Welcome to Dave Wiesler's home page. Dave is one of the nation's
premier pianists for country dances and various forms of ballroom dance.
June, 2009 After nearly three years of sporadic work, intercalated into an increasingly busy family schedule, I've at last finished the Scottish dance CD with fiddler Mara Shea. The recording is called Heather Hills, and it features many of my tunes. Discs are now available for order from my website. See my discography page for more information.
Several other recordings are in the works. The Avant Gardeners started recording our third CD in April, 2009, and I'll be playing with Laura, George, and Dan on a handful of the tracks. Deby Benton-Grosjean, a fiddler from California whom I'll be joining at the Asilomar weekend in October, has asked me to play on a couple tracks of her new CD. And now that I've learned a little about multi-track editing (I did the edits and mixing on Heather Hills), I'm planning to tackle some of the live tracks that Thistle House has recorded over the past five years and maybe put together a CD of that. Of course, that has to be worked around my childcare schedule, so don't hold your breath!
Upcoming highlights include:
- June 13-14: Silver Thistle Ball (Scottish), Ashland, VA
- Aug 8-15: Boston Harbor Fiddle School
- Aug 16-23: CDSS Family Week at Timber Ridge, Highview, WV
- Sept 25-27: Scottish Weekend at Timber Ridge, Highview, WV
- Oct 30 - Nov 1: Asilomar Scottish dance weekend, Pacific Grove, CA
- Dec 31: Delaware Valley Hogmanay Ball, Swarthmore, PA
- Feb 12-15: Ski Dance Weekend
- Feb 18-21: Stellar Days and Nights, Buena Vista, CO