Catriona McKay explained

Catriona McKay
Birth Place:	Dundee, Scotland, UK
Genre:	Scottish, Celtic, folk
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Instrument:	Harp, piano
Website:	http://www.catrionamckay.co.uk/

Catriona McKay is Scottish harpist and composer. She is a contemporary explorer on the Scottish harp (Clàrsach), 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 Quintet.^{[1] [2]}

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 Keadue, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, harp champion (1990s)
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), first class honours BA (1990s)
• BBC Radio 3 ‘Young Musician‘, finalist (1999)
• Jakez Francois International Celtic Harp Competition in Nantes, winner (2004)^{[3] [4]}
• Scots Trad Music Awards ‘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

External links

• Catriona McKay
• catriona mckay & chris stout | mckay stout music
• YouTube Harp & Fiddle, Catriona McKay & Chris Stout

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catriona McKay. Fiddlers' Bid. 2017-09-30.
2. Web site: Catriona McKay. Lismor Recordings T/A All Celtic Music. 2017-09-30.
3. Web site: folkville-introduction Chris Stout Quintet . Kerrville Kronikles . 2017-09-30 .
4. Web site: Winner of the Jakez François International Celtic Harp Competition 2004. harpeenavesnois.com. 30 September 2017.