Patsy Reid is from Knapp in Perthshire has a great amount of experience in performing and teaching both traditional and classical music. She remains the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Fiddle Championship . At 17, Patsy was a finalist in the original BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award and is now a member of the popular folk band Breabach.
Patsy graduated form Strathclyde University in 2004 with a 1st class Honours BA degree in Applied Music, specialising in performance and album production. She continued her studies in Manchester at the Royal Northern College of Music and after two years gained a Post Graduate Certicicate of Education with Specialist String Teaching and a Post Graduate Diploma in Violin Performance.
Patsy is a tutor at the award-winning Taransay Fiddle Camp and Alasdair Fraser's fiddle course @ Sabhal Mohr Ostaig

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Patsy Reid: Bridging the Gap Bridging the Gap was commissioned by Celtic Connections 2008. Composer and fiddler, Patsy Reid, combines her love of traditional and classical music, successfully marrying the two genres in more ways than one. read more >>> £12.50

Patsy Reid - With Complements With Complements, Patsy's debut, is a CD of the finest fiddle music played with elegance and a deftness of touch second to none. read more >>> £12.50