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BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician

January 01, 1970

The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition has run annually since 2001.[1] It exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to provide performance opportunities, tools and advice to help contestants make a career in traditional music.[2] Former winners include Hannah Rarity, Mohsen Amini, Robyn Stapleton, Shona Mooney and Emily Smith.[3]

BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician
Awarded forScottish folk music
Sponsored byBBC Radio Scotland
VenueGlasgow City Halls
CountryScotland
Presented byHands Up for Trad
Hosted by
First awarded2001
Last awarded2024
Currently held byCalum McIlroy
Websiteprojects.handsupfortrad.scot/youngtrad/
Television/radio coverage
Network

Competition edit

The competition was started in 2000 by Simon Thoumire, together with fiddler Clare McLaughlin and Elspeth Cowie, national organiser of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (TMSA), and was first awarded at the 2001 Celtic Connections festival.[4] BBC Radio Scotland started to support the award the following year, and has continued to do so. The award is organised and run by Hands Up for Trad on behalf of BBC Radio Scotland.[1][5]

The usual format of the award is a residential weekend in October at Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire for twelve semi-finalists. From there, six are selected to go on to a final concert, where the winner is chosen by a panel of judges.[2]

Since 2007, the final concert has been held in Glasgow City Halls on the last day of the Celtic Connections festival, and broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland.[6] Between 2012 and 2015 the final concert was also televised on BBC Alba.[7] The presenter was initially Mary Ann Kennedy, replaced in 2016 by Bruce MacGregor. From 2020 the final concert was again televised on BBC Alba with Joy Dunlop giving Gaelic commentary alongside MacGregor.

The semi-finals of the 2021 competition took place in October 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of the Wiston Lodge weekend, the entrants performed in the foyer of the BBC Pacific Quay building, with no audience.[5][8]

The eligibility criteria are that the contestant is aged between 16 and 27, and is normally resident in Scotland or has lived in Scotland for five years.[9] This age range is more extended than the similarly titled BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. That award is open to all United Kingdom residents, but its age range is just 16 to 21.[10] Hence the contestants for the Scottish award are usually more advanced musicians, often students or graduates of one of the degrees in traditional music such as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's BMus with Honours (Traditional music), and already established in a professional career in music.

While the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award uses the umbrella term "folk", the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award is specifically for a Scottish musician performing the music of their own tradition, though not necessarily Scottish traditional music.[11]

The TMSA Young Trad Tour is an annual tour of Scotland by the finalists and the previous year's winner, organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland, and supported by Creative Scotland. The destinations include the Celtic Connections festival and the hometowns of each of the finalists. The musicians also make an album together.[12]

Award winners and nominees edit

Winners are listed first and marked with a blue riband ( ).

