Tutors
Gillian Frame
Gillian is a fiddle player, singer and educator from the Isle of Arran. A founding member of Back of the Moon (Best Folk Band, Scots Trad Music Awards), she graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was named MG BBC Alba Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year in 2001. In 2012 she was awarded Music Tutor of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards, and she currently plays with the brilliant fiddle band Rant alongside Lauren MacColl, Anna Massie and Bethany Reid.
She has taught at Celtic Connections, Fèis Rois, and music camps and festivals across North America and Europe.
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Gordon Gunn
Born & brought up in Wick, Caithness, Gordon was taught by the highly respected violin teacher Margaret Henderson who taught many pupils in the north of Scotland.
Gordon is also a founding member of Scottish fiddle group Session A9 who were voted best live act at the 2012 Trad Awards and have toured extensively around the UK and European folk scene. Gordon has recorded five albums along with Session A9, the most recent release which is entitled The Magic Roundabout.
Gordon has been a tutor at The National Centre of Excellence in Trad Music and is also in demand teaching fiddle & groupwork classes.
Read more about Gordon here
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Patsy Reid
Patsy is a celebrated Scottish musician based in Perth. A fiddle player, violinist, viola player, arranger and composer – who has built an extraordinary reputation both as a performer and as an educator. She is the fiddle and violin technique specialist on the Traditional Music degree and Masters programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the co-organiser of Mull Fiddle Week and lead tutor of Mull Music Makers, runs Perth fiddle workshop and a recording artist with a recent brand new album, I am Disposed to Mirth. Patsy brings depth and rigour to her teaching, and her students consistently describe her as transformative.
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Rua MacMillan
Rua MacMillan is a fiddler from Nairn who has been making waves in Scottish traditional music for well over a decade. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Scottish Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was awarded BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2009. In 2014, he joined the multi-award-winning Blazin’ Fiddles, with whom he has toured extensively across Europe and North America, playing some of the world’s most prominent folk festivals. He also teaches regularly with Fèis Rois, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Glasgow Fiddle Workshop.
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