dance, arts, and heritage craft
Since 2004, AlgomaTrad has produced over 400 programs and events, including community dances, concerts, workshops, festivals, and its annual Family Camp, while hosting over 250 nationally and internationally renowned performers, artists, and mentors. We are currently developing the year-round, environmentally-sustainable AlgomaTrad Centre on St. Joseph Island.
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AlgomaTrad acknowledges the Indigenous Peoples of the lands on which we all live. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility to improving relationships between nations AND to improving our own understanding of local Indigenous people and their cultures. From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations people that call this land home. We recognize the harms of the past and hope that we can all move forward in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration. The AlgomaTrad Centre is on the traditional lands of the Aniishinaabe and Métis. We are committed to honouring their voices, and to learning from their community members.