Charlotte
Petersen is an extremely talented harpist who plays both Concert
harp and Celtic harp (clarsach). Her range of music is vast and
covers everything from classical, jazz and swing through to traditional
Celtic and Scottish favourites, plus more contemporary popular
music on top of that. She is a passionate and expressive musician
whose playing is superb
Catriona
McKay, musician and composer born in Dundee, Scotland. Catriona
is a fearless contemporary explorer on the Scottish harp, having
collaborated with folk, jazz, classical and experimental artists,
as well as co-designing the new Starfish McKay harp, featuring
an alternative tuning pattern, as heard on her recent solo album
STARFISH “...of extraordinary beauty” The Irish
Times Dec. 07 Catriona is a member of the leading Shetland band
Fiddlers' Bid and the Chris Stout Quintet. She has a harp and
fiddle duo with Chris Stout and plays World/Jazz music with Phil
Alexander(piano/box). Catriona continues to be at the cutting
edge of harp music in a clarsach and live electronics combo playing
experimental music and improvisation with leading electroacoustic
composer Alistair MacDonald. In 2007 she was filmed for ‘Transatlantic
Sessions 3’, BBC 2 ‘Scotland’s Music with Phil
Cunningham’ and won ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at
the Scots Trad Music Awards 07. www.catrionamckay.co.uk
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