Tutors for Easter 2009

	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.
	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.
	Calum MacCrimmon Calum’s piping began in Edmonton in Canada. He and his family moved to Scotland in 1991 where he made a name in the solo piping competition scene. In 2000, Calum attended the RSAMD in Glasgow, where he excelled not only in piping, but also in whistle, guitar and composition. Having gained his BA Honours degree in Scottish Music, Calum is presently pursuing a career as a tutor and performer across Scotland and is performing with such esteemed acts as The Unusual Suspects, Na Tri Seudan and The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. In 2007, he was a finalist in the high profile BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year, which is held at Celtic Connections. Calum is also a talented composer and he successfully produced a New Voices commission for Celtic Connections 2007. Calum plays pipes and whistles with the fantastic young band Braebach, who won a Danny Award at Celtic Connections in 2005, and were nominated for Scottish Folk Band of the Year at the 2007 Scots Trad Music Awards.
	Anna Massie Anna Massie was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 Award. A talented multi-instrumentalist, she excels in playing the fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo. Though perhaps most impressive is her guitar playing - equally at home either accompanying in her unique rhythmic style or flatpicking tunes, Massie’s dexterity shines through. She has performed twice at the Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton. As well as solo performances, Anna also formed the Anna Massie Band – a trio featuring the impressive guitar and vocal talents of Jenn Butterworth and the outstanding accordion and border pipe playing of Mairearad Green. With performances at Celtic Connections, Shetland, Orkney, Hebridean Celtic and Tønder festivals, this year has seen these talented young women’s careers go from strength to strength.
	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.
	David Nisbet David is convenor of Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin. He grew up learning the accordion in the Scottish Borders under the tuition of the late Bill Sharp. His early experiences of traditional music were at the local Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, concerts and ceilidhs where he developed his experience of playing for dancers. David has won many competitions and performed at events and festivals across Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. He has recorded for BBC Scotland's 'Take the Floor', Border Television's Hogmanay programmes and appeared on BBC 2's 'Leviathan'.
	Cathy Reckenberg Cathy Reckenberg comes from the small and remote town of Powell River on the Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver, on the West Coast of Canada. She started playing violin at the age of four, and didn't quit when her mother hoovered up part of her bow when she was five. (She did learn not to take apart her bow). Now she takes those lessons learned and passes them along to her students in Powell River's primary schools, where she teaches music and strings, as well as the local Academy of Music where she has a full studio of after school lessons in violin, fiddle and group classes. She enjoys being serenaded by her students during breaks and performing with them at community events, and loves any chance to get to Scotland where she got hooked on traditional music.
	Patsy Reid Patsy Reid is from Knapp in Perthshire, has a great amount of experience in performing and teaching both traditional and classical music. She remains the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship and released her debut solo album “With Complements” in 2002. At 17, Patsy was a finalist in the original BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award and is now a member of the band Breabach who won a Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections in 2005. Breabach have recently recorded their debut album and were nominated for best Up and Coming Artist at the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2006. The following year they were nominated for Best Folk Band. Patsy also performs with Maeve McKinnon and in 2008, Patsy was asked to write a New Voices commission for Celtic Connections entitled 'Bridging the Gap'.
	Ewan Robertson 24-year-old guitarist and singer Ewan Robertson hails from Carrbridge in Strathspey. He was introduced to traditional music at an early age, attending ceilidhs in the village hall and listening to Capercaillie tapes in the back of his mum’s Volkswagen Beetle! He began learning fiddle and chanter at the age of seven, studying both at school and privately, and through the local Fèis movement which provided him with the opportunity to perform with other young musicians and learn from those who inspired him. Ewan was accepted into the National Centre of Excellence for Traditional Music in Scotland in 2000 where he studied fiddle and pipes. A shortage of accompanists at the school, however, led Ewan experimenting with the guitar, an instrument he continued to play whilst he was enrolled for a degree in Outdoor Education in Glasgow. Here he used the vibrant session scene to develop a very driving style of guitar accompaniment. Ewan Graduated with First Class Honours in 2005 and helped to form the band Breabach, who won a Danny Award at Celtic Connections in 2005, and were nominated for Scottish Folk Band of the Year at the 2007 Scots Trad Music Awards. More recently Ewan became the first singer / guitarist to win the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award. When not on the road playing music, Ewan works as a part time fire fighter in Carrbridge.
	David Rogers David Rogers is the managing director of Karmic Limited, a music management company and label specialising in new folk and acoustic music. David currently manages Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers, The Martyn Bennett Catalogue, Angus Lyon and Ruaridh Campbell, Lauren MacColl, Colin Train, Carol Laula and No1 Son. He has worked in many areas of the music industry, including tour management, publishing and A&R and believes passionately that music education should contain a business element.
	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.