FREEPORT – Cape Breton fiddler and composer Brenda Stubbert – a sought-after dance musician who has performed internationally, recorded several CDs and published two books of original tunes – will perform in South Carthage and in Freeport.

The veteran fiddler will play Thursday, March 8, at Skye Theater, a house concert-style acoustic venue seating up to 110 people at 2 Highland Drive in South Carthage. There will be a preshow fiddle jam at 6:30 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 at the door. For tickets, call New England Celtic Arts at (207) 562-4445. For more information, go online to www.necelticarts.com.

Stubbert will perform with pianist Melissa Emmons at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the First Parish Church, U.C.C., 40 Main St., Freeport. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. Admission is free for children 12 and younger. Advance tickets available at Maine Street Art, 141A Maine St., Brunswick. For more information, call Maine Street Art at 721-0244, or check out www.CeilidhHouse.org.

Stubbert was raised in a Cape Breton fishing and mining community known for its rich musical traditions. Irish, Scottish, and French Acadian styles all lent their distinctive character to the music played at house parties and dances. Stubbert participated from an early age, building a vast repertoire of tunes and skills. Her fiddling is full of trills and embellishments, yet delivered with astonishing ease. Sound clips and more information can be found at her Web site, www.cranfordpub.com/stubbert

Emmons’ driving keyboard rhythms provide the perfect counterpoint to Stubbert’s fiddling. Her expert timing emerges from decades of contradance accompaniment as well as countless sessions with traditional musicians in Cape Breton.