Tutors for Easter 2008

	Firefly Arts Firefly Arts aims to enhance and enrich the lives of young people through a range of drama and theatre related workshops and high quality performance projects of a professional standard. Firefly was founded in 1986 to create an organisation which would use drama as a means to securing a range of social and educational benefits for young people, as well as developing their creative and artistic potential. They currently deliver 55 weekly drama workshops to young people across West Lothian East Renfrewshire & Angus.
	Donal Brown Donal hails from Huntly and is a 2002 graduate of the BA Scottish Music Course at the RSAMD. Donal has been heavily involved in the traditional music scene in Scotland from an early age. He grew up Highland Dancing and later went on to play pipes for some of Scotlands top Highland Dancers at international competitions and festivals. His involvement in Scottish music and dance has enabled him to perform with many of Scotland's most entertaining professional groups including: The Unusual Suspects, Dannsa, The Battlefield Band, James Graham and The Scottish Stepdance Company. A former step dance tutor at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Donal enjoys teaching pipes and traditional Scottish stepdancing and his talents are widely regarded.
	Tim Chamberlain born 1977 in the scottish borders, tim chamberlain gained a first class ba (hons) degree in fine art in 2006. On graduating from falmouth he worked as workshop tutor and volunteer for a series of art workshops at penlee house as part of newlyn art week, as mentor on university college falmouth’s ‘widening participation youth summer school,’ and also at the centre for contemporary art and the natural world. Now based in the scottish borders he is currently undergoing an intensive research period involving a series of map-based works, walking the land, a drawing series entitled ‘constructions’, and further exploring concepts of nature through sculpture and photography.
	Fiona Dalgetty Fiona Dalgetty from Nigg began playing the fiddle at the age of 11, studying under local violin instructor Debbie Ross. At school, Fiona was a member of traditional music group Gizzenbriggs as well as participating in the local Fèis, Fèis Rois. Fiona currently works with pianist and step dancer John Sikorski. She is a member of the dynamic young ceilidh band, Òr, and she also plays with the Edinburgh-based Auld Reekie Ceilidh Band. Fiona has performed as far afield as the USA and Romania and she was delighted to be invited to play Niel Gow’s fiddle when she performed as guest artist at the Fiddlers’ Rally at the Royal National Mod in Perth in 2004. In addition to performing, Fiona is increasingly in demand as a fiddle tutor. She currently teaches regular classes for Fèis Dhùn Èideann and the ALP Scots Music Group in Edinburgh, as well as the Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop.
	Gillian Frame Gillian Frame of Back of the Moon comes from the Isle of Arran on the West Coast of Scotland. Hailing from a family of musicians she was introduced to traditional Scots and Irish music at an early age. In January 2001 Gillian won the prestigious Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year Award. Since then she has been rapidly gaining experience in all areas of traditional music, using her talents as fiddle player and singer in both performing, recording and teaching contexts, and in 2002 graduated from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with BA (Scottish Music) Hons degree. During the Celtic Connections festival 2002 Gillian debuted her 'New Voices' commission, "Kinship Theory", which consists of all her own compositions and arrangements, and amongst numerous other performances played in the first ever, "Unusual Suspects" a piece put together by Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan involving over thirty of Scotland's top Traditional Musicians.
	Paul Murray Paul has been singing and playing fiddle since the age of 9. He was taught fiddle by Anna Dagg (now of the Whistlebinkies) and developed his playing and singing throughout his teens as a member of Penicuik Folk Club. He's now immersed in the Edinburgh and Scottish folk scene as a session player and a member of several ceilidh bands. Paul is committed to encouraging young people to get interested in Folk and Traditional music and is a major player in the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin, the Edinburgh University Folk Society (Folksoc) and to Tinto Summer School for young folkies. Paul is a recent addition to the Fresh Air student radio DJ team and has been presenting "Fresh Folk" every Sunday with co-presenter Ally Bell.
	Findlay Napier Findlay Napier of Back of the Moon is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama BA (Scottish Music) course and was among the first ten to graduate. He studied Scots Song under Andy Hunter and Alison MacMorland. His love of Songwriting has led to his own songs being broadcast and recorded by other artists. He is currently co-writing in a highly successful partnership with producer Nick Turner. Their album is called 'Queen Anne's Revenge'. Findlay has accompanied and sung with performer Margaret Bennett at the Celtic Connections Festival and abroad. He features on Margaret's album 'In the Sunny Long Ago' which was produced by the late Martyn Bennett.
