Gillebride MacIllemhaoil, Iain Macdonald, Margaret Stewart & Ingrid Henderson, four of the finest exponents of Gaelic music and song, are coming together for 2 special concerts in the Outer Hebrides for St Kilda Day 2009.
* 8pm, 28th August 2009
Seallam! Visitor Centre,
Northton,
Harris
Tickets £10/ £8
www.seallam.com
* 7.30pm, 29th August 2009
Berneray Community Hall,
Berneray
Tickets £10 / £8
Four of the finest exponents of Gaelic music and song are to collaborate on two performances in two venues in the Outer Hebrides, commemorating St Kilda Day 2009.
Margaret Stewart, voted Gaelic Singer of the Year 2008, has a long established
reputation as one of the finest of Gaelic singers. A native of Lewis, Margaret’s
singing style is rooted in the traditional, melismatic style of her home island, and
since entering the world of professional singing her reputation as an exponent of
sean nòs has grown apace. Her live
performances have taken her to many corners of the globe and has regularly
appears at festivals such as The Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh
Festival Fringe, Earagail Arts Festival, Bonn Gaelic Film Festival, Albustan Festival in
Beirut, Blas Festival (Scotland), Celtic Connections Festival, Sidmouth Festival in
England and Celtic Colours Festival in Canada.
Gillebride MacMillan, born and raised on the island of South Uist, is one of the
most prominent exponents of traditional Gaelic song in Scotland today. He is one of
the few people to have won both the Comunn Gaidhealach Gold Medal and the
Traditional Singing Medal at the National Mod. Gillebride, who is a member of the
male singing group Na Seòid was nominated for Gaelic Singer of the Year in 2008.
Gillebride, like Margaret, is also employed as a Gaelic Song Specialist for the Tobar
an Dualchais project as well as being a tutor and writer of online Gaelic courses.
Gaelic is his first language, having been raised in a Gaelic speaking family and
community.
Ingrid Henderson, is a renowned multi-instrumentalist who was born and brought
up in Lochaber. Brought up in a musical family, Ingrid won the BBC Radio 2 Yound
Traditionalist Award in 1990, at a frighteningly young age. She is a Gaelic speaker
and graduate in Celtic Studies from Glasgow University. Ingrid has released several
albums with brother Alan (of Blazin’ Fiddles), while still a teenager, and as a duo
with Skye singer, Anne Martin, released the album ‘Nighean nan Geug’. She was
also a member of the Gaelic group Cliar, which she joined in 1999 to play piano
and clàrsach, and released three albums with the group.
Iain MacDonald, was born and brought up in Glenuig, Moidart, in a Gaelic-speaking community. Iain is widely regarded as one of the best Highland pipers and traditional flautists in the world. In addition to being in demand as a producer and teacher, he played and recorded for many years with Ossian and the Battlefield Band; two of Scotland's foremost traditional groups at the forefront of the renaissance in Scottish folk-music. In 2003 Iain released an album 'First Harvest' with Blazin’ Fiddler Iain MacFarlane, which received stunning reviews. Iain was, for some years, Musician in Residence at the Gaelic college in Skye and is currently Programme Director for the highly successful Ceòlas Summer School in South Uist.