Patsy Reid

Patsy comes from Knapp in Perthshire where she grew up playing both traditional Scottish fiddle and classical violin. Competing around Scotland culminated in her double win of the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship at just 15 and 16 years of age. Patsy remains one of the youngest ever finalists in the BBC Young Tradtional Musician of the Year competition, where she competed at just 17.

In 2004, she gained a first class honours BA Applied Music degree from Strathclyde University, specialising in performance and album production. In June 2006, Patsy graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester with a Post Graduate Diploma in violin performance as well as a Post Graduate Certificate of Education with specialist string teaching.

Patsy is an experienced fiddle teacher and is a popular tutor at both the award winning Taransay Fiddle Camp and Alasdair Fraser's Fiddle course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig. At Celtic Connections 2007, Patsy performed with Breabach, the Karen Matheson Band, Maeve Mackinnon and more recently, her 'New Voices' commission Bridging the Gap was well recieved @ Celtic Connections 2008.

Patsy plays a Tim Phillips Asymmetric 5 string violin.

You can check out Patsy's own website at www.patsyreid.com.