Sian Phillips (folk musician)

For the actress from Wales, see Siân Phillips. For the actress from Lichfield, see Sian Brooke.

Siân Phillips is a fiddle player specialising in Welsh Folk and Fiddle Music.[1]

Born in South Wales and raised primarily in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, she gained her knowledge of Welsh folk music from playing with several folk dance groups.[2][3] She has been a member of the following folk and Celtic bands: Bysedd Main, Constitution Hillbillies, Cromlech, Ysbryd, Wild Welsh Women, Celtish, Cara and the Rowdies[4] and guested with many more.

Siân currently lives and works in North Oxfordshire as a musician. She organizes an annual music festival, the Fiddle Festival of Wales.[5][6][7]

Publications

Phillips has arranged and edited a book of Welsh Fiddle Tunes, published by Schott Music Publishers under their Schott World Music Series, which was released in April 2013.[8][9]

Discography

Albums include:

References

  1. ↑ "Welsh Fiddle". Fiddlingaround.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fiddler Sian Phillips at Chandler". Ourherald.com. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Virtuoso Welsh fiddler Siân Phillips to perform at Green Mountain College". The Mountain Times. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Obituaries: Rory Furlong. Folkways Magazine, June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Annual Welsh Celtic Fiddle contest to continue at Stackpole Centre". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "The traditional music of Wales". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "FIDDLE FESTIVAL OF WALES GOES INTERNATIONAL". Irish Music Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Fiddle Tunes: Review" Morris Federation Newsletter
  9. ↑ "Welsh Fiddle Tunes (Sheet Music/CD) 97 Traditional Pieces for Violin". Presto Classical. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "SIAN PHILLIPS "Gramundus"". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Siân Phillips and Danny Kilbride / RootsWorld Recording Review
  12. ↑ "Siân Phillips & Danny Kilbride "Jac tô Bach". The Living Tradition Magazine. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Celtish Centrifusion" FolkWorld CD Reviews

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