Catriona McKay

Catriona McKay is Scottish harpist and composer. She is a contemporary explorer on the Scottish harp (Clàrsach), having collaborated with folk and experimental musicians, as well as co-designing the Starfish McKay harp.

She is a member of the band Fiddlers' Bid and the Chris Stout Quintet.

Discography

 * Catriona McKay (2002, Glimster)
 * Starfish (2007, Glimster)
 * Harponium (2014, Glimster)


 * with Chris Stout
 * Laebrack (2005, Greentrax Recordings)
 * White Nights (2010, McKay Stout)
 * Seavaigers (2014, McKay Stout)


 * with Chris Stout and Seamus Begley
 * BEGLEY MCKAY STOUT (2014, McKay Stout)


 * with Olov Johansson
 * Foogy (2009, Olov Johansson Musik)
 * The auld Harp (2013, Olov Johansson Musik)


 * Fiddlers’ Bid
 * Hamnataing (1998, Greentrax)
 * Da Farder Ben Da Welcomer (2001, Greentrax)
 * Naked and Bare (2005, Greentrax)
 * All Dressed in Yellow (2009, Hairst Blinks)


 * Strange Rainbow with Alistair MacDonald
 * invisible from land and sea (2008)
 * Skimmerin (2009)


 * Chris Stout
 * The First O' the Darkenin' (2004, Greentrax)
 * Devil’s Advocate (2007 as Chris Stout Quintet, Greentrax)
 * Chris Stout's Brazilian Theory - Live in Concert (2011, Chris Stout)


 * Other collaborations
 * Aidan O'Rourke: An Tobar (2011, Navigator)
 * Transatlantic Sessions 3(2007 BBC 2 ‘Scotland’s Music with Phil Cunningham’)

Awards

 * O’Carolan International Harp Festival in Keadue, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, harp champion (1990s)
 * Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), first class honours BA (1990s)
 * BBC Radio 3 ‘Young Musician‘, finalist (1999)
 * Jakez Francois International Celtic Harp Competition in Nantes, winner (2004)
 * Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ (2007 and 2014)
 * (As a member of the band) Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Album of the Year’ for Chris Stout Quintet's ‘Devil’s Advocate’ (2007) about as Fiddlers' Bid, see Fiddlers' Bid