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WOWwoman Campaign Award

 

I am absolutely thrilled to have been named a Girlguiding Scotland WOWwoman for my work as a musician and teacher. The campaign aims to empower girls and young women by building their confidence, raising there aspirations and offering them amazing opportunities.

Learning a musical instrument is a fantastic way for young women to gain confidence and self belief, as well as learning a new skill. The students I teach all work extremely hard to achieve their goals, and make my job a complete pleasure. I am very lucky to teach such wonderful girls who I am sure will go on to do amazing things.

I think WOWwomen is a brilliant campaign to encourage girls that anything is possible. I had some fantastic experiences myself as a Guide when I was younger. Not only did I make some lifelong friends, I was also lucky enough to go on several trips including one to the world centre Our Chalet in Switzerland. Being selected as a WOWwoman by the young member of Girlguiding makes it even more special.

You can fin out more about the campaign here www.girlguidingscotland.org.uk/wow-woman/

BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2016 Final

I had an absolutely brilliant time taking part in the final of the Young Trad last month. The whole experience was really amazing and loads of fun. Huge congratulations go out to the winner – concertina player Mohsen Amini who blew everyone away. Hopefully all of the finalists will be going on a tour at some point this year which will be great fun I’m sure! In the meantime I have been recording the sets I played, here they are on YouTube :