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Corrina Hewat
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Over the last ten years, singer and harp player Corrina Hewat has emerged as one
of the most distinctive, original and versatile artists on the contemporary
Scottish scene. Synthesising the energies and idioms of traditional, jazz and
classical music, in formats ranging from entirely solo to a 31-piece "folk
orchestra", Corrina's combined talents as a vocalist, instrumentalist, composer
and arranger have won steadily increasing acclaim among critics, fellow
musicians and audiences alike. Born in Edinburgh, Corrina grew up largely around Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, where her parents, both folk fans and amateur performers themselves, encouraged her burgeoning interest in the region's rich musical heritage. After a few years learning fiddle and piano, Corrina took up the Scottish harp, or clarsach - Scotland's most ancient national instrument - aged 12, and was soon performing at local festivals and ceilidhs. After a year studying classical harp with the late Sanchia Pielou at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Corrina switched to a BA degree in Jazz, Popular and Contemporary Music at the Leeds College of Music, becoming the first ever harpist to take the course, and graduating with honours in 1993. It was during this time that she met her musical partner and now husband, pianist David Milligan, with whom she played in an extra-curricular jazz-funk outfit. Corrina turned professional early in 1994, launching her new duo with David, Bachu? (then Bachu? Caf?), at the inaugural Celtic Connections festival. Ever since then, Corrina has found herself in escalating demand not only for her harp skills and voice, but as a composer of fast-widening repute. Her current discography runs to around thirty recordings, including albums by Eric Bibb, Carol Kidd and Horse MacDonald, as well as three volumes of Linn Records' landmark Complete Works of Robert Burns series. Corrina also composed two albums of works commissioned by An Tobar?The Tobermory Arts Centre, has released three albums by Bachu?, one by Shine, one of the Unusual Suspects and, most recently, her own solo album, My Favourite Place. Official Web Site: www.corrinahewat.com |
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