	James Ross James Ross, from Wick, plays piano, keyboards and accordion. He began playing music at the age of eight, studying under respected musician and composer, the late Addie Harper. He went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, from which he graduated with a BA in Scottish Music in July 2000. James, as part of a group, was a finalist in the 1999 Radio 2 Young Folk Award. He has performed extensively throughout Britain, Ireland and America, and has recently recorded a live broadcast on solo piano for Celtic Connections, BBC Radio Scotland. James currently plays piano as part of Gaelic singer James Graham's trio and he also works and tours with fiddler Anna-Wendy Stevenson. He has just released his debut album on Greentrax Records.
	Sarah-Jane Summers Sarah-Jane Summers is originally from Inverness, and was taught by the great Donald Riddell. As well as a lasting love of Highland fiddle music, Sarah-Jane is very interested in Scandinavian music, often performing with Fribo. She is in great demand as a fiddle teacher, working with Falkirk Fiddle Workshop, Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop and many other workshops and courses around Scotland. Sarah-Jane’s eagerly-awaited first solo CD was released in late 2008.
	Adam Sutherland Previously with Croft No. 5, Adam has now become a leading light in both Session A9 and The Peatbog Faeries. Adams roots lie in Highland music so expect tunes tales and general madness from one of Scotland`s finest young players.
	Wendy Carle Taylor The story goes that Wendy could sing before she could speak in the lovely lilting dialect of her native Aberdeenshire. She has been singing ever since, unaccompanied and with various groups at home and abroad. Wendy is a Voice Coach, Facilitator and Consultant. She is passionate about the human voice and empowering others to speak and sing with confidence and joy. She specialises in songs, old and new, from Scotland and beyond, as well as acting and performance and musical theatre. Her clients include the Scots Music Group, community education groups, corporate organisations and various charities. She is an Associate Tutor at The University of Edinburgh and a Specialist Lecturer at a local college. Wendy trained extensively under Frankie Armstrong and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Wendy is an executive member of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network.
	Mike Vass Hailing from Nairn in the NE of Scotland, Mike first learned the fiddle at school and was subsequently taught by Ian Hardie (also from Nairn). Mike has competed successfully throughout Scotland including winning two Mod gold medals. Mike has been invited to adjudicate at music competitions including two at Keith Folk Festival and also regularly teaches fiddle throughout Scotland with the Feis movement. Mike has been gigging in Scotland for the best part of a decade, appearing at Celtic Connections, the Fringe, Eden Court Theatre Inverness, Bute Folk Festival, Albert Hall Stirling, The Tron Theatre Glasgow, Hootannany Inverness among others. He was a finalist at the BBC Young Trad Musician awards 2005 and 2006.
	Wendy Weatherby Since graduating from the RSAMD in 1983, Wendy’s interest in jazz and folk music has led her to play and sing at festivals throughout the UK, Europe, the USA and the former Soviet Union. She has worked and recorded with many top Scottish musicians including Hamish Moore, Billy Jackson, The Pearlfishers, Michael Marra and Phil Cunningham and has two solo albums to her credit. Wendy has hosted many workshops in both cello and singing. She is regularly featured in Dr Fred Freeman’s illustrated lectures on Robert Burns, performing alongside Marc Duff (ex-Capercaillie) and John Morran (Deaf Shepherd) and is in demand as singer and cellist at events worldwide
	Alasdair White Alasdair comes from the Island of Lewis, one of the Gaelic speaking Outer Hebrides where music and culture remain strong daily forces. Alasdair has been an award-winning fiddler since he emerged at age thirteen. Still only in his early twenties he is already well known as Battlefield Band's virtuoso fiddle player where his musicianship and tune making have had a great influence on the bands repertoire and continuing success. He plays in what might be called a "North-west" Scottish style, heavily derived from the piping tradition. For those that love just good music, then Alasdair's playing and tune making offer a privileged panorama of the exciting traditional music of Scotland today. As well as fiddle, Alasdair also plays Whistle,Banjo, Bazouki, Highland and Small Pipes, Bodhran.