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Fiona, a native of Morayshire, has lived in Dingwall for the last 20 years and after working in Gaelic Medium Education for 5 years, now works as the Màiri Mhòr Gaelic Song Fellow for Highland Council and has truly taken the Gaelic language to heart.
She learnt Gaelic as an adult and began singing in Gaelic in 1994. Her solo singing career really began when she won the premier prize for Gaelic Learners at the National Mod in 1996, the Silver Pendant, and subsequently won many other major prizes at National Mods and other singing competitions. She won the Premier award for Gaelic Singing in Scotland, the Ladies Gold Medal, for fluent speakers, at the Royal National Mod in Stornoway in 2005.
In 2004 she won the coveted BBC Scotland Traditional Music Personality of the Year Award at the Scots Trad Music Awards. She has also been nominated as Gaelic singer of the year in both 2005 and 2006.
She learnt Gaelic as an adult and began singing in Gaelic in 1994. Her solo singing career really began when she won the premier prize for Gaelic Learners at the National Mod in 1996, the Silver Pendant, and subsequently won many other major prizes at National Mods and other singing competitions. She won the Premier award for Gaelic Singing in Scotland, the Ladies Gold Medal, for fluent speakers, at the Royal National Mod in Stornoway in 2005.
In 2004 she won the coveted BBC Scotland Traditional Music Personality of the Year Award at the Scots Trad Music Awards. She has also been nominated as Gaelic singer of the year in both 2005 and 2006.
Her work in the Fellowship has taken her abroad to teach, lecture and perform; to Cape Breton, Germany, Estonia, Brittany, Holland, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, North Carolina, Virginia, Ireland and Wales. Through her work she promotes the participation in Gaelic singing activities of all sections of the community, the young and not so young.
She manages a vocal harmony group for young people called Fionnar who have performed in Wales at the International Eisteddfod where they took the Pavilion by storm with their traditional ‘waulking’ and also in Ireland where they won the premier group prize at The Pan Celtic Festival in April 2006.
Fiona also works on producing new song resources such as CDs and books, all designed to make Gaelic song as accessible to everyone as possible. She broadcasts frequently for the BBC and STV and has a regular show focussing on Gaelic song on Scottish Internet Radio -The Kitchen Ceilidh.
Fiona is available for concerts and gigs and is always happy to discuss these and potential projects. Please use the Contact Me form to get in touch with her.
She manages a vocal harmony group for young people called Fionnar who have performed in Wales at the International Eisteddfod where they took the Pavilion by storm with their traditional ‘waulking’ and also in Ireland where they won the premier group prize at The Pan Celtic Festival in April 2006.
Fiona also works on producing new song resources such as CDs and books, all designed to make Gaelic song as accessible to everyone as possible. She broadcasts frequently for the BBC and STV and has a regular show focussing on Gaelic song on Scottish Internet Radio -The Kitchen Ceilidh.
Fiona is available for concerts and gigs and is always happy to discuss these and potential projects. Please use the Contact Me form to get in touch with her.
