Dynamic fiddler Natalie MacMaster returns to George Mason University directly from a weekend at the East Coast Music Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where her latest album, “Cape Breton Girl,” won for Best Traditional Instrumental Recording of the Year.

“It’s an honor to receive the award,” she said. “My goal was to make an album that takes me back to the traditional music I grew up with. My roots are ancestors who came from Scotland to Cape Breton nearly 300 years ago. I didn’t read music as a child, but learned to play by ear.”