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BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2012Kristan Harvey winning the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2011

2012 Finalists Announced

Kirsty Watt - Gaelic song (Lewis)
Katie Boyle - fiddle (Glasgow)
Catriona Price - fiddle (Orkney)
Roisin Anne Hughes - fiddle (Glasgow)
Rona Wilkie - fiddle (Oban)
Alistair Ogilvy - Scots song (Strathblane)

2012 Semi-Finalists announced.

Alison McNeill - fiddle, song (Gourock)
Alistair Ogilvy - song (Strathblane)
Catriona Price - fiddle (Orkney)
Gary Forrest - accordion (Hawick)
Gemma Donald - fiddle (Shetland)
Gordon McCance - pipes (Glasgow)
Grant McFarlane - accordion (Paisley)
Katie Boyle - fiddle (Glasgow)
Kirsty Watt - song (Lewis)
Linzi Murphy - song (Glasgow)
Roisin Anne Hughes - fiddle (Glasgow)
Rona Wilkie - fiddle, song (Oban)

Finals Weekend. (Fri 3rd-Sun 5th February 2012 Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow)
The Grand Final will be held at the Celtic Connections Festival, Glasgow on Sunday 5th February 2012. Finalists will perform for 15 minutes in a concert setting and can be accompanied by a professional traditional musician of their choice (from a group provided). The winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2012 will be awarded a recording session with BBC Scotland, performance at the Scots Trad Music Awards, one year's membership of Musicians Union, and all finalists get one year's membership of TMSA plus the opportunity to take part in the TMSA's annual Young Trad Tour.

For more information contact Hands Up for Trad on tel 0131 510 5006 or email info@handsupfortrad.co.uk

Previous press releases.
Read a Q&A with the 2011 finalists at BBC Scotland.
Kristan Harvey wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2011
Read about the 2011 semi-finalists.
Daniel Thorpe wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2010
Ruairidh Macmillan wins 2009 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician
Read about the 2009 Finalists
Read about the 2009 semi-finalists
Ewan Robertson wins 2008 Award
Read about the 2008 semi-finalists
Catriona Watt wins BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2007
2007 Semi-finalists announced

Read about the 2006 Finalists
New Award: David Roberts Memorial Plate (photos uploaded)
Read about the 2006 semi-finalists.
Read the 2005 reviews.
Read about the 2005 finalists.
Read about the 2005 semi-finalists
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Read the reviews from the 2004 final.
Read about the 2004 finalists.
Read about the 2004 semi-finalists.

Previous Winners
Gillian Frame Emily Smith Anna Massie James Graham Stuart Cassells Shona Mooney Catriona Watt Ewan Robertson
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Ruaridh
Macmillan
Ruaridh Macmillan
Daniel Thorpe
Daniel Thorpe
2009
2010
2011

 

 

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