CV – Amelia Parker Music

FIDDLE/VIOLIN

Recordings:

Albums:

*Forwards* (2023)
NOMINATED:
2025 Canadian Folk Awards
2024 Music NS Awards

Appearances & Performances:

2025

Highlights

Atlantic CleanTech Awards (performer, Halifax, NS)
Canadian Folk Music Awards (nominee, Ottawa, ON)
Celtic on the Harbour (main performer, Halifax, NS)
CFMA’s Folk for Families Concert (performer, Gatineau, QC)
Concert Under the Stars (opener for Beólach, New Glasgow, NS)
Concerto Night (violinist, Halifax, NS)
Country Music in the City (performer, Halifax, NS)
Halifax Celtic Cultural Festival (performer, Halifax, NS)
Ignite Atlantic’s Kitchen Ceilidh (performer, Halifax, NS)
Kirkin of the Tartans (performer, Loch Broom, NS)
Narrows Public House (performer w/Dave MacIsaac, Halifax, NS)
National Fiddle Day Concert (performer, Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax, NS)
National Trust Conference (performer, Halifax, NS)
Nine Mile River County Jambouree (performer)
Open Waters Festival (violinist, Halifax, NS)
Spring Stars Concert (performer, Charlottetown, PEI)
Wednesday Night Ceilidhs (performer, St. Ann’s, NS)
Wood Pellet National Conference (performer, Halifax, NS)

Additional Events

Burns Night (fiddler, Westville, NS)
DalOpera in Concert (violinist, Halifax, NS)
DalSymphony Orchester (violinist, Halifax, NS)
Festival of the Tartans Opening Ceremony (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Municipality of Pictou Co. Volunteer Awards (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Music on Deck (performer, Carbiou/Wood Islands, PEI)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market
SARA Music in the Parker (performer, Salem, NS)

2024

Highlights

A Homeland Christmas: Remember the Magic (violinist, Astor Theatre, Liverpool, NS)
Antigonish Highland Games Opening Concert (performer)
Caledonian Orchestra of Nova Scotia Tour (Nova Scotia)
Calvin Vollrath’s Fiddle Jubilee (performer, Season 3, Ep. 6)
Canadian Grand Masters (contestant, Whitehorse, YT)
Coastal Nova Scotia’s Buoy Awards (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Country Music in the City (special guest, Halifax Public Gardens, NS)
FSPA Ceilidh Band – St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations (Halifax, NS)
Ignite Atlantic’s Kitchen Ceilidh (main performer, Halifax, NS)
Mike’s Classic Country Show (main act, Lower Sackville, NS)
Music Under the Spirit Glen Sky (main performer w/Kimberley Holmes, Pictou, NS)
National Fiddle Day Concert (Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax, NS)
New Glasgow’s Art at Night (solo show & guest appearances, New Glasgow, NS)
Nova Scotia Loyal Holiday Expo (Halifax, NS)
Pictou Celtic Arts Society’s Summer Solstice (headliner, Pictou, NS)
Saltscapes Expo (performer w/Kilted Chef, Halifax, NS)
Spring Stars Concert (performer, Charlottetown, PEI)

Additional Events

Carroll’s Corner Fiddle Jam (Carroll’s Corner, NS)
Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Night (violinist, Halifax, NS)
Gairloch Variety Concert (performer, New Gairloch, NS)
Music on Deck (performer, NFL PEI-NS ferry)
Music in the Park (opener, Salem, NS)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market (New Glasgow, NS)
Pictou County Christmas Fund (perfomer, Pictou, NS)
Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition (performer, Pictou, NS)
Senior’s Night (performer, Westville, NS)
Spring Afternoon Tea Party (performer, Pictou, NS)
Spring has Strung – Dalhousie Strings Ensemble recital (violinist, Halifax, NS)
Worship with a Celtic Flair (performer, Pictou, NS)

2023

Highlights

A Homeland Christmas (violinist/soloist, Astor Theatre, Liverpool, NS)
Antigonish Highland Games Opening Concert (performer)
Caledonian Orchestra of Nova Scotia Tour (Nova Scotia)
Calvin Vollrath’s Fiddle Jubilee (Alberta/Online)
Canadian Grand Masters (contestant, Truro, NS)
Classics by the Bay (solo violin concert, Parrsboro, NS)
Festival of Summer Sounds – Mary Beth Carty, Amelia Parker, Ray Stewart (headliner, deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS)
Friends of Fleur Concert (performer, deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS)
Grand Slam of Curling Kitchen Party (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
New Glasgow’s Art at Night (solo performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Nine Mile River Country Music Jamboree (main act, Nine Mile River, NS)
Rededication of Hector Monument (performer, Pictou, NS)
Saltscapes Expo (performer w/Kilted Chef, Halifax, NS)
Tourism Industry Association Nova Scotia Conference (performer, Halifax, NS)

