Dara Smith

Dara Smith, born and raised in Antigonish, has been playing the fiddle for the last fifteen years. She has classical training and also took lessons from Kendra MacGillivray for five years. Her parents both being from Inverness, she very rapidly took to the Cape Breton style.
 
For the last eight years she has been playing at festivals, pubs, and concerts throughout the Maritime Provinces and is also a sought out dance player. She has also taught fiddle to students both privately and in groups to students in Nova Scotia, PEI, and in the the USA, with her primary focus teaching at St. Anne's Gaelic College for the last five years. She is also a member of the Cape Breton Fiddlers Association and has performed at the Celtic Colours Internation Festival and The East Coast Music Awards.
 
A graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, she has a degree in Arts and Education. She is presently a school teacher in Cape Breton and continues to play at events throughout the year.