Past TMSA Young Trad Tours
One of the most important elements of the tour is the Young Trad Tour Cultural Exchange, where the touring young musicians spend time with schools and community groups in the areas they are visiting and share some of their experience and music in workshop-style sessions.
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2018
Featuring: West Lothian singer, Hannah Rarity, the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018; with Rory Matheson – piano (Drumbeg); Amy Papinransky – voice (Keith); David Shedden – bagpipes (Glasgow); Luc McNally – guitar & voice (Dipton) plus Charlie Stewart – fiddle (Perthshire), the 2017 winner. NB: finalist Ali Levack – whistles/pipes (Maryburgh) – was not able to make the Tour but was part of the recording of the Tour CD.
Their tour dates & locations were:
Tuesday 6 August 2019, 7:30pm – Royal Hotel, Church Rd, Keith
Wednesday 7 August 2019, 7:30pm – Village Hall, Croy, Inverness
Thursday 8 August 2019, 7:30pm – MacPhail Theatre, 5 Mill St, Ullapool
Friday 9 August 2019, 7:30pm – Queen Margaret Hall, 53 Blackness Rd, Linlithgow
Sunday 11 August 2019, 7:30pm – Village Hall, Leadgate, Allendale Town, Hexham
the 2015 winner – Claire Hastings, with accompanist Jean Damei
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2017
Featuring: Charlie Stewart, fiddle (Perthshire, 2017 winner), Ella Munro, Scots song (Skye); Dougie McCance, bagpipes (Glasgow); Kim Carnie, Gaelic song (Oban); Iona Fyfe, Scots song (Huntly); Grant McFarlane, accordion (Paisley) and Mohsen Amini (2016 winner)
The 2016 group formed the basis of the TMSA Young Trad Tour playing at the Lorient Interceltique Festival in August 2017. The group featured 2016 winner, Mohsen Amini – Glasgow (concertina); Hannah MacRae – Lochaber (fiddle); Jessica Burton – Orkney (clarsach); Murray Willis – Lismore (accordion); Robbie Grieg – Edinburgh (fiddle); Ryan Young – Cardross (fiddle); plus the 2015 winner – Claire Hastings, with accompanist Jean Damei
Featuring: Claire Hastings: Song (2015 winner); Robyn Stapleton: Song (2014 winner); Ainsley Hamill: Song; Gemma Donald: Fiddle; Heather Downie: Clarsach; Ryan Young: Fiddle; Seamus O’Baioghill: Fiddle (& pipes) with accompanist Anna Massie.
Featuring: Robyn Stapleton: Song (2014 winner); Paddy Callaghan: Accordion (2013 winner); Jack Badcock: Guitar; Neil Ewart: Fiddle; Alastair Ian Paterson: Piano; Mhairi Marwick: Fiddle; Ian Smith: Accordion.
Featuring: Paddy Callaghan – 2013 winner, Accordion; Rona Wilkie – 2012 winner, Fiddle; Scott Wood – Pipes & Whistle; Grant MacFarlane – Accordion; Graham Mackenzie – Fiddle; Andrew Dunlop – Piano; Hannah Fisher – Fiddle.
Unfortunately we were not able to run a Tour this year due to late notification of funding. If we had been able to, the Tour & CD would have featured: Rona Wilkie – 2012 winner, Fiddle; Kristan Harvey – 2011 winner, Fiddle; Katie Boyle – Fiddle; Kirsty Watt – Song; Roisin Anne Hughes – Fiddle; Catriona Pryce – Fiddle; Alistair Ogilvy – Song.
Featuring: Kristan Harvey – 2011 winner, Fiddle; Daniel Thorpe – 2010 winner, Fiddle; Lorne MacDougall – Pipes & Whistle; Tina Rees – Piano; Mairi Chaimbeul – Clarsach & Song; Andrew Waite – Accordion; Alistair Ogilvy – Song.
Featuring: Daniel Thorpe – 2010 winner, Fiddle; Ruaridh Macmillan – 2009 winnner, Fiddle; Lorne MacDougal – Pipes & Whistle; Kyle Warren – Pipes; Mairi Chaimbeul – Clarsach & Song; Hannah Phillips – Clarsach; Innes Watson – Guitar.
Featuring: Ruaridh Macmillan – 2009 winner, Fiddle; Ewan Robertson – Guitar & Song; Kenneth Nicholson Gaelic song; Jack Smedley – Fiddle; Adam Holmes – Guitar & Song; Lorne Macdougal – Pipes and Whistle; Daniel Thorpe – Fiddle.
Featuring: Ewan Robertson – 2008 winner, Guitar & Song; Catriona Watt – 2007 winner, Gaelic song; Amy Lord – Scots song; James Duncan MacKenzie – Pipes & Whistles; Robert Menzies – Accordion & Piano; Ailie Robertson – Clarsach; Steven Blake – Pipes & Whistles; Innes Watson – Fiddle, Guitar, Bodhran & Song.
Featuring: Catriona Watt – 2007 winner, Gaelic song; Shona Mooney – 2006 winner, Fiddle; Darren MacLean – Voice; Mike Vass – Fiddle, Bodhran; Calum MacCrimmon – Pipes & Whistles; Calum Stewart – Flute; Martin Hunter – Button box accordion; Mhairi Hall – Piano & Backing vocals; Innes Watson – Guitar, Fiddle & Backing vocals.
Featuring: Shona Mooney – 2006 winner, Fiddle; Stuart Cassells – 2005 winner, Highland & Border pipes; Darren MacLean – Voice; Kirsty Cotter – Fiddle; Christopher Keatinge – Button accordion; Hamish Napier – Piano, Flute, Backing vocals & Stepdancing; Fraser Shaw – Border pipes & Whistles; Innes Watson – Guitar, Fiddle & Backing vocals.
Featuring: Stuart Cassells – 2005 winner, Highland & Border pipes; James Graham – 2004 winner, Gaelic song; Anna Massie – Guitar & Fiddle; Sarah Naylor – Fiddle; Maeve Mackinnon – Gaelic song; Darren MacLean – Gaelic song; Rachel Newton – Gaelic song; Mike Vass – Fiddle; Alli Vass – Piano.
Featuring: James Graham – 2004 winner, Gaelic song; Sarah Naylor – Fiddle; Jenna Reid – Fiddle; Shona Donaldson – Scots song & Fiddle; Rosie Morton – Clarsach; Tom Orr – Accordion; Anna Massie – guitar & vocal; Hamish Napier – Piano, Flute, Vocals & Step dance.
