Alna teen wins Scottish fiddle championship
Sun, 09/27/2026 - 8:50am
Alna’s Allison Philbrick, champion fiddler. Courtesy photo
Alna’s Allison Philbrick, champion fiddler. Courtesy photo Lincoln Academy senior Allison Philbrick, 17, of Alna won first place in the New England Regional Junior Open Scottish Fiddle Championship.
The competition took place on Saturday, Sept. 19 at the New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival at Loon Mountain Resort in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Fiddlers were scored based on their playing of four Scottish fiddle styles: a slow air, a march, a strathspey and a reel.
Philbrick will now advance to compete in the U.S. National Junior Scottish Fiddle Championship, to be held in Edinboro, Pennsylvania in 2027.
Philbrick has played fiddle since age 4. Her teachers have included Kaity Newell, Ellen Gawler, Katie McNally and Sean Heely.
For more information, go to nhscot.org and philbrickfamilyband.com
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