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Fiona Mackenzie
Fiona Mackenzie
Fiona Mackenzie
Background information Born Genre(s) Morayshire, Scotland Gaelic Celtic Folk Singer Song Tutor Greentrax Official site Myspace site MacDug Music Ltd
also nominated as Gaelic Singer of the Year in both 2005 and 2006. She currently works for the Highland Council as the Mairi Mhor Gaelic Song Fellow, promoting Gaelic song and language throughout the communities of the north of Scotland. As part of her role she organises and manages the young, all girl Gaelic harmony group "Fionnar" who have competed successfully at the Pan Celtic Festival and the Welsh International Eisteddfod. Fiona and her husband, Donald, are also members of Inverness Gaelic Choir. Her recordings to date include, "Duan Nollaig" (2007) on Greentrax, "Orain nan Rosach" (2006), "Seinn o ho ro Seinn" (2003) and "Astair" (2000). She features on Scottish television and radio. Fiona also hosts the "Kitchen Ceilidh" on Scottish Internet Radio. Her most recent recording, Duan Nollaig has received rave reviews including Scotland on Sunday newspaper. It is a collection of 35 Gaelic Christmas songs and carols and was produced by well known music theatre director and composer, Irvin Duguid. Fiona has just released a book containing 16 of the Songs and Carols (December 2008).
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Fiona Mackenzie from Dingwall, Ross-shire, won the An Comunn Gaidhealach Gold Medal in 2005. She is one of the leading Gaelic singers in Scotland and has toured and performed throughout Europe and North America.
Career
In 2004 Fiona was voted the BBC Scotland Traditional Music Personality of the Year at the Scottish Trad Music Awards. She was
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Fiona Mackenzie
Published Works
• Orain nan Rosach published by the Highland Council (2006) • Crunluath Collection published by the Highland Council (2006) • Duan Nollaig Volume 1 published by MacDug Music Limited (2008)
References
• Mackenzie, Fiona. "Fiona Mackenzie, Gaelic Singer". http://www.fionamackenzie.org. Retrieved on 2007-11-25. • The Living Tradition Magazine. "Fiona Mackenzie, Orain nan Rosach". http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/ webrevs/mm002.htm. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. • Northings - Highlands & Islands Arts Journal. "Fiona Mackenzie - Raising the Profile of Gaelic Song". http://www.hiarts.co.uk/mar2008-interview-fionamackenzie.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. • Footstompin Records. "Artist Information Fiona Mackenzie". http://www.footstompin.com/artists/ fiona_mackenzie. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
Fiona was also selected as one of the Scottish representatives in the Nòs Ùr song competition. Nòs Ùr (meaning ‘new style’ in Scottish Gaelic) is a new song competition in the Celtic and Scots languages which acted as a regional final (21 June 2008, Inverness) for the pan-European minority languages song competition – Liet Lavlut, held on 18 October 2008 in Luleå, Sweden In 2008 Fiona also established a new music publishing company along with musician, Irvin Duguid, MacDug Music Limited. April 2009 will see Fiona in Andalucia, Spain, running a Gaelic singing course along with Gold Medallist, Gillebride Macmillan. Fiona is back in the recording studio working on a new album of Emigrant Songs which will be released on the Greentrax label later in 2009.
External links
• • • • • • Fiona Mackenzie’s Website Fiona’s MySpace Website Highland Council Website Irvin Duguid’s Website Nòs Ùr Website MacDug Music Limited
Discography
• • • • Astair (2000) Seinn o ho ro Seinn (2003) Òrain nan Rosach (2006) Duan Nollaig (2007)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Mackenzie" Categories: Gaelic singers, Scottish Gaelic singers, Scottish Gaelic-speaking people, Scottish female singers, People from Dingwall
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