Emilie rose
Emilie Rose is a fiddle player and teacher based in Northern California, rooted in the traditions of Old Time and Celtic music. She began playing fiddle at age nine and grew up immersed in folk music through Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp, developing a lifelong love for traditional music and dance.
A Berklee College of Music graduate, Emilie has toured nationally and internationally as half of the acclaimed duo Two Runner. Now based in Nevada City, CA, she focuses on teaching, community music-making, and producing joyful square dances—carrying folk traditions forward while nurturing the next generation of musicians.
Andy Lentz
Andy Lentz is a seasoned fiddler who has spent decades developing his multi-genre fiddle style, ranging from classical and Celtic to bluegrass and country. He has toured and recorded with artists including Rita Hosking, Brennen Leigh, The Devil Makes Three, and The Brothers Comatose.
With extensive experience in the Austin and Northern California music scenes, Andy specializes in drive, timing, and improvisational skills central to the bluegrass tradition. As an instructor, his patient, encouraging approach inspires students to find joy in playing and confidence to explore and improve as musicians.
Andy lives in Nevada City with his wife, Emily, and their dog, Nadene. You can find him performing with his bands The New Neighbors, Cantara Loop, and The Town Howlers, and jamming at festivals on the west coast and beyond.
Janapriyan levine
Janapriyan’s first stage was the New York City subway system where he would busk for change. Two takeaways: wear a suit and play on Fridays for bigger tips. He played guitar for cancer patients in treatment, taught hip-hop production in New Mexico’s juvenile justice system, ran the guitar and rock band programs at the Nevada City School of the Arts, and collaborates with singers across South Asia and the diaspora. His whimsical music videos have been featured on CandyRat Records. He helped build a 16,000 song library of original music for Meta and has been streamed over 2 million times on Spotify. Many of his trending songs are used on social media to support visual content from around the world. He is currently writing what he calls "his best songs yet."
He teaches, experiments, occasionally goes viral with musical oddities, and once built a chicken-operated xylophone tuned to an Indian monsoon raga in attempt to empower the chickens to make it rain. No luck yet.
Sam Devine
Sam Devine has a broad musical background initially inspired by Irish folk music. For years, he played upright bass with the Cafe Van Kleef house jazz band, and has toured with The Green Ribbon Band, Tracorum, and Terese Genecco. He earned a bachelors degree from San Francisco State University where he studied jazz with musician Marcus Shelby and classical technique with SF Opera bassist Shinji Eshima.
Sam has been with Whole Music Camp as a teacher since its inception in 2018. In addition to his musical pursuits, Sam is an accomplished journalist, welder, and instructor in motorcycling and kitesurfing. Lately, he has returned to playing out on the acoustic guitar, reconnecting with the folk traditions that first drew him to music.
Delphine Griffith
Rooted in the Scottish Ceilidh dance tradition, social dance caller Delphine Griffith pulls from the many vibrant traditions of square dances, contra dancing, Breton dances, and folk dance practices across the world.
A Grass Valley local, Delphine’s dance calling style intermixes traditional and modern elements informed by their music practice of Folk Americana and Celtic traditions on the harp and banjo. Delphine loves to dance and invites everyone to join in - let’s dance together!
Heather Grove
Heather Grove is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and teacher specializing in keyboard, guitar, vocals, and penny whistle. Heather runs a vibrant local piano studio and is the songwriter, lead vocalist, and keyboard player for her band, Riverville. Past projects include Harmony Happens, a capella group SierraCapella, Celtic band The Waxies Dargle, and tribute concerts to Joni Mitchell and Joe Cocker.
She teaches music privately at programs around California and has been with Whole Music Camp as a teacher since its inception in 2018.
jan fenwick
Jan Fenwick brings the gift of visual art classes to our Meadow Party this year using the natural backdrop of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Jan is a lifelong artist, having studied and taught in various mediums for decades. She has extensive experience with jewelry and metalworking, stained glass, pencil and ink, quilting, and watercolor. Jan is a gentle, detail oriented teacher and leaves her students feeling encouraged and accomplished. Her watercolor pieces are shown and sold in Corvallis, Oregon.
Amie ferrier
Amie Ferrier began playing the fiddle at age five. For many years, Amie ran the strings program at the Nevada City School of the Arts and was the regularly featured musician for The Moth's storytelling GrandSLAM at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. She has also led the Youth Arts Performance at the KVMR Celtic Festival since 2015.
Amie currently teaches 95 instrumental students weekly through her school, Whole Music Studio, and is director of our camp programs which were founded in 2018. Amie plays and arranges for all string instruments and loves exploring intersections of traditional styles of music of all backgrounds. She plays her great-grandmother’s violin.
eli ferrier
Eli Ferrier is our Meadow Party wizard — answering questions, caring for first aid needs, safely tending to our evening bonfire, and hosting our annual storytelling slam. He’s our emcee, our champion of jokes, and our all-around support. Eli has developed and taught programs for a number of local 6-12th grade schools and colleges and is a natural mentor to youth and adults alike. He invites us to explore our own stories worth telling.
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