A bonny lass on the fiddle.Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard A Scottish Christmas brings together the sounds of the bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes , uilleann pipes Uilleann pipes (IPA: /ˈɪlən/) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. The Uilleann pipes bag is inflated by means of a small set of bellows strapped around the waist and the right arm. , border pipes, the Celtic harp, bodran drums, guitar and vocals. The star, however, is fiddler and artistic director Bonnie Rideout Bonnie Rideout is a fiddler in the Scottish style, consistently featured on NPR’s The Thistle and Shamrock, now living in Alexandria, Virginia. External links Bio page on artist's website . A three-time winner of the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Championship and recent Independent Music Award nominee, Rideout comes to the Hult Center on Tuesday. Rideout is the only American ever showcased at the Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. and the first woman to hold a national Scottish fiddle title. Her music has been featured on the National Public Radio programs "The Thistle & Shamrock," "Morning Edition" and "Performance Today." Initially trained as a classical artist, Rideout wound up exploring traditional Scottish folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. , which she calls her "private music." In the past, she says, Scottish music has not had recognition it deserves in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . But that's changing. "When I started out, all the players in this kind of music were 50-year-old men," Rideout told Billboard magazine. "Now there are young people - including women - playing the music. `And this renaissance includes the audience: It used to be mostly senior citizens, and now it's younger people - some with tattoos, some who might be classical-music fans." Rideout shares her vast knowledge of traditional Scottish tunes, Highland bagpipe bagpipe, musical instrument whose ancient origin was probably in Mesopotamia from which it was carried east and west by Celtic migrations. It was used in ancient Greece and Rome and has been long known in India. music and ancient Gaelic melodies in A Scottish Christmas. The program, which is a celebration of Christmas and the Scottish New Year's Eve celebration Hogmanay, includes traditional Scottish carols, wassail tunes and dance music. Other featured performers include Celtic guitarist Bryan Aspey, uilleann piper Jerry O'Sullivan, Scottish harp player William Jackson and percussionist Steve Holloway. Dancers Robert McOwen and Jen Schoonover will present Highland dances. Tickets to Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. performance are $18 to $26, or $14 for student and youth tickets. For more information, call the Hult Center box office at 682-5000. CAPTION(S): Bonnie Rideout, the only woman to hold a national Scottish fiddle title, performs Tuesday at the Hult Center. |
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