WALDOBORO — “Get ready for cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music with Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas,” said The Waldo, in a news release.

The duo will perform Saturday, October 12, at 7:30 p.m., at The Waldo Theatre, in Waldoboro.

“The musical partnership between consummate performer Alasdair Fraser, ‘the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling,’ and brilliant Californian cellist Natalie Haas spans the full spectrum between intimate chamber music and ecstatic dance energy,” said The Waldo, in a news release

Fraser has a concert and recording career spanning over 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, radio and television credits, and feature performances on top movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic, etc.). In 2011, he was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.

Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, is one of the most sought after cellists in traditional music today, according to The Waldo. She has performed and recorded with a who's who of the fiddle world including Mark O'Connor, Natalie MacMaster, Irish supergroups Solas and Altan, Liz Carroll, Dirk Powell, Brittany Haas, Darol Anger, Jeremy Kittel, Hanneke Cassel, Laura Cortese, and many more.

This seemingly unlikely pairing of fiddle and cello is the fulfillment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser. His search eventually led him to find a cellist who could help return the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music, where it stood for hundreds of years before being relegated to the orchestra. The duo's debut recording, Fire & Grace, won the coveted Scots Trad Music "Album of the Year" award, the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy. Since its release, the two have gone on to record three more critically acclaimed albums that blend a profound understanding of the Scottish tradition with cutting-edge string explorations.

Concessions, including beer and wine will be available at the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance online and $35 on the day of the show.

Visit www.waldotheatre.org for more information about tickets, upcoming events, and parking.

PHOTO: Credit Irene Young