Hamish Napier | Rachel Newton | Megan Henderson
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2019 People Place Performance Brought to Skye and Raasay by SEALL, one of the best rural performing arts promoters in Scotland SEALL: An Seòmar Uaine Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye IV44 8RQ T: 01471 844207 | E: [email protected] | W: www.seall.co.uk | @sealleventsskye 22-30 November 2019 BIG MUSIC IN SMALL HALLS Duncan Chisholm | Donald Shaw | Jarlath Henderson | Innes Watson | Su-a Lee Lauren MacColl | Hamish Napier | Rachel Newton | Megan Henderson Welcome to our second SEALL Festival of Small Gaelic heritage, hospitality and friendship. Halls, a nine-day multi-artform winter festival Concerts are taking place inside halls in Braes, bringing big music to small halls around Skye Breakish, Edinbane, Elgol, Glendale, Kilbeg, and Raasay with the emphasis on celebration. Kilmuir, Kyleakin, Minginish, Portree, Raasay Everyone is welcome. and Waternish. We bring the best traditional There will be a public and free musicians to small halls school workshops across on the Isles of Skye the communities and and Raasay, using the festival ends with a Scotland’s national day spectacular celebratory - St Andrew’s Day - as a concert and cèilidh for reason to celebrate our all at the Sligachan Hotel unique Highland culture in honour of Scotland’s and music tradition. National Day. People, place and This year we have teamed performance are the themes up with the Fair Saturday of the festival which focuses on global network which community spirit and promotes connects culture to charitable the relevance of Scotland’s traditional causes and the 2019 SEALL Festival culture to present and future generations. of Small Halls is raising funds for Ross-shsire Women's Aid. The festival features the talents of some of the country’s greatest traditional musicians, We invite everyone to bring their dancing a writer, visual artist, videographer, shoes, come along and join in these very broadcaster and podcaster. Our remit is to special community events. We look forward join communities to each other and the world very much to welcoming you. through celebration of civic pride and place, THE SEALL TEAM box office: www.smallhallsfestival.co.uk 01471 844207 [email protected] AGE P 3 PEOPLE The Performers The Artists Artist: Amanda Thomson Duncan Chisholm Writer: Elizabeth Reeder Donald Shaw Jarlath Henderson Innes Watson Su-a Lee The Organisers Lauren MacColl Hamish Napier Creative Director: Marie Lewis Rachel Newton Communications Manager: Sara Bain Megan Henderson Administration: Rosaidh Phillips The Sound Engineers The Record Makers Ruairidh Gordon Lewis McLaughlin Podcaster: Matthew Bannister Podcaster: Adam Sutherland Videographer: Sandy Butler The GRAPHIC DESIGNER Philippa Thomas PAGE 4 ISLES OF SKYE AND RAASAY, HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND box office: www.smallhallsfestival.co.uk 01471 844207 [email protected] AGE P 5 PEOPLE THE MUSICIANS Duncan Chisholm Donald Shaw INNES WATSON Fiddle Accordion, Keyboard Guitar, Fiddle, Voice Arguably the most authentic Acclaimed Scottish musician Glasgow-based Innes Watson and accomplished interpreter Donald Shaw is a producer, is an award-winning multi- of traditional Highland fiddle award-winning composer and instrumentalist with over 10 music, the correlation between the current artistic director of years of contemporary and music and the natural world Glasgow’s Celtic Connections. traditional Scottish music lies at the heart of Duncan performance, recording, Chisholm’s inspiration. With his roots in traditional teaching and producing music, Donald has recorded experience. The natural elements and collaborated on over 100 which make the Highlands albums with musicians in all He grew up in the Scottish such a unique canvas have styles of music, created many Borders in very supportive been the force behind his film and television scores, musical surroundings music. Duncan’s melodic and directed large-scale live encouraging an eclectic mix interpretations seek to commissions. of skills, abilities, interests paint imagined visual and accolades that combine pictures through music and Brought up in Argyll on to make Innes one of the have garnered him world- Scotland’s west coast, Donald most highly-regarded and wide acclaim. Hailed the has toured worldwide with sought-after musicians on new sound of traditional Capercaillie - the folk band he the scene today. His first solo Scotland, Duncan’s playing is co-founded whilst at school - album, Guitar Colloquium, sophisticated, exhilarating and who have gone on to sell over was released this year to high meltingly beautiful. a million albums. critical acclaim. PAGE 6 ISLES OF SKYE AND RAASAY, HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND THE MUSICIANS PEOPLE Jarlath Henderson Su-A LEE LAUREN MACCOLL Uilleann pipes, flute, voice Cello Fiddle, Voice The youngest ever BBC Assistant Principal Cellist BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Young Folk Musician award- with the Scottish Chamber 2014 winner, Lauren MacColl, winner, Jarlath Henderson Orchestra and a founding is considered