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# Laura Risk

Fiddler & researcher

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## Pages

- [Home](https://laurarisk.com/) - Welcome! I'm an Assistant Professor in the Music and Culture program of the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough. I'm also a fiddler: I perform and teach Scottish and Québécois fiddling.This site includes a sampling of my musical projects and my research projects. Enjoy!
- [Traverse](https://laurarisk.com/traverse/) - Winner of Quebec’s prestigious OPUS Prize for Album of the Year – Traditional Québécois Music, Traverse is a musical journey into the heart of traditional fiddle music that resonates with nuance and vitality. “Gorgeous, refreshing” raves The Guardian, while Songlines calls their music “mature, dignified and rewarding.” With Laura Risk on fiddle, Nicholas Williams (Genticorum) on
- [Research](https://laurarisk.com/research/) - LAURA RISK Music and the Staged Veillée in Quebec: Performing Tradition (University of Illinois Press, 2026) Access primary source documents for Table 1.1 and Table 2.1 here. Des violoneux, des gigueurs, des conteurs, des chanteurs traditionnels et des folkloristes ont présenté la première veillée mise en scène à Montréal en 1919. Tout ce qui manquait,
- [EPK Traverse](https://laurarisk.com/epk/) - TRAVERSE: ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT Winner of Quebec’s prestigious OPUS Prize for Album of the Year – Traditional Québécois Music, Traverse is a musical journey into the heart of traditional fiddle music that resonates with nuance and vitality. “Gorgeous, refreshing” raves The Guardian, while Songlines calls their music “mature, dignified and rewarding.” With Laura Risk on fiddle,
- [EPK-FR Traverse](https://laurarisk.com/epk-fr/) - TRAVERSE : DOSSIER DE PRESSE ÉLECTRONIQUE Lauréat du prix OPUS pour l’album de l’année en musique traditionnelle québécoise, le projet « Traverse » est un voyage au cœur de la tradition qui se révèle être empreint d’une énergie profonde et d’une rare sensibilité. Avec Laura Risk au violon, Nicholas Williams à l’accordéon et à la
- [Bio](https://laurarisk.com/bio/) - LAURA RISK Music Bio Laura Risk’s fiddling has been described by filmmaker Ken Burns as “a revelation and achingly beautiful” and Living Tradition hails her “powerful, percussive style… bursting with energy and passion.” Originally from California, now living in Montreal, Laura performs and teaches Scottish and Québécois fiddling internationally and has over a dozen albums
- [Music](https://laurarisk.com/music/) - LAURA RISK Recordings Traverse by Laura Risk, Nicholas Williams, Rachel Aucoin Chicouté: Quand la saison viendra by Marie Marceau, Laura Risk, Marianne Trudel Portage by Portage Triptych by Laura Risk, Kieran Jordan, Paddy League 2000 Miles by Laura Risk Les Joueurs de Bon Accord: Encore Une Fois by Laura Risk and Nicholas Williams Les Joueurs
- [Contact](https://laurarisk.com/contact/) - LAURA RISK Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *Email *MessageWebsiteSubmit