Additional Events

Acadia Park: Trail Boss and Friends (performer, Westville, NS)
Christmas Ceilidh (performer, Stellarton, NS)
Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra: Classics Old and New (violinist, Halifax, NS)
McCulloch Genealogy Centre Anniversary Celebration (performer, Pictou, NS)
Music in the Park (opener, Salem, NS)
Music on Deck (solo performer, Northumberland Ferries Ltd., NS/PEI ferry)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market (New Glasgow, NS)
Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival (violinist, Lunenburg, NS)
Ship Hector Descendants Banquet (performer, New Glasgow, NS)

2022

Highlights

Brock University: James Barry Fiddle Music Collection (fiddler & interviewee in documentary, ON/NS)
Calvin Vollrath’s Fiddle Jubilee (Alberta/Online)
Canadian Grand Masters (contestant, Winnipeg, MB)
Canadian Fiddlers’ Advent Calendar (performer, Online)
Deanne Fitzpatrick’s Studio (performer, Amherst, NS)
Grand Masters concert with Troy MacGillivray and Bruce Pettipas (Pictou, NS)
Maritime Fiddle Festival Jam (Lower Sackville, NS)
National Fiddle Day Concert (Halifax Central Library, Halifax, NS)
Summer Musical Showcase (solo show, Pictou, NS)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (performer, PEI)
Tour with Kimberley Holmes for Canadian Grand Masters (NS)
Up & Comers Show (solo show, Pictou, NS)

Additional Events

Barney’s River Fire Department’s 50^th Anniversary Celebrations (Barney’s River, NS)
Monday Music in Alma (Alma, NS)
Music on Deck (Northumberland Ferries Ltd., NS/PEI ferry)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market (New Glasgow, NS)
Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival (violin, New Glasgow, NS)
Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition (performer, Pictou, NS)
Return to the Riverfront (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Ship Hector Descendants Reunion (performer, Pictou, NS)

2021

Highlights

Calvin Vollrath’s 25^th CD Release Party (performer, online show)
Canadian Grand Masters (contestant, online)
Canadian Fiddlers’ Advent Calendar (performer, daily online event)
Evergreen Festival (solo performer, Halifax, NS)
Summer Musical Showcase (solo show, Pictou, NS)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (performer, PEI)
Up & Comers Show (solo show, Pictou, NS)

Additional Events

Glasgow Square Tree Lighting Concert (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
HarvFest on the Harbour (performer, Pictou, NS)
Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival (violinist, online)
Saint Andrew’s Society of Pictou County Anniversary Celebration (performer, Pictou, NS)
Ship Hector Descendants Reunion (performer, Pictou, NS)

2020

Evergreen Festival (performer, Halifax, NS)
In the Spirit Concert (Pictou United Church, Pictou)
McGregor’s Pub (performer, Inverness, Scotland – online show)
Ship Hector Descendants Reunion (performer, Pictou, NS)
Summer Musical Showcase (solo show, Pictou, NS)
The Voyage (fiddler in musical and orchestra member, deCoste Centre, Pictou)

2019

Caledonian Orchestra of Nova Scotia tour
Canadian Grand Masters Junior Showcase Performer (Abbotsford, BC)
CBC Compass (television performance, PEI)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market (New Glasgow, NS)
Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame (performer, Liverpool, NS)
Pictou County Showcase (performer, Glasgow Square, New Glasgow, NS)
Prince County National Fiddle Day Concert (performer, Tyne Valley, PEI)
Ship Hector Descendants Reunion (performer, Pictou, NS)
Summer Musical Showcase (solo show, Pictou, NS)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (performer, Charlottetown, PEI)
Up & Coming Nova Scotia (performer, Dartmouth and Tusket, NS)

2018

Colchester Highland Games (performer, Bible Hill, NS)
Dress for Success Mother’s Day Concert (performer, Halifax, NS)
Great British Railroad Journeys (television performance, BBC)
Kilted Christmas (performer, Masstown Butchery and Creamery, Masstown, NS)
Monday Music in Alma (guest for Ray Stewart’s show, Alma, NS)
Music Mountain (Thorburn, NS, with Ferrona’s School of Music)
Music on Deck (Northumberland Ferries Ltd., NS/PEI ferry)
North Rustico County Festival (headliner, PEI)
Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition (performer, Truro, NS)
Prince County National Fiddle Day Concert (performer, Tyne Valley, PEI)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (performer, Charlottetown, PEI)
The Voyage (fiddler in musical and member of orchestra, deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS)

