Jenna Reid

Jenna Reid
Jenna Reid in 2016
Background information
Born Quarff, Shetland, Scotland
Origin Shetland, Scotland
Genres Traditional
Instruments Fiddle
Associated acts Filska, Dòchas, Highland Fiddle Band, Deaf Shepherd, RANT, Blazin' Fiddles
Website Jenny and Bethany Reid

Jenna Reid is a Shetland fiddle player. She was born and brought up in the village of Quarff, Shetland[1][2] and found a fiddle in her grandmother's attic when she was nine years old and started to play it.[3] She was taught by Tom Anderson and Willie Hunter[1] and also studied the classical piano.[4] She Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dance, Glasgow with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Scottish traditional music[3] where she also sang and played the piano accordion and the piano.[4]

In addition to performing with her own Jenna Reid Band,[2] the Scottish traditional music group Filska (which originally consisted of Jenna, her sister Bethany and her mother Joyce Reid[5]), Blazin' Fiddles[2][6] and RANT,[2][7] she has played with the Highland Fiddle Band,[8] the Gaelic band Dòchas,[9][10] Deaf Shepherd,[3] Fiddler's Bid, Vital Signs and Celtic Feet.[4][5] She and Filska represented Scotland by playing at the Walt Disney World Millennium Celebrations at the Epcot Centre, Florida and they also played at Scotland's Millennium celebrationss.[4] At the request of Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas, she has featured as a guest artist on Transatlantic Sessions 3 & 4.[8] She played on the sound track of the film Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle.[8]

Jenna Reid (centre) with Filska band, Edinburgh Festival 2004

She was awarded the "Shetlands Young Fiddler of the Year" prize in 1995 when she was 14 years old and was in the finals of the "Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year" competition in 2004.[3] In 2005 Jenna won "Best Up and Coming Artist" at the Scots Trad Music Awards. In 2007 she nominated for "Best Instrumentalist" was awarded the "Dewar Arts Award."[3]

Jenna and her sister Bethany were curators for the Shetland Fiddle Frenzy festival in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[11]

Discography

  • With Silver And All (2005)
  • The Laughing Girl (2008)
  • Morning Moon (2012)
  • Escape (2012)
  • The Quarff Collections (2014)
  • Live in Shetland (2015)

References

  1. 1 2 "About Jenna and Bethany Reid". Jenna and Bethany Reid. 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Fiddle Frenzy 2014 Opening Concert". Mareel. Shetland Arts Development Agency. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dewar Awards - Jenna Reid 2007". Dewar Awards, Scottish Executive. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jenna Reid". World Music Central. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  5. 1 2 "Filska - Biography & History". All Music. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. ↑ "Blazin' Fiddles - The Band". Blazin' Fiddles. 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  7. ↑ "The Band - RANT". RANT - Scotland's chamber-folk quartet. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  8. 1 2 3 "Jenna Reid". Perthshire Amber. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  9. ↑ "Filska biography of band members". The official web page of the Band Filska. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dòchas - biography of Jenna Reid". Dòchas - The Official Site of the band, traditional music from the highlands and Islands of Scotland and Ireland. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Guest, Adam (2015-08-03). "Fiddle Frenzy under way". The Shetland Times. Retrieved 2016-05-25.


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