Year   Name Hometown Instrument Higher music education
2024[13][14] John Dew Perthshire Bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ruairidh Iain Gray South Uist Voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Calum McIlroy Aberdeenshire Guitar, mandolin & voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ella Munro Skye Voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Matt Tighe London Fiddle Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
  Evie Waddell Stirling Voice, step dance percussion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2023[15][16][17]   Amy Laurenson Shetland piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Sam Mabbett Oxfordshire accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Mairi McGillivray Islay Gaelic song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Aidan Moodie Orkney voice, guitar Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Madeleine Stewart New England, USA fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ailis Sutherland Kirriemuir, Angus smallpipes University of the Highlands and Islands
2022[18][19]   Eryn Rae Scottish Borders fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Breanna Wilson Glasgow fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Malachy Arnold Glasgow clarsach Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[20]
  Saffron Hanvidge Inverness Gaelic song Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
  Malin Lewis Skye pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Sophie Joint Glasgow piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2021[21][3]   Michael Biggins Newcastle upon Tyne piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Lucie Hendry Aberdeenshire lever harp Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Iona Fyfe Huntly voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Graham Rorie Orkney fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ellie Beaton Rothienorman voice Aberdeen City Music School
  Bradley Parker County Down bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2020[22][23][24][3]   Ali Levack Dingwall whistles, pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Calum McIlroy Aberdeenshire guitar, mandolin, voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Mhairi Mackinnon Perthshire fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[25]
  Cameron Nixon Aberdeenshire Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Josie Duncan Lewis Gaelic song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Padruig Morrison Uist accordion Edinburgh University and Maynooth University[26]
2019[27][28][29][3]   Benedict Morris Glasgow fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Luc McNally Dipton, County Durham guitar, voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[30]
  Cameron Ross Stonehaven fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ross Miller Linlithgow bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Catherine Tinney Skye Gaelic song
  Sarah Markey Coatbridge flute
2018[31][32][3]   Hannah Rarity West Lothian Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  David Shedden Glasgow bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Amy Papiransky Keith, Moray Scots song University of Aberdeen and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Rory Matheson Drumbeg, Sutherland piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ali Levack Maryburgh, Ross-shire whistles, pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Luc McNally [a] Dipton, County Durham guitar, voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[30]
2017[33][34][35][3]   Charlie Stewart Glenfarg fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Grant McFarlane Paisley accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Iona Fyfe Huntly Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Dougie McCance Erskine bagpipes University of the Highlands and Islands
  Ella Munro Skye Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Kim Carnie Oban Gaelic song
2016[36][37][3]   Mohsen Amini Glasgow concertina
  Hannah Macrae Lochaber fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Jessica Burton Orkney clarsach Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Murray Willis Lismore accordion Benbecula College
  Robbie Greig Edinburgh fiddle Benbecula College[38]
  Ryan Young Cardross fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2015[39][3]   Claire Hastings Dumfries song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ainsley Hamill Cardross song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Gemma Donald Shetland fiddle
  Heather Downie Dunblane clarsach
  Ryan Young Cardross fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Séamus Ó Baoighill Skye fiddle
2014[40][3]   Robyn Stapleton Stranraer voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Alistair Iain Paterson Bishopton piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Ian Smith Tiree accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Jack Badcock Edinburgh guitar, song
  Mhairi Marwick Fochabers fiddle Strathclyde University
