Kathryn Tickell took up the Northumbrian pipes at the age of nine, and within four years had won all the Open Piping competitions. She has been a professional musician for over thirty years, touring nationally and internationally. She has released 14 of her own albums, and has been a guest on over a hundred others, including albums by Sting, The Chieftains, The Penguin Café Orchestra and many more. She is also a prolific composer, having composed over sixty tunes which have been recorded by herself and other artists. Kathryn has also been commissioned to compose for Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Sinfonietta, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, massed string ensembles at the Sage Gateshead, and has written many tunes for the youth ensembles that she has directed and taught over the decades. Kathryn also contributed material to Sting’s Last Ship project.
In 2009, she was presented with The Queen's Medal for Music, awarded to those deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to British music, and in 2015 she was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to folk music. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Northumbria University and an Honorary Masters Degree from The Open University for "Notable contribution to education and culture". Kathryn is a lecturer at Newcastle University and continues to teach and perform nationally and internationally.
Weather permitting, Kathryn is happy to play your tune outside with the sounds of Northumberland in the background (birdsong not guaranteed, but the river Rede may be audible!)
Pricing:
Audio Tune-O-Gram: £65
Video Tune-O-Gram: £100
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