Bruce & Darol’s

Great Big Fiddle Hang

June 14-18, 2026

Two of the most influential fiddlers of the last 25 years, fiddle titans Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky have a combined 6 decades of reshaping the fiddle world and deep teaching experience all over the world and in their own online fiddle schools. When you combine all their skills, you get something amazing. Together, they have explored the American Roots landscape for almost two decades, sharing a creative story that’s resulted in collaborations such as the Grammy-nominated Fiddlers Four, performing internationally on each other’s concerts and recordings, and finding endless joy in playing music together.

Along with stellar Celtic fiddler Jenna Moynihan and genius-level guitar innovator Stash Wyslouch, they’re teaming up with the FreshGrass Institute for an inaugural week of exploration into roots fiddle and beyond. This camp will be all about combining our individual skills and styles to make music that transcends the sum of its parts. It’ll be a 4-day deep dive into instrumental skills, exploring new repertoire, improvising, arranging solo and group music, and more.

This event will be the most useful for intermediate-to-advanced string players and guitarists, as we will be actively putting new ideas into practice together. Campers will learn: Combining styles, arranging, group and solo work, and improv.

First-Class accommodations at Porches Inn in the beautiful Berkshires Mountains of Massachusetts, easy access to faculty and staff, great food (all meals are included with tuition), time for reflection, socializing, free tickets to MASS MoCA, and playing music together.

About the Instructors

Darol and Bruce

Freestyle fiddler, composer, producer and educator, Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres, some of which he helped to invent. For 50 years, he has been an important driver in the evolution of the contemporary string band music through his current group Mr Sun, his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, The Montreux Band, his Duo with Mike Marshall, Psychograss, and others. The recipient of numerous composing and teaching awards and grants, he is a Professor Emeritus at the Berklee College Of Music.

Bruce Molsky’s spectacular fiddling and guitar playing and unique take on tradition has landed him in collaborations with some of the world's most highly respected players from roots to rock. He’s a special guest on rock legend Mark Knopfler’s “Tracker,” and “1865 Songs of Hope & Home” with Anonymous 4. Along with Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny, Bruce is a founding member of the supergroup Mozaik. Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown is still considered to be one of the iconic bands of the Old-time music world. He’s also a Visiting Scholar at Berklee College of Music and helps direct Berklee’s Roots Music program.

“Stash” Wyslouch

Polish-Colombian guitarist/composer Stanislaw “Stash” Wyslouch is an avant- garde Bluegrass guitarist, singer and songwriter. His music delights in story-telling, improvisation and outer-space-worthy composition. Despite his Heavy Metal beginnings in middle and high school, Bluegrass music has been central to Wyslouch’s life for the past 15 years, touring and recording with groups such as The Deadly Gentlemen, Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters, The Jacob Jolliff Band, and Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings. His 4th and most recent album “Plays and Sings Bluegrass Vol. II” was released in 2021. Conceived as a gift to the music that’s framed his career, the recording is a collection of zanily deconstructed Bluegrass classics. “Wyslouch approaches bluegrass from completely new angles — upside down, sideways, an interdimensional vortex only accessible from within his own mind.”

Jenna Moynihan

What makes Jenna Moynihan so successful is her masterful fiddling, She’s remarkable at highighting a melody and bringing out the transcendent beauty of any tune with her hypnotic groove. Hailing from upstate New York, Jenna is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, she received the Fletcher Bright Award & and The American Roots Music Award - two honors given annually to one outstanding string player. She performs with Scottish harpist Mairi Chaimbeul, in the Seamus Egan Project and the Hanneke Cassel Band, and has performed with The Milk Carton Kids, Laura Cortese, Darol Anger & The Furies, Old Blind Dogs, and as a soloist at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. In addition to touring, Jenna teaches at music camps throughout the year and is Assistant Professor in the String Department at Berklee.

Working Schedule

Sunday, June 14, 2026 - Arrival and Faculty Concert

3pm- Arrival, check-in

6pm- Meet & Greet Dinner with campers and faculty

8pm- Evening Faculty Concert

9PM- Fire Pit Jam

Monday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 16, 2026

7am-9am - Breakfast

9:00-9:30am - Camp Gathering/announcements in Studio 9

9:30-10:45am- Classes

11:00-12:15pm - Classes

12:15-1:30pm - Lunch

1:30-2:30pm - Classes

2:45-3:45pm - Electives

3:45-5:15pm - Break: Rest, Jam, Recharge

5:15-6:00pm - DJ session(s) and/or Themed discussions

6:00-7:15pm - Dinner

7:30pm - Evening Activities.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - Campers’ Concert

7:00-9:00am - Breakfast

9:00-9:30am - Camp gathering/announcements in Studio 9

9:30-10:45am - Classes

11:00-12:15pm - Classes

12:15-1:30pm - Lunch

1:30-2:30pm - Classes

2:45-3:45pm - Coach Groups for Performances (performance optional), Electives

3:45-5:15pm - Break: Rest, Jam, Recharge

5:15-6:00pm - Sound check

6:00-7:15pm - Dinner

7:30pm- Campers’ Concert

Thursday, June 18, 2026

7-10am - Breakfast

11am - Check Out and Departure

Porches Inn

The FreshGrass Institute makes its home within the award-winning Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, in North Adams, the smallest city in Massachusetts – located across the street from MASS MoCA, the largest contemporary arts museum in the country, in the shadow of the Bay State’s tallest mountain.

“Porches' style and attention to detail may just ruin you for other boutique hotels.” – Conde Nast

Developed from a crowd of beautifully detailed Victorian row houses that have been lovingly restored and connected, Porches pays homage to the industrial past of its beloved home city while capturing the spirit of creativity that is bringing North Adams renewed vibrance. Through Porches’ intentional blend of vintage and modern, the Inn welcomes curious travelers who are delighted by its brilliant details and contemporary comforts.

ABOUT NORTH ADAMS

North Adams is a community of makers, artists, outdoor enthusiasts and DIYers (who love renovating historical houses)!

The Mohawk or Kanien’kehá:ka people are the native inhabitants of North Adams and surrounding communities. They were one original members of the Iroquois Confederacy.

Once a manufacturing powerhouse in the late 19th century and early 20th century, it has transformed itself into the cultural hub of the Northern Berkshires.

North Adams is home to MASS MoCA, the largest contemporary art museum in the United States. As a global art destination, it attracts tens of thousands of visitors from around the world each year.

There is also a flourishing community of local artists living in North Adams. The Eclipse and Beaver Mills have been remade into artists’ lofts. Local art galleries include Gallery North, MCLA’s Gallery 51, Future Lab(s), the Installation Space and more! Local art is supported by organizations like MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists, the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires and several local meetup groups.

The natural beauty of North Adams is one of the many reasons so many people are choosing to move and visit here. It’s nestled in the bottom of a valley surrounded by ancient green mountains of the Hoosic Range and Mount Greylock State Reservation. Downtown is threaded by two branches of the Hoosic River that once powered all the mills. - discovernorthadams.com