GARDINER — Erica Brown and the Bluegrass Connection will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at Johnson Hall.

Ticket prices are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and $5 for children. The box office is open from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.johnsonhall.org.

Brown, a Maine fiddler and vocalist, has been entertaining audiences with her talent for combining the precision of classical music with the spontaneity of country and bluegrass fiddle.

At the age of 7, she was competing in fiddle contests and at 9 she was traveling throughout the country and Canada with the Maine French Fiddlers. She also performed as a special guest with Mac McHale And The Old-Time Radio Gang for five years.

Brown is a member of The Stowaways, Darlin’ Corey and The Record Family Band. She was a member of the Bates College “Fighting Bobcats” Orchestra for five years and was a member of the Maine All-State Music Festival for two years.

In 2003 she was awarded Junior Female Entertainer Of The Year by the Maine Country Music Association and in 2006 she received the Harold Carter Memorial Award from the Down East Country Music Association.

Brown received a 2006 Maine Arts Commission Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Award and was recognized as a master artist by the Maine Arts Commission that year.