PEI TRAD ACADEMY FALL TUNE ENCORE
5 Acadian Tunes. 5 Weeks.
Come Learn With Us This Fall!
Pick up your instrument, learn some new tunes, and give yourself something fun to work on every week.Choose Fiddle, Whistle, Accompaniment, Rhythm, or Step Dancing. Every course works with the same five Acadian tunes, so no matter what you choose, we’re all learning the music together.
Starts September 14 • Registration closes September 13 • Access until November 30
A Fall Session to Keep You Playing
We all know how easy it is to say, “I haven’t had much time to practice.”
Sometimes what we really need is a reason to pick the instrument back up.
That’s what Fall Tune Encore is for.
For five weeks, you’ll have one Acadian tune to focus on each week, with clear lessons and resources to help you work through the music at your own pace.
Maybe you want to add some new tunes to your repertoire. Maybe you want to spend more time with the swing, groove, rhythm, or steps that make Acadian music feel the way it does. Or maybe you simply want something new and fun waiting for you when you have time to play.
Five tunes. Five weeks. A little structure, a lot of music, and a good reason to keep playing.
Discover The Courses
🎉 A Glimpse Into the PEI Trad Academy Spirit 🎉
Traditional music has always been learned by listening, watching, repeating, playing together, and sharing what we know.That’s the spirit behind the Trad Academy.
Loved by Trad Academy Students
🎵 How Would You Like to Join the Music?
Every course works with the same five Acadian tunes. Choose the part of the music you want to dig into this fall.
Fiddle with Pascal Miousse
Spend five weeks learning five Acadian tunes while getting a closer feel for Pascal’s phrasing, swing, and approach to the music.
Whistle with Emmanuelle LeBlanc
Add five Acadian tunes to your repertoire with Emmanuelle, one melody at a time.
Accompaniment with Pascal Miousse & Megan Arsenault (Bergeron)
Explore the chords, rhythms, swing, and groove behind five Acadian tunes on guitar or piano.
Rhythm with Emmanuelle LeBlanc
Dig into the pulse, patterns, and groove behind five Acadian tunes through bodhrán and foot percussion.
Step Dancing with Megan Arsenault (Bergeron) & Helen Bergeron
Dance to five Acadian tunes with Beginner and Intermediate lessons included.
How It Works:
1. Choose Your Course
Learn Fiddle, Whistle, Accompaniment, Rhythm, or Step Dancing.Or choose a bundle and explore more than one.
2. Join the Fall Session
Fall Tune Encore begins September 14, with one new tune becoming available each week for five weeks.
3. Follow One Tune Each Week
All five courses work with the same five Acadian tunes, so everyone is learning the same repertoire from a different part of the music.
4. Learn on Your Own Schedule
There are no scheduled live classes. Watch, replay, and practice whenever it works for you.
5. Keep Practicing Until November 30
The weekly schedule keeps things moving, but you’ll have access through November 30 so there’s lots of time to catch up and revisit the music.
Everything You Need to Keep Learning
Whatever course you choose, the goal is the same: make it easy to sit down, know what you’re working on, and spend more time making music.
🟠 Clear Video Lessons
Work through the music, rhythm, accompaniment, or dancing in manageable pieces you can watch and repeat as often as you need.
🟠 Recorded Full Group Performances
Hear each complete tune played by the Trad Academy instructors and experience how all the different parts fit together.
🟠 Practice Resources
Depending on the course, you’ll have resources such as sheet music, chord charts, and adjustable-speed practice tracks to help you work through the tunes.
🟠 Learn on Your Own Schedule
There are no scheduled live classes. Access your lessons from your computer, tablet, or phone and practice whenever it works for you.
🟠 English & French
Course material is available in both languages.
Choose the Way You Want to Learn
Start with one course, choose three, or jump into the whole kitchen party.
Returning Fall 2025 Students: Fall Tune Encore features the same five tunes and lesson content from our Fall 2025 session.
Single Instrument
$125
Choose one course and focus on the instrument or dance style that interests you most.
3-Instrument Bundle
$225
Choose three courses and experience the same five tunes from several musical perspectives.
Save $150 compared with purchasing three courses separately.
5-Instrument Bundle
$325
Receive access to all five courses and explore every part of the kitchen-party experience.
Save $300 compared with purchasing all five courses separately.
Learn From Musicians Who Live the Tradition
The Trad Academy grew out of the way this music has always been shared.
At kitchen parties, dances, sessions, festivals, and family gatherings, somebody plays a tune, somebody else picks it up, and before long the music belongs to another generation too.
Our instructors have spent years playing and sharing Acadian traditional music at home and around the world. The lessons are rooted in that lived experience, in the swing, groove, rhythm, steps, and little musical instincts that are hard to learn from a page alone.
We’re proud to share what we know and help more people make this music part of their own lives.
