Heather Gilmer

Heather Gilmer arrived in Texas from New England, where she discovered Irish music in 1994. In 1997 she moved to Austin, where she found a place to play music before she found a place to live. She has taken Irish fiddle classes in both Ireland and the US with a variety of Irish fiddlers from various regions, including Seamus Connolly, Kevin Burke, Ben Lennon, Paul O'Shaughnessy, and Matt Cranitch, and has almost completely recovered from classical training. She has been performing with various Celtic acts in Texas since 1998, has been the music and dance coordinator for the Austin Celtic Festival since 2002, and often plays for dance classes and workshops. Her current principal project is the duo Gilmer & Moore.She also plays medieval music with Istanpitta and with the Texas Early Music Project, and occasionally plays (and sometimes sings) French music from various regions and centuries with Bourrée Texane. Weird instruments in her possession include vielle and krumhorn.