  Neil Ewart Kilchoan fiddle Strathclyde University
2013[41][7][3]   Paddy Callaghan Glasgow accordion
  Andrew Dunlop Connel piano Royal Northern College of Music and Eastman School of Music
  Graham Mackenzie Inverness fiddle Royal Northern College of Music
  Grant MacFarlane Paisley accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Hannah Fisher Dunkeld fiddle
  Scott Wood Erskine pipes, whistle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
2012[42][43][3]   Rona Wilkie Oban fiddle
  Kirsty Watt Lewis Gaelic song
  Katie Boyle Glasgow fiddle Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
  Catriona Price Orkney fiddle Royal Northern College of Music and Royal Academy of Music
  Roisin Anne Hughes Glasgow fiddle
  Alistair Ogilvy Strathblane Scots song
2011[44][3]   Kristan Harvey Orkney fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[45]
  Alistair Ogilvy Strathblane song
  Andrew Waite Duns accordion
  Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[46]
  Mairi Chaimbeul Skye Gaelic song and clarsach Berklee College of Music[47]
  Tina Rees Glasgow piano
2010[48][3]   Daniel Thorpe Inverurie fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[49]
  Paddy Callaghan Glasgow accordion, harp
  Mairi Chaimbeul Skye harp Berklee College of Music[47]
  Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[46]
  Hannah Phillips Glasgow harp Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[50]
  Kyle Warren Helensburgh pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[51]
2009[52][53][3]   Ruairidh MacMillan Nairn fiddle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
  Adam Holmes Edinburgh guitar
  Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes, whistle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[46]
  Kenneth Nicolson Lewis Gaelic song
  Jack Smedley Buckie fiddle
  Daniel Thorpe Inverurie fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[49]
2008[54][3]   Ewan Robertson Carrbridge guitar, voice
  Steven Blake Livingstone pipes, whistle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[55]
  Amy Lord Dunblane Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland[56]
  James Duncan MacKenzie Isle of Lewis pipes, smallpipes, flute, whistles
  Robert Menzies Dumfries accordion, piano
  Ailie Robertson Edinburgh clarsach
2007[57][6][58][59][3]   Catriona Watt Lewis Gaelic Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[60]
  Darren MacLean Isle of Skye Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[61]
  Mike Vass Nairn fiddle
  Calum Stewart Garmouth wooden flute
  Calum MacCrimmon Monifieth pipes, whistles
  Martin Hunter Glasgow accordion
2006[62][63][3]   Shona Mooney Borders fiddle Newcastle University[64]
  Kirsty Cotter Glasgow fiddle
  Christopher Keatinge Melrose accordion
  Darren MacLean Skye Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[61]
  Hamish Napier Grantown on Spey flute, piano, Scots song Berklee College of Music[65]
  Fraser Shaw Islay pipes, whistle Sabhal Mòr Ostaig[66]
2005[67][3]   Stuart Cassells Falkirk bagpipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[68]
  Rachel Newton Edinburgh clarsarch, song
  Mike Vass Nairn fiddle
  Darren Maclean Skye song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[61]
  Sarah Naylor Skye fiddle Strathclyde University[69]
  Maeve Mackinnon Glasgow song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig[70]
2004[71][72][3]   James Graham Lochinver Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
  Shona Donaldson Huntly voice, fiddle
  Rosie Morton Edinburgh clarsach, voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
  Sarah Naylor Skye fiddle, voice Strathclyde University
  Tom Orr Lanark accordion
  Jenna Reid Shetland fiddle, piano, voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
2003[73][3]   Anna Massie Fortrose fiddle, guitar Strathclyde University[71]
  Shona Donaldson Huntly song
  Sarah-Jane Fifield Inverness fiddle
  Mark Laurenson Shetland fiddle
  Kevin O'Neill Glasgow flute
  Lori Watson Borders fiddle, voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[74]
2002[75][3]   Emily Smith Dumfries and Galloway Scots song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
  Ruaridh Campbell Aberfoyle fiddle Strathclyde University[76]
  Jennifer Port Golspie harp Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[77]
  Findlay Napier Grantown on Spey voice, guitar Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[78]
  Lori Watson Borders fiddle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[74]
  Ross Ainslie Bridge of Earn smallpipes, whistle, Highland pipes
2001[79][80][81][3]   Gillian Frame Arran fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  Patsy Reid Perthshire fiddle Royal Northern College of Music[82]
  Kevin O'Neill Glasgow flute
  Mairearad Green Achiltibuie pipes, accordion
  Steve Byrne Arbroath Scots song
  Celine Donoghue Glasgow banjo Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[83]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Unable to perform due to injury.