2013-2017

Highlights

Advent Show (dancer and violinist, Halifax, NS)
Better Food For All launch (performer, Sobeys and Jamie Oliver, Merigomish, NS)
From Market to Main Street Event (performer, NGFM, New Glasgow, NS)
North Rustico County Festival (performer, PEI)
Nova Scotia Music Week (performer, Truro, NS)
Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition (performer, Truro, NS)
Nova Scotia Tourism’s US Travel Writers Tour (performer, New Glasgow, NS)
Pictou Lobster Carnival (busker, Pictou, NS)
Pipes of War (performer, deCoste Centre, Pictou)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (performer, Charlottetown, PEI)

Additional Events

In the Spirit Concert (performer, Pictou, NS)
Music on Deck (Northumberland Ferries Ltd., NS/PEI ferry)
New Glasgow Farmers’ Market (New Glasgow, NS)
Pictou Weekend Market (Pictou, NS)
Tatamagouche Farmers Market (Tatamagouche, NS)
The Return of the Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler (documentary)

Radio:

BBC Radio Scotland (Afternoon Show)
CBC Radio (Weekend Mornings & Information Morning, Halifax, NS)
Celtic Music Radio (Renfrew, Scotland)
CKCU FM (Ottawa, ON)
Dawg House Sessions (Ottawa, ON)
Erin Radio (CHES FM, ON)
Ramblers’ Retreat (Boise, Idaho)
Saturday Night Hootenanny (Charlottetown, PEI)
Seaside FM (CFEP-FM, NS)
The Basement (CJTR 91.3 FM, Regina, SK)
Valley Heritage Radio (98.7 FM, Renfrew, ON)
XFM (Antigonish, NS) & David Gillis’ Cape Breton Fiddle Tunes

Fundraisers:

Race on the River (New Glasgow, NS)
Northumberland Fisheries Museum
CTV Christmas Daddies (Halifax)
Pictou County Christmas Fund
Music LORDA
Radio for Relay (Relay for Life fundraiser)
Willow Lodge
Harbourview Lodge
PUC Kitchen Party (Host, Pictou, NS)
Camp Geddie Talent Showcase

DANCE

Performances:

Advent Show (dancer and violinist, Halifax, NS)
Disney Performing Arts Parade (Magic Kingdom, Florida)
Glen Haven Manor Garden Party (New Glasgow, NS)
Harlem Globe Trotters Halftime Show (Truro, NS)
Kitchen Criminals (Pictou Lobster Festival & deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS)
New Glasgow 150 Opening Ceremonies (Glasgow Square, New Glasgow, NS)
Northumberland Shore Tourist Advert (DEANS)
Pipes of War (deCoste Centre, Pictou, NS)
Royal Visit – King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Pictou, NS)
Sunday Night Shenanigans (Prince Edward Island)

Competition Highlights

1^st International Gathering of Scottish Highland Dance Florida (Disney World)
Glengarry Highland Games
Maine Highland Games
Montreal Highland Games
New Hampshire Highland Games
Quechee Highland Games (Vermont)
ScotDance Canada Championship Series (NS, PEI, NB, ON)

OTHER

Musicals:

Voyage (Mary MacLeod, lead role, deCoste Centre, 2023)
Matilda (Acrobat, high school)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, lead role, middle school)
Alice in Wonderland (Queen of Hearts, main role, middle school)

Piano:

Royal Conservatory of Music Concert (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

ACCOLADES

2025

Canadian Folk Awards nominee for Young Performer of the Year (Forwards)
Maritime Fiddle Festival: Open Class Winner, Don Messer Memorial Award, Best Waltz, Best Jig, Best Reel (3x Maritime Champion)

2024

Lawrence & Mildred Ridgeway Scholarship (musicianship)
Maritime Fiddle Festival: Open Class Winner, Don Messer Memorial Award, Best Waltz, Best Jig, Best Reel
Music Nova Scotia Awards nominee for Traditional Recording of the Year (Forwards)

2023

Maritime Fiddle Festival: Open Class Winner, Don Messer Memorial Award, Come on Back Award, Best Waltz, Best Jig, Best Reel
Artist of the Year (high school, outstanding artistic ability and contribution to arts)
Fountain School of Performing Arts Scholarship (exceptional students entering music program)
Ministers Award in Performing Arts
NSGEU Artistic Expression Award

2022

Special Council Recognition, Municipality of Pictou County (for national representation as an inspiring youth)
MusiCounts Amplify Award (Canadian Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences)
Treasures of Youth Bursary (Highland Village, Cape Breton)

2021

Aboyne Highland Games (Scotland/online): Winner, 15 & Under and James Scott Skinner Trophy
Canadian Virtual Fiddle and Stepdance Contest, Ontario: 2^nd Runner Up, 15 & Under
Grand North American Old Time Fiddle Championship, Alberta (Online): 2nd Runner Up, 17 & Under
Metcalfe Fair Fiddle and Stepdance Contest, Ontario (Online): Winner, 18 & Under
Ontario Open Fiddle Contest: Winner, 15& Under, and Karel and Anneke Beck Trophy
U.S. National Online Fiddle Contests: 2^nd Runner up, Junior
U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Championship: 1^st Runner Up, 18 & Under

