Eilidh Steel
Eilidh is from Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute. After seeing a fiddle being played when she was four years old, she begged her parents until they bought her one and started lessons when she was six. She got taught by Helen Reid-Foster and was involved with as much music as possible!
She studied an HNC in Traditional Music Performance at North Highland College, Alness before studying a BA (Honours) in Scottish Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where she graduated in 2006.
Eilidh plays with the band Heeliegoleerie, playing a mixture of traditional Scottish tunes and songs, along with many of Eilidh’s compositions. With Heeliegoleerie and as part of various other groups Eilidh has toured in Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Egypt, Russia, Romania, Denmark, Austria and Germany.
As well teaching privately and at the Scots Music Group, Eilidh teaches at Feis Dhun Eideann and has also started up children’s weekly fiddle workshops at the Lot, Edinburgh.
She has also taught at events including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (R.S.N.O.) Education Project, Feisean Nan Gael, Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin, Helensburgh and Lomond Junior Fiddlers, Cardross Traditional Music Project, Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop, Scots Fiddle Festival, Lomond Folk Festival, Evanton Music Festival, South Lanarkshire Council and Celtic Connections.
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Teaching:
Fiddle - Absolute Beginner (7.35pm), Fiddle - Lower Intermediate, Fiddle - Beginner (daytime), Fiddle - Upper Intermediate (Daytime)