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External links edit

  • BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician at BBC Online  

January 01, 1970
radio, scotland, young, traditional, musician, competition, annually, since, 2001, exists, encourage, young, musicians, keep, their, tradition, alive, provide, performance, opportunities, tools, advice, help, contestants, make, career, traditional, music, form. The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician competition has run annually since 2001 1 It exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to provide performance opportunities tools and advice to help contestants make a career in traditional music 2 Former winners include Hannah Rarity Mohsen Amini Robyn Stapleton Shona Mooney and Emily Smith 3 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional MusicianAwarded forScottish folk musicSponsored byBBC Radio ScotlandVenueGlasgow City HallsCountryScotlandPresented byHands Up for TradHosted byBruce MacGregor Joy DunlopFirst awarded2001Last awarded2024Currently held byCalum McIlroyWebsiteprojects wbr handsupfortrad wbr scot wbr youngtrad wbr Television radio coverageNetworkBBC Radio Scotland BBC Alba Contents 1 Competition 2 Award winners and nominees 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksCompetition editThe competition was started in 2000 by Simon Thoumire together with fiddler Clare McLaughlin and Elspeth Cowie national organiser of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland TMSA and was first awarded at the 2001 Celtic Connections festival 4 BBC Radio Scotland started to support the award the following year and has continued to do so The award is organised and run by Hands Up for Trad on behalf of BBC Radio Scotland 1 5 The usual format of the award is a residential weekend in October at Wiston Lodge South Lanarkshire for twelve semi finalists From there six are selected to go on to a final concert where the winner is chosen by a panel of judges 2 Since 2007 the final concert has been held in Glasgow City Halls on the last day of the Celtic Connections festival and broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland 6 Between 2012 and 2015 the final concert was also televised on BBC Alba 7 The presenter was initially Mary Ann Kennedy replaced in 2016 by Bruce MacGregor From 2020 the final concert was again televised on BBC Alba with Joy Dunlop giving Gaelic commentary alongside MacGregor The semi finals of the 2021 competition took place in October 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic Instead of the Wiston Lodge weekend the entrants performed in the foyer of the BBC Pacific Quay building with no audience 5 8 The eligibility criteria are that the contestant is aged between 16 and 27 and is normally resident in Scotland or has lived in Scotland for five years 9 This age range is more extended than the similarly titled BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award That award is open to all United Kingdom residents but its age range is just 16 to 21 10 Hence the contestants for the Scottish award are usually more advanced musicians often students or graduates of one of the degrees in traditional music such as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland s BMus with Honours Traditional music and already established in a professional career in music While the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award uses the umbrella term folk the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician award is specifically for a Scottish musician performing the music of their own tradition though not necessarily Scottish traditional music 11 The TMSA Young Trad Tour is an annual tour of Scotland by the finalists and the previous year s winner organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland and supported by Creative Scotland The destinations include the Celtic Connections festival and the hometowns of each of the finalists The musicians also make an album together 12 Award winners and nominees editWinners are listed first and marked with a blue riband nbsp Year nbsp Name Hometown Instrument Higher music education 2024 13 14 John Dew Perthshire Bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ruairidh Iain Gray South Uist Voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland nbsp Calum McIlroy Aberdeenshire Guitar mandolin amp voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ella Munro Skye Voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Matt Tighe London Fiddle Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Evie Waddell Stirling Voice step dance percussion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2023 15 16 17 nbsp Amy Laurenson Shetland piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Sam Mabbett Oxfordshire accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Mairi McGillivray Islay Gaelic song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Aidan Moodie Orkney voice guitar Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Madeleine Stewart New England USA fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ailis Sutherland Kirriemuir Angus smallpipes University of the Highlands and Islands 2022 18 19 nbsp Eryn Rae Scottish Borders fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Breanna Wilson Glasgow fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Malachy Arnold Glasgow clarsach Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 20 Saffron Hanvidge Inverness Gaelic song Sabhal Mor Ostaig Malin Lewis Skye pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Sophie Joint Glasgow piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2021 21 3 nbsp Michael Biggins Newcastle upon Tyne piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Lucie Hendry Aberdeenshire lever harp Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Iona Fyfe Huntly voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Graham Rorie Orkney fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ellie Beaton Rothienorman voice Aberdeen City Music School Bradley Parker County Down bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2020 22 23 24 3 nbsp Ali Levack Dingwall whistles pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Calum McIlroy Aberdeenshire guitar mandolin voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Mhairi Mackinnon Perthshire fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 25 Cameron Nixon Aberdeenshire Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Josie Duncan Lewis Gaelic song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Padruig Morrison Uist accordion Edinburgh University and Maynooth University 26 2019 27 28 29 3 nbsp Benedict Morris Glasgow fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Luc McNally Dipton County Durham guitar voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 30 Cameron Ross Stonehaven fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ross Miller Linlithgow bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Catherine Tinney Skye Gaelic song Sarah Markey Coatbridge flute 2018 31 32 3 nbsp Hannah Rarity West Lothian Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland David Shedden Glasgow bagpipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Amy Papiransky Keith Moray Scots song