It鈥檚 been over 20 years since Daniel Lapp released an album of his own fiddle playing.
He hasn鈥檛 been sitting idle though, quite the opposite. Since his last fiddle album, Reunion, released in 2002, he鈥檚 taught the fiddle to hundreds of students, toured and recorded with his electronic band, Lappelectro, as well as playing live shows with Rickie Lee Jones, Gord Downie, Elvis Costello and Lou Reed to name a few.
Lapp was a favourite performer at Vancouver Island MusicFest where he performed many times, including as a member of 54-40, and a fabulous reunion of the Iconic Lappelectro.
He鈥檚 been around and off the continent many times and has helped develop an innovative program for Contemporary Music at the Victoria Conservatory of Music where he鈥檚 the Artistic Director.
His annual Home For Christmas Concert which features his 180 students has grown to two full houses in the Royal Theatre and will celebrate 23 years this December.
During this time he also composed hundreds of fiddle tunes, collected 3000 original B.C. Tunes from 300 composers and started a new record label called Woodbox Records to promote, preserve and archive BC鈥檚 150 year history of fiddle music.
Now it鈥檚 time for him to play his tunes for you and he鈥檚 thrilled to share the new album onstage with one of his former students, Quinn Bachand, a world traveller in his own right. Lapp just turned 60 and the University of Victoria is giving him an Honorary Doctorate in Music.
Come celebrate a new era of Lapp. Enjoy the music of these two wonderful Island Musicians at the Old Church Theatre on May 30.
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