one of Scotland’s is a multi-instrumentalist, member of Mr McFalls most expressive fiddle players. singer, composer, producer Chamber, Su-a Lee's music and doctor. Hailed as “one of has taken her all over the Her performances are emotive, the brightest young talents on world, from South America engaging and informed by an the current piping scene” and to the Arctic Circle, Japanese equal helping of tradition and “startlingly good”, the Tyrone- temples, circus tents and technique. born champion Uilleann piper waterfalls! also plays whistle, cittern Originally from the Black and flute and is becoming Su-a has played across all Isle, Lauren performs with increasingly well-known for his art forms, including theatre, many regular projects: with fine singing voice. dance and film. chamber-folk quartet RANT, with Salt House, in the His debut solo album, Hearts She performs and records Rachel Newton Band and Broken, Heads Turned, and his regularly with Scotland’s Jazz in a duo with flautist Calum “simply outstanding” studio and Folk luminaries and is Stewart. She premiered a new album Air-Fix with Ross Ainslie Chief Patron of the Perth Youth commission for Fèis Rois titled received high critical praise. Orchestra. The Seer and based on the life His second solo album, Raw, and prophecies of the Brahan was released in September. Seer. box office: www.smallhallsfestival.co.uk 01471 844207 [email protected] AGE P 7 PEOPLE THE MUSICIANS HAMISH NAPIER RACHEL NEWTON MEGAN HENDERSON Multiple Instruments Harp, Fiddle, Viola, Voice Fiddle, Voice, Step dance Originally from Strathspey, Highlands-based mul- Megan Henderson hails from Hamish Napier is an integral ti-award-winning musician Fort William in Lochaber. part of Glasgow’s vibrant folk Rachel Newton specialises in Coming from a musical family, music scene and has toured interpreting traditional folk she first began playing violin the world with his award- songs in both English and at the age of four. As a multi- winning folk quartet Back of Gaelic as well as writing and instrumentalist, she plays the Moon. arranging her own music. piano, accordion and is also a vocalist. Hamish's music is a unique Rachel works across a balance of tradition and range of performance From a young age, she has innovation. He respects platforms including theatre been involved with the and celebrates Scotland’s and storytelling. A skilled Fèisean movement, receiving rich musical heritage in a collaborator, she is a founder invaluable experience playing contemporary style that is member of The Shee, BBC with bands on a global scale engaging and soulful. As a Radio 2 Folk Award 2017 Best at festivals including Celtic founding member of the Cask Group The Furrow Collective Colours, Canada,Celtic Strength Ceilidh Band, he is and is a part of the Lost Words: Connections and Blas. passionate about Scottish Spell Songs. folk tunes and their roots in Megan currently plays with traditional folk dance. Rachel's fourth solo album Salsa Celtica, Kristan Harvey, West was released in 2018. the Sanna and Breabach. PAGE 8 ISLES OF SKYE AND RAASAY, HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND THE ARTISTS PEOPLE ELIZABETH K REEDER AMANDA THOMSON Writer Visual Artist Elizabeth K Reeder writes Amanda Thomson is a visual novels, essays, and stories. She artist, researcher and writer. also writes for the radio and She is a graduate from teaches Creative Writing at the Glasgow School of Art, where University of Glasgow. she currently teaches, and the School of the Art Institute of Her first novel, Ramshackle, Chicago. was shortlisted for a number of awards including a Saltire Her creative practice is Literary award (2013). research-led and fuses traditional and digital Her second novel, Fremont, printmaking techniques with a story of ill-starred fairytale photography, bookmaking, romance is full of prejudice video and sound and creative and desire, garnered great non-fiction. Her artwork reviews. Direction is the is often about how we are Moment you Choose, a located (and locate ourselves) collection of essays about in the world; space, place and crisis, creativity and living grief, landscape. Her first book, A was a finalist in the 2015 Essay Scots Dictionary of Nature, Press book competition. is published by Saraband Books. box office: www.smallhallsfestival.co.uk 01471 844207 [email protected] AGE P 9 PEOPLE THE RECORD MAKERS Matthew Bannister Adam Sutherland Sandy Butler Broadcaster Podcaster Videographer Originally from Sheffield, Leading Scottish fiddle player, Edinburgh-based freelance Mathhew Bannister joined BBC composer and teacher, Adam videographer and musician Radio Nottingham as a trainee Sutherland hails from Errogie Sandy Butler creates a reporter in 1978. on the south shores of Loch cinematic feel in his films Ness. using modern techniques Since then, Matthew has such as 4K, super-slow-motion enjoyed a long and glorious He is also known for his and handheld stabilised history with the BBC. He is collaborative work with movement. One of Sandy’s best known as a BBC Radio the Treacherous Orchestra, main enthusiasms is working 1 presenter and controller; Session A9, the Peatbog with musicians.