University of Aberdeen and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Rory Matheson Drumbeg Sutherland piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ali Levack Maryburgh Ross shire whistles pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Luc McNally a Dipton County Durham guitar voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 30 2017 33 34 35 3 nbsp Charlie Stewart Glenfarg fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Grant McFarlane Paisley accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Iona Fyfe Huntly Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Dougie McCance Erskine bagpipes University of the Highlands and Islands Ella Munro Skye Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Kim Carnie Oban Gaelic song 2016 36 37 3 nbsp Mohsen Amini Glasgow concertina Hannah Macrae Lochaber fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Jessica Burton Orkney clarsach Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Murray Willis Lismore accordion Benbecula College Robbie Greig Edinburgh fiddle Benbecula College 38 Ryan Young Cardross fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2015 39 3 nbsp Claire Hastings Dumfries song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ainsley Hamill Cardross song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Gemma Donald Shetland fiddle Heather Downie Dunblane clarsach Ryan Young Cardross fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Seamus o Baoighill Skye fiddle 2014 40 3 nbsp Robyn Stapleton Stranraer voice Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alistair Iain Paterson Bishopton piano Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Ian Smith Tiree accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Jack Badcock Edinburgh guitar song Mhairi Marwick Fochabers fiddle Strathclyde University Neil Ewart Kilchoan fiddle Strathclyde University 2013 41 7 3 nbsp Paddy Callaghan Glasgow accordion Andrew Dunlop Connel piano Royal Northern College of Music and Eastman School of Music Graham Mackenzie Inverness fiddle Royal Northern College of Music Grant MacFarlane Paisley accordion Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Hannah Fisher Dunkeld fiddle Scott Wood Erskine pipes whistle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2012 42 43 3 nbsp Rona Wilkie Oban fiddle Kirsty Watt Lewis Gaelic song Katie Boyle Glasgow fiddle Irish World Academy of Music and Dance Catriona Price Orkney fiddle Royal Northern College of Music and Royal Academy of Music Roisin Anne Hughes Glasgow fiddle Alistair Ogilvy Strathblane Scots song 2011 44 3 nbsp Kristan Harvey Orkney fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 45 Alistair Ogilvy Strathblane song Andrew Waite Duns accordion Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 46 Mairi Chaimbeul Skye Gaelic song and clarsach Berklee College of Music 47 Tina Rees Glasgow piano 2010 48 3 nbsp Daniel Thorpe Inverurie fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 49 Paddy Callaghan Glasgow accordion harp Mairi Chaimbeul Skye harp Berklee College of Music 47 Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 46 Hannah Phillips Glasgow harp Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 50 Kyle Warren Helensburgh pipes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 51 2009 52 53 3 nbsp Ruairidh MacMillan Nairn fiddle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Adam Holmes Edinburgh guitar Lorne MacDougall Carradale pipes whistle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 46 Kenneth Nicolson Lewis Gaelic song Jack Smedley Buckie fiddle Daniel Thorpe Inverurie fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 49 2008 54 3 nbsp Ewan Robertson Carrbridge guitar voice Steven Blake Livingstone pipes whistle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 55 Amy Lord Dunblane Scots song Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 56 James Duncan MacKenzie Isle of Lewis pipes smallpipes flute whistles Robert Menzies Dumfries accordion piano Ailie Robertson Edinburgh clarsach 2007 57 6 58 59 3 nbsp Catriona Watt Lewis Gaelic Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 60 Darren MacLean Isle of Skye Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 61 Mike Vass Nairn fiddle Calum Stewart Garmouth wooden flute Calum MacCrimmon Monifieth pipes whistles Martin Hunter Glasgow accordion 2006 62 63 3 nbsp Shona Mooney Borders fiddle Newcastle University 64 Kirsty Cotter Glasgow fiddle Christopher Keatinge Melrose accordion Darren MacLean Skye Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 61 Hamish Napier Grantown on Spey flute piano Scots song Berklee College of Music 65 Fraser Shaw Islay pipes whistle Sabhal Mor Ostaig 66 2005 67 3 nbsp Stuart Cassells Falkirk bagpipes Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 68 Rachel Newton Edinburgh clarsarch song Mike Vass Nairn fiddle Darren Maclean Skye song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 61 Sarah Naylor Skye fiddle Strathclyde University 69 Maeve Mackinnon Glasgow song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Sabhal Mor Ostaig 70 2004 71 72 3 nbsp James Graham Lochinver Gaelic song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Shona Donaldson Huntly voice fiddle Rosie Morton Edinburgh clarsach voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Sarah Naylor Skye fiddle voice Strathclyde University Tom Orr Lanark accordion Jenna Reid Shetland fiddle piano voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 2003 73 3 nbsp Anna Massie Fortrose fiddle guitar Strathclyde University 71 Shona Donaldson Huntly song Sarah Jane Fifield Inverness fiddle Mark Laurenson Shetland fiddle Kevin O Neill Glasgow flute Lori Watson Borders fiddle voice Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 74 2002 75 3 nbsp Emily Smith Dumfries and Galloway Scots song Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Ruaridh Campbell Aberfoyle fiddle Strathclyde University 76 Jennifer Port Golspie harp Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 77 Findlay Napier Grantown on Spey voice guitar Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 78 Lori Watson Borders fiddle Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 74 Ross Ainslie Bridge of Earn smallpipes whistle Highland pipes 2001 79 80 81 3 nbsp Gillian Frame Arran fiddle Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Patsy Reid Perthshire fiddle Royal Northern College of Music 82 Kevin O Neill Glasgow flute Mairearad Green Achiltibuie pipes accordion Steve Byrne Arbroath Scots song Celine Donoghue Glasgow banjo Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 83 See also editCeltic Connections Music of Scotland Scottish folk musicNotes edit Unable to perform due to injury References edit a b Young Trad Musicians Hands Up for Trad Retrieved 20 October 2020 a b About the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award Hands Up for Trad 23 April 2014 Retrieved 20 October 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Young Trad Musicians Previous winners Hands Up for Trad 12 December 2012 Retrieved 31 January 2021 Gilchrist Jim 10 January 2001 A reel reward The Scotsman Edinburgh p 15 ProQuest 326874111 Retrieved 12 January 2021 a b BBC Radio 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