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Part of Ottawa Valley Dance Scottish's 2009 weekend of Scottish country dancing. -------------------- Scottish fiddler Keith Smith is in great demand at home and abroad for concerts, recording and teaching. He is best known for his interpretation of Scottish Fiddle music, both modern and traditional. His home is in Ardnamurchan on the West coast of Scotland. Keith started the violin at the age of 6. He is an accomplished performer and recording artist, notably of Scottish Country Dance music with Scottish pianist Muriel Johnstone with whom he has played since 1994. He also tours, broadcasts and records with his Scottish band Hoogie and with Irish singer/songwriter John Barden. A man of many talents, Keith plays bagpipes and viola in addition to fiddle. He is also a keen instrument maker: several of his CDs feature a violin which he made himself as well as recorded in his own recording studio. In addition to his music, he has worked as a chemical engineer in the UK, Germany and Belgium and has a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Cambridge. His performances of Scottish music have taken him to countries throughout Europe (Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg) as well as to North America. He speaks both French and German and regularly teaches courses on fiddle and Scottish music in France and Germany. -------------------- About Muriel Johnstone: I have been lucky enough to have had an extraordinary life in traditional Scottish music and dance. What started as a hobby as a child dancing in Miss Hughes’ class in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, has taken me from Scotland to the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and across Europe. Who would have thought it possible to have such a life-style - busy and varied including teaching (both music and dance), performing, playing for classes and dances, recording and composing? Not I! On top of that, I have travelled extensively visiting places I only once dreamed of seeing and the final icing on the cake has been meeting so many marvellous people. As a dancer, after ten glorious years of dancing with Miss Anne Hughes - a gifted teacher of children – where I was thoroughly grounded in the technique of dancing, I continued to dance all through University and then as much as possible given the restraints of three children! I actually gained my ‘Prelim’ when I was still a student. The examiner was Miss Milligan! Many years later, after years of juggling playing against dancing, I got the opportunity at Duns & District Branch to take my Full Certificate. My first teaching was in the Eyemouth class of Duns Branch. It is hard to decide which activity I enjoy more; I am very lucky to be involved in both. | ||||||
| Price: | $20 | |||||
| Presented by: | Ottawa Valley Dance Scottish
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