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Catriona MacDonald is a musician and teacher from Shetland and is considered to be one of the world's leading traditional fiddle players.〔http://www.nme.com/artists/catriona-macdonald〕 == Background == MacDonald started studying fiddle with Dr Tom Anderson MBE〔World Music: The Rough Guide By Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, Orla Duane, Vanessa Dowel, Published by Rough Guides, 1999 ISBN 1-85828-635-2, ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8〕 in 1981 at age 11 (she considers herself to be a late starter〔http://www.fiddle.com/issues/fall97.html#macdonald〕), was a founding member of Shetland's Young Heritage〔http://www.myspace.com/catrionamacdonald〕 and won the Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year competition in 1983.〔http://compassrecords.com/catriona-macdonald〕 In 1992 MacDonald won the "BBC Radio Two Young Tradition Award" and went on to study voice for four years at the Royal College of Music in London. After graduating she moved to the borders area of Scotland to focus on her professional fiddle playing.〔http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artistes/catriona_macdonald/〕 MacDonald is an active teacher with a passion for sharing her knowledge of traditional fiddle techniques and vernacular. She now teaches on the BMus Folk degree at Newcastle University and has worked as a tutor on Scottish Music Degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and the Universities of Limerick and Stirling. Catriona regularly tutors at a variety of summer schools and residential courses including "Burwell Bash",〔http://www.burwellbash.info〕 "Shetland Fiddle Frenzy",〔http://www.shetlandfiddlefrenzy.com/fiddleschool.php〕 "Folkworks"〔http://www.thesagegateshead.org/content/documentLibrary/1c4f4787-b61b-0422-880a-1294e48c4e19.doc〕 and "Blazin' in Beauly" (Blazin' Fiddles' own summer school).〔http://www.blazininbeauly.com/〕 As well as her own band, MacDonald plays with Scottish fiddle band Blazin' Fiddles, the female fiddle band String Sisters and folk big band The Unusual Suspects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catriona MacDonald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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