This Friday 13th May is the Hands Up for Trad #WorldPlayAStrathspeyDay concert. Fiddlers Rua MacMillan, Eryn Rae and Ellie McLaren will perform with pianist Rory Matheson for an hour in the studio and online! It will be amazing! We have two types of tickets available – you can watch live online or we also have a special 10 tickets available to come into the studio and watch the concert live with us. Buy a ticket here https://www.citizenticket.co.uk/events/hands-up-for-trad/world-play-a-strathspey-day-concert-2022/
Hailing from Nairn, Rua Macmillan is one of Scotland’s top fiddlers. Having graduated with a B.A.(Hons) in Scottish Music from the R.S.A.M.D. (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), and being awarded the prestigious title of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2009, Rua has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, inlcuding performances at some of the world’s most prominent Folk Festivals, including Celtic Connections (Sco), Cambridge (Eng), Ortigeuira (Spn), and Winnipeg (Can). His debut album, ‘Tyro’ (CDTRAX346) was voted instrumental album of the year in the Fatea Awards, and was picked by Songlines Magazine as a ‘Top of the World’ album. In 2014, Rua joined the multi-award winning Blazin’ Fiddles and the rest is history!