Catriona McKay is Scottish harpist and composer. She is a contemporary explorer on the Scottish harp (

Clàrsach The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as in Irish, in Scottish Gaelic, in Breton and in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring gr ...

), having collaborated with folk and experimental musicians, as well as co-designing the Starfish McKay harp. She is a member of the band Fiddlers' Bid and the

Chris Stout Chris Stout (born 1976) is a Scottish fiddle/violin player from Shetland, now based in Glasgow. Stout grew up in Fair Isle and lived there until 8 years of age before moving to Sandwick on the Shetland Mainland, then on to Glasgow in the 1990s ...

Quintet.

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 * Aidan O'Rourke: ''An Tobar'' (2011, Navigator) * Transatlantic Sessions 3(2007 BBC 2 ‘Scotland’s Music with Phil Cunningham’)

Awards

* O’Carolan International Harp Festival in

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, Co. Roscommon,

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, harp champion (1990s) *

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(RSAMD), first class honours BA (1990s) *

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‘Young Musician‘, finalist (1999) * Jakez Francois International Celtic Harp Competition in

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, winner (2004) *

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‘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

References

External links

Catriona McKay

catriona mckay & chris stout , mckay stout music

YouTube Harp & Fiddle, Catriona McKay & Chris Stout
{{DEFAULTSORT:McKay, Catriona Living people Scottish folk harpists Musicians from Dundee Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Shetland music Year of birth missing (living people)