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Margaret is an award-winning Gaelic singer, folklorist and Gaelic song specialist, whose home roots are on the island of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. She has been performing, teaching and championing the cause of traditional Gaelic singing for over 20 years, and still continues to perform to audiences at home and abroad.
As well as her concert performances Margaret can also offer themed shows, recitals, song research projects, soundtrack and session recording work, courses and lectures focusing on Gaelic song, where the material is placed in its social and historical context. These can be offered within Scotland and beyond, depending on budgets. Customised group tours can be offered within the Hebrides and Scottish Highlands, and tailored to suit many song themes, of which the following list is merely an example :-
Songs of Emigration & Clearances
Local Bards (this can be tailored to various areas throughout Gaeldom)
Songs of the Clans
Songs of The Jacobite Era
Cattle & Droving Songs
Gaelic Songs & Traditions of Highland Hospitality & Conviviality,
Gaelic Songs of Sailing, Whaling and Fishing,
Gaelic songs of 'Birth, Death & Marriage' (Hatches Matches & Dispatches) - includes eulogies, lullabies, humorous songs
Gaelic songs of Love & Disappointment
Pibroch Songs
The Chieftain's Hall
Songs of Love, Night-visiting, Courtship and Marriage
Contact Margaret via this link for further information or to discuss project themes.
Please feel free to explore the various pages on this site for further insight into Margaret's past and present work, as well as her acclaimed recordings on the Greentrax label. The links below will take you to her social networking sites along with the Tobar an Dualchais online archive; a project which Margaret worked on as a Gaelic Song specialist, and which she continues to promote through her performances and teaching work.
As well as her concert performances Margaret can also offer themed shows, recitals, song research projects, soundtrack and session recording work, courses and lectures focusing on Gaelic song, where the material is placed in its social and historical context. These can be offered within Scotland and beyond, depending on budgets. Customised group tours can be offered within the Hebrides and Scottish Highlands, and tailored to suit many song themes, of which the following list is merely an example :-
Songs of Emigration & Clearances
Local Bards (this can be tailored to various areas throughout Gaeldom)
Songs of the Clans
Songs of The Jacobite Era
Cattle & Droving Songs
Gaelic Songs & Traditions of Highland Hospitality & Conviviality,
Gaelic Songs of Sailing, Whaling and Fishing,
Gaelic songs of 'Birth, Death & Marriage' (Hatches Matches & Dispatches) - includes eulogies, lullabies, humorous songs
Gaelic songs of Love & Disappointment
Pibroch Songs
The Chieftain's Hall
Songs of Love, Night-visiting, Courtship and Marriage
Contact Margaret via this link for further information or to discuss project themes.
Please feel free to explore the various pages on this site for further insight into Margaret's past and present work, as well as her acclaimed recordings on the Greentrax label. The links below will take you to her social networking sites along with the Tobar an Dualchais online archive; a project which Margaret worked on as a Gaelic Song specialist, and which she continues to promote through her performances and teaching work.
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