School pupils take stage at Hebridean Celtic Festival 8/7/11
A select choir of Gaelic singers from the Nicolson Institute has been chosen to perform
at this year’s Hebridean Celtic Festival. They will be joining Isle of Skye natives
Niteworks, on the Scotland’s Islands stage in the main arena on the Thursday night
(14th July).
The choir, made up of eight native Gaelic-
Niteworks who have recently
completed a series of music workshops for several secondary schools throughout the
Western Isles, are hoping to use the opportunity to showcase the high quality of
talent and musicianship they encountered during this tour.
Ruairidh Graham of Niteworks
said: “We are incredibly excited about this project. The girls are outstanding singers
and we’re delighted they are keen to perform with us. Closing the Scottish Islands
Stage on it’s opening night is a huge honour, so we wanted to do something special.
This project was really only possible due to the level of high quality musical talent
present at Nicolson Institute. Together we will be performing some of our Gaelic
songs.”
Emma MacInnes, 22, who will join Niteworks on stage is from Uist and went
to the National Centre for Excellence in Traditional Music in Plockton, said: “It
is my first time performing at the HebCelt and of course I am really looking forward
to it. We’ll certainly be rehearsing to ensure we perform well on the night.”
The
Hebridean Celtic Festival which takes place in Stornoway next week is one of a series
of festival appearances by Niteworks this summer which includes Belladrum and Isle
of Wedge. Between shows, the band is busy recording their debut release which is
due out towards the end of the Summer.
Tickets for the festival are on sale from www.hebceltfest.com
or 01851 702333.