2020

Canadian Virtual Fiddle and Stepdance Contest, Ontario: 2^nd Runner Up, 15 & Under
Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention, Maryland (Virtual): Winner in Old Time Fiddle and Celtic Instruments sections
Grand North American Old Time Championship (Virtual): 3^rd Runner Up, 17 & Under
Metcalfe Fair Fiddle and Stepdance Contest, Ontario (Virtual): 2^nd Runner Up, 15 & Under
U.S. National Online Fiddle Contest (Virtual): 2^nd Runner Up in Junior Junior
U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Championship (Virtual): 2^nd Runner Up, 18 & Under

2019

Chipman Fiddle Contest: Winner
Kirk Logan Fiddle Contest, NS: Champion 18 & Under, Overall Highest Mark
Maritime Fiddle Festival: Champion, 18 & Under
Recognized for fiddle and step dance accomplishments in the Nova Scotia Legislature
U.S. National Scottish Fiddling Championship: 1^st Runner Up (18 & Under), Best March, Best Set

2018

Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship, Ontario: 1^st Runner Up, 12 & Under
Maritime Fiddle Festival: Champion, 12 & Under
New England Regional Championship: Champion, Junior, and awards for Best Air, Best Reel, Best March, and the Nathaniel Gow Quaich
Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition: Champion, 18 & Under, and Grand Champion

2017

Chipman Fiddle Contest (NB): Winner
Maritime Fiddle Festival: Champion, 12 & Under
Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition: Champion, 18 & Under, and Grand Champion

2016

Maritime Fiddle Festival: 1^st Runner Up
Pictou-North Colchester Exhibition: Champion, 18 & Under, and Grand Champion
River John Fiddle Contest: Champion

AFFILIATIONS

Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra, Dalhousie String Ensemble, Fountain School of Performing Arts Ceilidh Band, Creative Pictou County, Dal Dance, East Coast Music Association, Music Nova Scotia, Maritime Fiddle Association, Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association, Caledonian Orchestra, Scottish F.I.R.E., Pictou County Orchestra, Toney River Fiddlers, Colchester Highland Dane Association, Halifax Highland Dance Association, Pictou County Highland Dance Association

PRESS & MEDIA

Mentioned in “SARA hosts annual Music in the Park,” Pictou Advocate, 6 August 2025, and Hamilton Spectator, 6 August 2025.
Interviewed in “Fiddle Festival Returns to Maritimes for 76th Year,” CTV News, 4 July 2025.
“Parker embraces chance to join fiddle competitions,” Pictou Advocate, 14 May 2025.
Mentioned in “Centre Stage: CFMAs and Stanfest,” Pictou Advocate, 6 Nov 2024.
Mentioned in “Here are you nominees for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards,” Roots Music Canada, 30 October 2024.
“Amelia Parker is Pictou County’s fiddling phenom,” Saltwire Network, 2024.
Mentioned in “Last chance for you to vote…” The Coast, 2024.
Mentioned in “Concert to raise funds for the QEH,” Guardian (PEI), 14 May 2024.
“Several Local Artists Nominated for Music Nova Scotia Awards,” XFM News, 2024.
“Orchestra treats audiences to sights and sounds of old Scotland,” CBC News, 2024.
X FM Announcers, “Congratulations Amelia Parker,” XFM (social media), 2024.
“Local Teen Hopes for Personal Best at National Fiddling Competition,” Pictou Advocate, 2023
“Fiddles and fun at Caladh Marquee festivities,” Pictou Advocate, 2023
“Fiddle Music Supports National Competition,” Pictou Advocate, 28 June 2023
“CD Reviews: Amelia Parker, “Forwards,” FolkWorld, 2023
Mentioned in “Pictou’s Party is Just Beginning,” by Alec Bruce, Metro Guide Publishing, 2023
“Amelia Parker earns $3,500 scholarship,” Pictou Advocate, 2022
“Special Council Recognition for Amelia Parker,” Municipality of Pictou County Blog, 2022
Mentioned in “Aboyne Highland Games Online Piping Results,” Piping Press (Scotland), 2021
Interviewed in “Strong community support for first Evergreen Festival,” Discover Halifax, 2020
Featured in Healthy Pictou County’s newcomers guide, 2020
Received recognition in the Nova Scotia Legislature for accomplishments in fiddle and dance, 25 October 2019
“Award-winning Pictou County teen fiddler releasing CD,” Cape Breton Post (Saltwire Network), 2019
Mentioned: Editorial, B.C. Fiddle News, 2019
“Parker fiddles way to first in New Hampshire competition,” News (New Glasgow/Saltwire Network), 2018
“Prince County Fiddlers,” The Island Fiddler, 2018

Last updated January 2025