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Kinnaris Q | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 19:30
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Fri 21 Aug
Kinnaris Q | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 19:30
Performances by The grand finale of the festival featuring: Hannah Fisher & Sorren Maclean; Michael
Biggins & Macaulay Ross; Tayside Young Fiddlers
For more than a decade, Hannah Fisher and Sorren Maclean have been prominent members of the Scottish indie/folk scene, both as individual artists and band members.
Their best known collaborative work sees them as permanent features touring, writing and recording with Scotland’s most influential bands and artists including Idlewild, King Creosote, Capercaillie, Mike McGoldrick, Karen Matheson, Duncan Chisholm and Dougie Maclean.
Michael is a multi-instrumentalist originally from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne but now residing in Glasgow. He currently plays and tours with TRIP, The Canny Band, Tom McConville, Northern Company and Irish Celtic – Spirit of Ireland Dance Show. In January, Michael became BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year for 2021.
Michael recently graduated from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow under the tutelage of Professor Sinae Lee on piano. Prior to this, he studied at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester where he studied with Graham Caskie. Michael also studied with respected pianists Eileen Bown and Jean Armstrong who are based in Newcastle As well as performing, Michael also teaches piano, piano accordion and music theory and has done for several years. His pupils boast a 100% pass rate so far in their exams.
Michael will be joined by fiddle player Macaulay Ross.
Tayside Young Fiddlers youth music group joins us again for the 2025 festival. This dynamic young group has an interest in playing music by composers from more recent times. The late, great piper and tunesmith Gordon Duncan, his outstanding disciple Ross Ainslie, award winning fiddler-composer Adam Sutherland and California-based Scot Alasdair Fraser have all contributed to the Tayside Young Fiddlers repertoire.
Time: 2pm - 4pm (with Interval)
Doors Open: 1.30pm
Location: Main Auditorium
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