Stephanie Cadman is a Canadian fiddler, dancer, singer, performer and educator based in Victoria, British Columbia.
For more than 25 years, Stephanie has built a uniquely diverse career spanning Celtic and folk music, theatre, dance and education. An accomplished fiddler and award-winning dancer, she has performed across Canada, the United States and internationally — from intimate folk clubs to some of the world’s most celebrated stages.
Stephanie’s professional career began at a young age with a leading role in the musical Swingstep. She went on to perform in Mirvish Productions’ Needfire, the Broadway National Tour of 42nd Street, the internationally acclaimed all-violin production Bowfire, and Mirvish’s Toronto production of the Tony Award-winning musical Once. As both a fiddler and dancer, she has also appeared as a soloist with over 15 symphony orchestras across North America, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
As a recording artist, Stephanie has released two solo albums, Celtic Blaze and Foggy New Year, the latter earning a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination. Stephanie was also one third of the popular folk group Belle Starr for 10 years. She has shared the stage with artists including The Chieftains, Barney Bentall, Daniel Lapp, Carlos Núñez with performances taking her from clubs in New York City to London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Now based in Victoria, BC, Stephanie continues to perform while playing an active role in the city’s music and performing arts community. She teaches at Camosun College, the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and the Canadian College of Performing Arts, working with students in folk and traditional music, fiddle, tap and dance. She also teaches private fiddle and violin students from her Victoria studio.
Stephanie brings decades of professional stage experience into her teaching, with an approach rooted in musicality, movement, creativity and ensemble playing. Whether working with emerging professional performers, college musicians or private students, she is passionate about helping people develop their own musical voice and confidence as performers.
Today, Stephanie’s work brings together the different threads of a career spent in music, dance, performance, education and movement — performing professionally while teaching and mentoring the next generation of artists in Victoria.
The Guardian has hailed Stephanie as an “incredibly talented” and “world-class” artist.