Gaelic verse was composed to be sung. That is the premise.

There is a body of Gaelic poetry for which there are no known melodies: the bards' stories untold, silent on unturned pages. Màiri has given the bards their voices back by composing melodies for ten texts from seven published collections of Gaelic poetry from the 17th and 18th century with two full clàrsach self-accompaniments. By giving the bards a voice, she hopes to reintroduce their work to a new generation of Gaelic singers and their audiences.

Màiri Callan (singer/composer/clàrsach/piano) Feargus Hetherington (fiddle), Ruairidh Gray (singer)
and Alice MacMillan (singer)

Violinist Feargus Hetherington works regularly with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and is known for his work with both classical and traditional musicians. He has collaborated with fiddlers Chris Stout, Adam Sutherland and Mike Vass and has performed contemporary music by Eddie McGuire, James MacMillan, Errollyn Wallen, Iain Matheson, Sally Beamish and many others.

Màiri Callan is a composer, arranger and performer with a BMus Hons (First Class) from The University of Edinburgh. Her music spans traditional and classical having grown up with tradi�onal Gaelic music. She studied classical song with Paul Keohone and Kenna Campbell, and both traditional and classical lever harp with Savourna Stevenson. Màiri won the Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal for Gaelic singing at the Royal National Mod in Inverness. Her project Slighe Fonn na Bàrdachd: Bho Bhalbhachd nan Duilleag gu Binn-ghuthan an t-Sluaigh - The Musical Journey of Verse: From Silent Page to the Melodious Voices of the People was premiered at the Blas Festival in September 2024.