Since cellist Wendy graduated from the RSAMD in 1983, her interest in jazz and folk music has led her to play and sing at festivals throughout the UK, Europe, the USA and the former Soviet Union.
She has worked with many top Scottish musicians, including Hamish Moore, Billy Jackson, The Pearlfishers, Michael Marra, Mike Travis, Ricky Ross, Stevie Lawrence, Mick West and Carol Laula.
Theatre work includes The Ship and The Big Picnic (Bill Bryden) and John Bett's adaptation of Burns' The Jolly Beggars for Wildcat.
Compositions include film scores A Thief in the Night and Tickets for the Zoo, and Saved shown on Channel 4 and BBC2. In 2001 a commission from the prestigious Celtic Connections Festival led to the creation of Daybreak on the World's Edge, poems of William Soutar set for four cellos and three male voices. Her setting of The Silkie of Sule Skerry, originally written for Mike Travis' Uncharted Territory project, was recently recorded by singer Alyth McCormack on her solo album.
Wendy has hosted workshops in cello and traditional singing for the Borders Gaitherin' festival, Fiddle 2002 and Adult Learning Project in Edinburgh, as well as with the band Calluna in schools through West lothian. She is regularly featured as singer and cellist for Dr Fred Freeman's illustrated lectures on Robert Burns, performing alongside Marc Duff (ex-Capercaillie) and John Morran (Deaf Shepherd). The cello specialist of the Scottish Music Course at the Royal Scottish Acadamy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Wendy also freelances with musicians of all styles and is currently a member of the Mick West Band, The Song Factory project, the female traditional quartet, Calluna, and the Derbyshire-based Lester Simpson Trio.
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