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Heather Downie

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About Me

Heather has always had a love of Scottish music, and has been singing for as long as she can remember. Her passion grew working with the late Martyn Bennett, after which she decided that a career in traditional music would be her goal.
At the age of 15 she began playing the Scottish harp and was immediately accepted into Splore, the traditional music course at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. She has studied under a number of talents including Corrina Hewat, Wendy Stewart and Savourna Stevenson. She has just graduated from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with a first class honors BA Scottish music, studying harp with Patsy Seddon and piano with Mary McCarthy and James Ross and is currently working on a postgraduate year in performance studies.
Heather has travelled extensively in Scotland and her music has taken her as far afield as Germany, Demark, Latvia and New York, playing for dignitaries like Jack McConnell and Prince Albert of Monaco. She also provided backing music for Tom Conti’s rendition of ‘A Man’s A Man’ during Tartan week in America in 2006. Heather also has an interest in composition and Scottish history, folklore and the roots of the songs and tunes in her repertoire. She has 3 years teaching experience, both in schools and with individual pupils.
Heather’s playing has been described as ‘vibrant and thoughtful in her interpretation of traditional standards’ and audiences have commented on the purity of her voice;
‘Her playing and singing merge together creating a magical experience for the listener’.
'...you accessed the deepest part of the emotion in the music. Faultless.'

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2007
Band Members: Solo Performance, Scottish Harp, Piano and Scots Song.

'A Little Bit Of Something'
Heather Downie on harp, piano and vocals
Sara Ann Cull on fiddle, guitar, piano and vocals
'Tyskie'
Heather Downie on harp, electro harp and vocals
Marissa Vachon on bodhran, flute and vocals
Daniel Thorpe on fiddle.
The Crew
Heather Downie, Sara Ann Cull, Marissa Vachon, Tia Files, Daniel Thorpe, Craig Muirhead, Ryan Young
Scottish harp, piano, pipes, fiddles, vocals, flute, bodhran, guitar and percussion

Sounds Like: This profile was made at Whateverlife.com! :)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tinto Summer School

Well, just back from Tinto summer school with Hands Up For Trad and what a week was had by all!! The kids were amazing, hands up to you guys! worked so hard, played so hard and gave a wonderful fina...
Posted by Heather Downie on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:34:00 PST

Cambridge

Well, im just back from Cambridge and what a time was had!! The first night of playing in the club tent i looked out into the audience as Brian took the stage and saw a full tent, it was 9.15pm and i ...
Posted by Heather Downie on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:02:00 PST

Recording!

Hello people!!  my first blog on ma music my space!  very exciting!!  just to let you all know that there'll be some tunes up soon, im in the studio on the 25th so monday's the day!&nbs...
Posted by Heather Downie on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:22:00 PST