- Fiona Mackenzie
Infobox musical artist
Name = Fiona Mackenzie
Born =Morayshire ,Scotland
Occupation =Singer Song Tutor
Genre = Gaelic
CelticFolk
Label = [http://www.greentrax.com Greentrax]
URL = [http://www.fionamackenzie.org Official site]
[http://www.myspace.com/fionajmackenzie Myspace site] [http://www.fionamackenzie.org Fiona Mackenzie] fromDingwall , 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 the UK, Europe and North America.In 2004 Fiona was voted the BBC Scotland Traditional Music Personality of the Year at the [http://www.handsupfortrad.co.uk/ Scottish Trad Music Awards] . She was also nominated as Gaelic Singer of the Year in both 2005 and 2006.
She currently works for the Highland Council as the [http://www.highland.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/gaelic/mhairimhor.htm 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 WelshInternational Eisteddfod .Her recordings to date include, "Duan Nollaig" (2007) on [http://www.greentrax.com 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 [http://www.internetradio.co.uk/ 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 is currently working on a book of the Songs and Carols which will be available before Christmas 2008.Fiona was also selected as one of the Scottish representatives in the [http://www.nos-ur.eu/ 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
Lulea , SwedenDiscography
*Astair (2000)
* [http://www.fionamackenzie.org/Seinn.html Seinn o ho ro Seinn] (2003)
* [http://www.fionamackenzie.org/Orain_nan_Rosach.html Òrain nan Rosach] (2006)
* [http://www.fionamackenzie.org/Duan_Nollaig.html Duan Nollaig] (2007)Published Works
* [http://www.footstompin.com/products/books/orain_nan_rosach_book Orain nan Rosach] published by the Highland Council (2006)
* [http://www.musicscotland.com/acatalog/The_Crunluath_Collection___New_Gaelic_Songs.html Crunluath Collection] published by the Highland Council (2006)External links
* [http://www.fionamackenzie.org/ Fiona Mackenzie's Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fionajmackenzie Fiona's MySpace Website]
* [http://www.highland.gov.uk/ Highland Council Website]
* [http://www.irvinduguid.com/ Irvin Duguid's Website]
* [http://www.nos-ur.eu/ Nòs Ùr Website]References
cite web
last = Mackenzie
first = Fiona
title = Fiona Mackenzie, Gaelic Singer
url=http://www.fionamackenzie.org
accessdate = 2007-11-25cite web
last = The Living Tradition Magazine
title = Fiona Mackenzie, Orain nan Rosach
url = http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/webrevs/mm002.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-05cite web
last = Northings - Highlands & Islands Arts Journal
title = Fiona Mackenzie - Raising the Profile of Gaelic Song
url = http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/mar2008-interview-fiona-mackenzie.html
accessdate = 2008-03-19cite web
last = Footstompin Records
title = Artist Information - Fiona Mackenzie
url = http://www.footstompin.com/artists/fiona_mackenzie
accessdate = 2008-05-07
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