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Award winning Kiltearn Fiddlers emerged from the Fèis Rois Traditional Fiddle Classes, initiated by Rita Hunter, in 1990. Alpha Munro, the leader of the Kiltearn Fiddlers, formed the performing group to improve their performance skills, expertise and confidence and to promote Scottish Traditional Music in the area. The classes, which are held in Evanton, Ross-shire, meet once a week for tuition during term at Kiltearn Primary School, Evanton and, until recently, in Alpha's kitchen. Extra rehearsals are held when necessary. They have competed and performed at the Highl Abroad the Kiltearn Fiddlers have played at the Festival of Cornouaille, Brittany, Brideswell Festival, Ireland and Falun Fok Festival, Sweden. Their future plans and ambitions are to meet and connect with other young musicians from around the world, introduce The Kiltearn Fiddlers recorded their new CD, "Kitchen Sessions" in both Alpha's Kitchen and Foulis Castle, near Evanton, earlier this year. The CD was aired on "Take the Floor" on Radio Scotland and on Radio nan Gàidheal. The CD features solo perfomances from Graham Mackenzie, Emma Donald, Eilidh Ramsay, Alasdair Turner and Gordon Ferguson and some beautiful arrangements from the full Kiltearn ensemble.
In 2006/2007 they were winners at the International Eisteddfod, They returned to Llangollen this year and came 2nd in the Celtic Massed Ensemble Music Competition and 1st in the Small Group Celtic Competition. Please click on the link below for a video of them at Llangollen:-
Alpha Munro is the founder of Kiltearn Fiddlers, she teaches for Fèis Rois and other Fèisean. She works as a free lance community musician with community arts groups, plays with local bands and uses music as an aid to help children with physical and learning diffculties . She also writes her own music.
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and Festival, Blas Festival and Llangollen International Eisteddfod and individual performers have played at Celtic Connections, Glasgow and the Cambridge Folk Festival. This year a small group of Kiltearn Fiddlers were placed at the Inverness Music Festival.
young people to other styles of folk music and dance, to travel and play abroad, create further CDs and work with community collaborative arts. Kiltearn Fiddlers have recently connected with a strings group in Harare, Zimbabw. Kiltearn Fiddlers have raised money for the Harare children and it has gone towards buying cellos for them.
Llangollen, Wales winning the Celtic Massed Ensemble Music Competition.