Upright Steeple Society is pleased to welcome Canadian Folk Music Award winners Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira to York Street Meeting House, in Lyndon, on Thursday, September 4, at 7:00, in partnership with Catamount Arts.

A dynamic North American fiddle and cello duo, Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira fuse traditional and contemporary music styles to create a powerfully uplifting and soulful sound. Their latest album, “All It Brings,” was awarded 2024 Traditional Album of the Year by the Canadian Folk Music awards and has been called “dazzling” by FolkWorld and “simply exquisite” by Folk London.

Joining forces in Glasgow in 2018, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira were already well-established soloists when together they found a kindred musical spirit. With Jocelyn on fiddle and Ellen on cello, they promise an evening of high-energy tunes and soulful songs with nuanced strings interplay, vocal harmonies, lively step-dancing, and French Canadian foot percussion.

On stage, their instruments weave a rhythmic, textured sound with rousing fiddle, haunting cello, gorgeous vocal arrangements and spectacular step-dancing, bringing life and fire to original tunes as well as high-energy repertoire from Scotland, Ireland, North America, and Scandinavia.

The duo has been featured in live broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and performed at festivals including Celtic Connections (UK), Vancouver Folk Music Festival (CAN), Summerfolk Music Festival (CAN), Sutton Traditional Fiddle Festival (CAN), Celtic Colours International Festival (CAN), and New World Festival (USA).

For advance tickets to see Jocelyn Pettit and Ellen Gira at York Street Meeting House, September 4th, at 7:00, or to learn more about this and other live music programming brought to you by Catamount Arts, visit www.catamountarts.org or call 802-748-2600.

The Upright Steeple Society is a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a mission to salvage, repair, renovate and restore the York Street Meeting House (formerly the First Congregational Church of Lyndon) and maintain it as a nonsectarian meeting house available for community functions in the Town of Lyndon, Vermont. Eight years, countless volunteer hours, and $400k later, the York Street Meeting House opened to the public. It’s since been used a live music venue, a public meeting facility, and a source of pride once again for its greater community.