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John M. Mason, MBE (21 January 1940 – 22 January 2011) was a Scottish solicitor, musician, composer and conductor. He was the co-founder, musical director, and conductor of the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra from its creation in 1980 until his death in 2011.
Chris Duncan, is an Australian Scottish Fiddle player. [1] He was described by The Age's Anna King Murdoch as being one of the "two really great Scottish fiddle players in the world." [2] His album Fyvies Embrace - The Golden Age of the Scottish Fiddle won the 2000 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. [3]
Adept in various Scottish idioms, in recent years, with cellist Natalie Haas, he has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing traditional music on violin and cello ("wee fiddle" and "big fiddle"). [2] [3] Fraser lives near Grass Valley, California with his wife and two sons. [4] [5]
Bruce MacGregor is a Scottish fiddler and broadcaster who founded Blazin' Fiddles in 1998, and currently presents Travelling Folk on BBC Radio Scotland. [1] Bruce MacGregor was born in Inverness in 1970. MacGregor is the current director for Bogbain Farm and a director of MacGregor's Bar in Inverness.
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.
Scottish Opera is based in at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, [28] but frequently performs at the Edinburgh Festival. [29] Other ensembles include the Scottish Ensemble, Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, the New Edinburgh Orchestra and the Hebrides Ensemble, which performs its Edinburgh concerts at the Queen's Hall. [31]
In 1933 he became a local collector for the Pearl Assurance Company in Northmavine, then in 1936 moved to live in Lerwick. By this time he was a talented fiddle player with a wide repertoire of Scottish and Shetland tunes. He soon made his mark in Lerwick musical circles, playing with the amateur Lerwick Orchestra and in dance bands.
Natalie Haas is an American cellist, originally from Menlo Park, California. [1] A graduate of the Juilliard School, she has toured and recorded extensively with Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser.