Catriona McKay

Catriona McKay is Scottish harpist and composer. She is a contemporary explorer on the Scottish harp (Clàrsach), having collaborated with folk and experimental musicians, as well as co-designing the Starfish McKay harp.

Catriona McKay
BornDundee,Scotland, UK
GenresScottish, Celtic, folk
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentsHarp, piano
Labels
  • Glimster
Associated acts
Websitehttp://www.catrionamckay.co.uk/

She is a member of the band Fiddlers' Bid and the Chris Stout Quintet.[1][2]

Discography

  • Catriona McKay (2002, Glimster)
  • Starfish (2007, Glimster)
  • Harponium (2014, Glimster)
with Chris Stout
  • Laebrack (2005, Greentrax Recordings)
  • White Nights (2010, McKay Stout)
  • Seavaigers (2014, McKay Stout)
with Chris Stout and Seamus Begley
  • BEGLEY MCKAY STOUT (2014, McKay Stout)
with Olov Johansson
  • Foogy (2009, Olov Johansson Musik)
  • The auld Harp (2013, Olov Johansson Musik)
Fiddlers’ Bid
  • Hamnataing (1998, Greentrax)
  • Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer (2001, Greentrax)
  • Naked and Bare (2005, Greentrax)
  • All Dressed in Yellow (2009, Hairst Blinks)
Strange Rainbow with Alistair MacDonald
  • invisible from land and sea (2008)
  • Skimmerin (2009)
Chris Stout
  • The First O' the Darkenin' (2004, Greentrax)
  • Devil’s Advocate (2007 as Chris Stout Quintet, Greentrax)
  • Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory - Live in Concert (2011, Chris Stout)
Other collaborations

Awards

  • O’Carolan International Harp Festival in Keadue, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, harp champion (1990s)
  • Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), first class honours BA (1990s)
  • BBC Radio 3 ‘Young Musician‘, finalist (1999)
  • Jakez Francois International Celtic Harp Competition in Nantes, winner (2004) [3][4]
  • Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ (2007 and 2014)
  • (As a member of the band) Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Album of the Year’ for Chris Stout Quintet’s ‘Devil’s Advocate’ (2007) about as Fiddlers' Bid, see Fiddlers' Bid#Awards and achievements
gollark: Also, invite link for your bot (for purposes only)?
gollark: I think the code is private. Ask <@!311619295010357248>.
gollark: For Markdown, don't you need to avoid matching things inside monospace/code blocks?
gollark: And they have some thing where the service's backend servers can also verify that the device is locked down and not user-controllable through some cryptographic thing, where SafetyNet throws data at Google's services and they say if the device is acceptable or not.
gollark: Meanwhile on Android Google has some awful SafetyNet thing which means apps can refuse to run if you have the bootloader unlocked, yes.

References

  1. "Catriona McKay". Fiddlers' Bid. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  2. "Catriona McKay". Lismor Recordings T/A All Celtic Music. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. "folkville-introduction Chris Stout Quintet". Kerrville Kronikles. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  4. "Winner of the Jakez François International Celtic Harp Competition 2004". harpeenavesnois.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.