Lunchtime Recital: Wednesday 1st February, 2pm with Rosa Michaelson & Colin Allison
The Friends of Wighton are delighted to announce the first Lunchtime Recital of 2023 and it is a cracker!
Lunchtime Recital: Wednesday 1st February, 2pm – 2.30pm, entry free, donations welcome.
Rosa Michaelson, fiddle, and Colin Allison, guitar
Rosa Michaelson and Colin Allison, fiddle and guitar, playing a selection of tunes from James S. Kerr’s “Merry Melodies”, an influential set of music books published in Glasgow, dating from 1881 onwards.
Rosa and Colin are experienced musicians with a range of styles, including folk, classical and jazz. They have played in various Scottish folk and ceilidh bands, including “The Loose Moose Ceilidh Band”. Rosa first learnt Scottish traditional music at primary school, initially from “Kerr’s Merry Melodies”, a set of tune books which she has recently revisited in the context of 19th Century music publishing in Scotland. She subsequently played with the Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers and Tom Anderson in Shetland. In the 1980s, she was a member of “Sprangeen”, the first all-female Scottish traditional ensemble. Colin currently plays with Louisiana Fairytale, a New Orleans inspired jazz group, and the Dundee University Big Band.
