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HELP KEEP RED CROSS READY... Please Give Generously Schroer likes to contemporize traditional fiddle music. "I am trying to redefine the face of fiddle music," said Schroer, who began composing fiddle tunes in 1988. "I figure why write a fiddle tune that sounds like every other fiddle tune." "Each year, we invite someâ€" body who has a different backâ€" ground from our teachers in order to broaden our kids‘ experience," said Jean Grieve, one of the camp organizers. Schroer â€" a 38â€"year old Toronto musician â€" was the guest teacher at the Oakville Performing Arts Camp held at the school this week. Dozens of children, eyes wide with delight, jumped out of their seats and followed closely at the heels of Canadian fiddle player, Oliver Schroer, as he played a Swedish Walking Tune during a lunchtime concert in the White Oaks High School cafeteria. By KATY CLARK Special to the Beaver Fiddler the pied piper of arts camp "I have one foot firmly in traâ€" "The fiddle is an entirely difâ€" ferent music from the violin, the way it is played," said Schroer. At the camp this week, Schroer tried to teach his young students to "groove" and "swing" to the music rather than simply read the notes. Today, Schroer is a distinâ€" guished Canadian fiddler. He has played with numerous bands at folk festivals across the country, and he has toured and recorded with Loreena McKennitt, Don Ross, Anne Lederman, and Sharon, Lois, and Bram. He took up the fiddle in 1982 and busked in Toronto for seven years. Gradually, his reputation grew and he began to be invited to play with various bands. A very special concert will be held Wednesday, July 20th at 7 p.m. at St. Jude‘s Anglican Church. As a child, Schroer was trained to play classical violin, but he stopped playing when he was a teenager because he disliked its rigid structure. Although it is too early to gauge the success of Whirled, Jigzup has been well received. It was nominated for a Juno award this year. Concert to raise funds for Haitian teacher "They are basically pop albums done with acoustic instruments," said Schroer. Last November, Schroer released Jigzup, his first album. Three weeks ago, Whirled, his second album hit the stores. dition, but I am also breaking new ground." The artists performing are all from D:stmgulshed Canadian fiddler Oliver Schroer was a very special guest instructor this week at the annual Oakville Performing Arts Camp, operated by the Oakville Suzuki Association. ( Photo by Peter McCusker) "I‘m trying to give the kids an inkling that there is a whole other system that is all to do with rhythm," said Schroer. the staff of the Oakville Performing Arts Camp and include Olivier Blardone of France and Katika Isherwood of Oakville on piano; Terry Durbin of Kentucky on violin; T.J. "I am just teaching them one bar of music that they play one hundred times so they feel they are part of the music." Donations would be greatly appreâ€" ciated. There will be no entry fee for the concert but Isherwood, who recently returned from Haiti, where she estabâ€" lished a piano department in a school in Portâ€"auâ€"Prince, is hoping to raise money for teacher training in Canada for the school‘s violin teacher. MacAvaney of New York viola and tenor, Ann Thomson of Oakville, soprano and Rachel Mercer of Oakville, cello. Be in tune with the OSO Call 844â€"7984 to receive a copy of our 1994â€"95 Seasons Brochure