Winnipeg-based, metis and Scots style fiddler Jennilee Martineau has been immersed in music from a young age, taking her first lessons from her father at the age of eight. Jennilee recently completed at Studio Recording/Post Production course at Recording Arts Canada in beautiful Montreal and is currently working as a sound tech at the Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre in Winnipeg's French quarter. She also had the wonderful opportunity of studying traditional Scottish music at Lews Castle College in the Scottish Hebrides where she graduated with a certificate in Traditional Scottish Music Performance/Studio Recording. While in Scotland Jennilee engineered solo CD's for her classmates and recorded her own solo CD entitled "Apparitions", which was released in 2005. "Apparitions" is a showcase of Jennilee's mastery of traditional pieces along with a taste of her own compositions. She currently teaches fiddle at the Martineau Strings School of Fiddling, and recently recorded a Christmas CD entitled "Martineau Strings Christmas" as part of a project for her students. Jennilee's main musical influences include, Natalie MacMaster and Ashley MacIsaac, April Verch, as well as Scottish fiddle player Charlie MacKerron of Capercaillie and Alisdair Fraser.
