Heritage Fiddlers (or Shetland's Heritage Fiddlers) is a group of

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

fiddle players, originally formed in 1981 under the guidance of the late Dr

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MBE, who put the group together from the young pupils that he tutored. The group was originally called Tammy's Peerie Angels, then Shetland's Young Heritage. The group is now called Heritage Fiddlers as the members felt they "couldna git awa wi da young bit onymare so wir noo kent as Shetland's Heritage Fiddlers." Prominent Shetland born fiddler

Catriona MacDonald Catriona Macdonald is a musician and teacher from Shetland and is considered to be one of the world's leading traditional fiddle players. Background Macdonald started studying fiddle with Dr Tom Anderson MBE in 1981 at age 11 (she consider ...

is an ex-member.

Discography

*''Visions'' – Released 1993 – Catalogue No: SYHCD001 *''Bridging The Gap'' – Released 1997 – Catalogue No: SYHCD002

References

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