““She is an excellent player with a level of versatility that enables her to move between musical styles with great ease, and a sense of creativity that pushes the boundary of a straight traditional sound without trampling all over it.””
— Irish Echo
““She is already a rising star in the Celtic skies…her musical ideas are savvy and sophisticated, but her throaty, gusting style is deeply banked in the Scottish and Cape Breton traditions.””
— Boston Globe
With a career spanning over two decades, 
Hanneke Cassel
 has helped redefine what it means to be a modern fiddler. A driving force in the ever-changing landscape of acoustic music, Hanneke blends originality and innovation with the spirit of Scottish traditional fiddle. Fusing musical roots from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with Americana stylings, Hanneke’s playing has been described by the 
Boston Globe
 as “exuberant and rhythmic, somehow wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness.” Beyond the strings of her fiddle, it is Hanneke’s hugely generous presence and passion that round out her magnetism as a performer on the world stage of fiddle music.
A native of Port Orford, Oregon, Hanneke found her start in Texas-Fiddling competitions. A two time Junior Scottish Fiddling Champion between 1992 and 1994, Hanneke went on to win the 1997 U.S National Scottish Fiddle Championship. Continuing her journey into the traditions of Scottish fiddle music, Hanneke was embraced by the Scottish Fiddling community, centered around the camps of 
Alasdair Fraser
. An original alumna of Fraser’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, Hanneke instructs regularly at Alasdair’s music camps as well as at the Mike Block String Camp (run by her husband, acclaimed cellist Mike Block), Harald Haugaard’s International Fiddle School, West Denmark Fiddle School, and Live Oak Fiddle Camp. Hanneke received her Bachelor’s of Music in Violin Performance from Berklee College of Music, where she has since returned to serve as a guest instructor in the American Roots department. Gracing stages across North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India and East Asia, Hanneke has established herself as a prolific composer and versatile musician. Hanneke’s original material draws gracefully upon her personal experiences with love and loss, weaving together the joys and sorrows of life in times of celebration and hardship. Hanneke’s discography includes six unique solo albums that harness her magnificent presence. Melding more traditional fiddle music with her own compositions, Hanneke’s arrangements evoke the heart and showcase her talent as both a curator of tradition and an eloquent creator in her own right.
Cassel’s latest album 
Infinite Brightness
 lyrically and poignantly captures a brightness that shines with sorrow-tinted joy. Written on the heels of a global pandemic and in memory of friends who’ve died in recent years, the nine compositions on this album exude Cassel’s trademark energetic playing while carrying the gravitas of loss, grief, and a sense of hope that endures. Co-produced with bandmate 
Keith Murphy
, who plays guitar and harmonium on the album, 
Infinite Brightness
 also features 
Jenna Moynihan
, who contributes five-string fiddle, 
Tristan Clarridge
 on cello, and guitarist 
Yann Falquet
 (heard on “Dmitri’s Dream” and “Last Alleluia”).
Hanneke has been a featured performer at Celtic Connections (Scotland), KVMR Celtic Fest, Milwaukee Irish Fest, Celtic Colours (Cape Breton, Canada), WGBH Christmas Celtic Sojourn, and the National Celtic Festival (Port Arlington, Australia). She has been featured on PBS with the fiddle band 
Childsplay
 and has performed with Baroque/Celtic group Ensemble 
Galilei
 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (with former NPR ‘Talk of the Nation’ host Neal Conan) and the National Geographic in Washington, D.C. (with actor Bill Pullman). Guest appearances include stints with 
Cherish the Ladies, Matt Glaser & the Wayfaring Strangers, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
, and 
Joey McIntyre
 (from New Kids on the Block.) 
Along with her loyal commitment to 
Many Hopes
, Hanneke is an avid supporter of 
Up With Music
, a community strings program based in Lawrence, MA. 
Up With Music
 provides musical training for under-privileged and at risk youth, providing a positive outlet into the music community while building valuable leadership skills. Hanneke enjoys investing her time in opportunities close to home, joining music circles that helped to shape her passion and influential career. She lives with her husband, cellist Mike Block, and their daughter in Somerville, MA.
Meet the Band
Keith Murphy
Keith Murphy
 is a rhythmic powerhouse on guitar and a traditional singer of rare finesse. A native of Newfoundland, he has lived in New England for many years where he has been an influential presence in the traditional music scene through his work with many respected bands, as a tune writer and as director of the Northern Roots Festival in Brattleboro, VT. He has four solo recordings of traditional songs, the most recent being Bright As Amber (2023).
Jenna Moynihan
Jenna Moynihan 
is regarded as one of the best of the best in the new generation of fiddle players. Versatile and inventive, her fiddling style draws strongly from the Scottish tradition, but is in no way bound by it. Originally from Lakewood, New York, she is a graduate of Berklee College of Music where she received the Fletcher Bright Award & and The American Roots Music Award - two honors given annually to one outstanding string player. She performs in a duo with Scottish harpist, Mairi Chaimbeul and has performed with The Milk Carton Kids, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards Darol Anger & The Furies, Old Blind Dogs, Hamish Napier, Bruce Molsky, Phil Cunningham, and as a soloist at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops.
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