Traditional Music
Alison is a fine exponent of traditional music and leads a very successful and exciting Scots Fiddle and Song career. She has taken part in many prestigious events including the Opening of the Scottish Parliament, singing the Scottish National Anthem at Scotland International Rugby Games, performing alongside the Red Hot Chilli Pipers at the Finale of the Burns an' a' That Festival and performing in Glasgow City Chambers the night Glasgow was announced Host City for the Commomwealth Games.
Alison has appeared on Television as a first prize winner in the Royal National MOD and has performed and hosted shows on Radio MOD. She has also led the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra in the Royal Concert Hall and was solo fiddler with the South West Texas Symphony Orchestra.
Her technique and unique flair for music has taken her all round the UK, Spain, Holland, America and Mexico.
This Year Alison is a semi-finalist in the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition 2012.
Since graduating with a BMus (Hons) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2008 Alison has been invloved in many projects and is in great demand as a solo performer, session musician, composer, teacher and is part of the successful band Reely Jiggered and duo Celtic Magic.
With Reely Jiggered hailed as "perfect ambassadors for Scotland" Alison has performed in festivals such as the Tall Ships Race 2011 in Greenock on the Sugar Shed Stage, the Largs Viking Festival, Gourock Highland Games, Finale act at Gig on the Green and a Medieval Fair at Dean Castle.
Reely Jiggered have also played ceilidhs for the RSAMD and Glasgow University Union in top Glasgow venues such as the Thistle Hotel, the Tall Ship Glenlee, the Hilton Hotel, Oran Mor and Grand Central Hotel. This group has also been involved in many cross-over projects including performances with Japanese Taiko Drummers, the Swords of Dalriada Re-enactment Group, the Bangladeshi and Egyptain Communities in Glasgow and Mexican groups Ditirambo and La Cameraderia. The Band have just released their first album "Reely Jiggered".
As one half of the Duo Celtic Magic, Alison performs regularly with clarsach player Eleanor Holley. They have performed for Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, at many Burns Events and in Burns Suppers for companies such as BAE Systems Ltd, ExxonMobil Corporation and charities including the National Trust for Scotland and Breast Cancer's biggest Black-tie event in venues such as Glasgow City Chambers, Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Fernie Castle, Hafton Castle, Charles Rennie Macintosh's House for an Art Lover and Kelvingrove Museum. In 2008 Celtic Magic released their album titled "Celtic Magic", a collection of songs from around Celtic Britain which received a 5 star review from All Celtic Music.
Alison is in great demand as a fiddle and voice teacher and directs her own Fiddle Workshops for Adults and Children.