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Singer/Songwriter
e.mail info@sheena-wellington.co.uk
SCOTLAND'S
CLASSIC BALLAD SINGER.
SHEENA WELLINGTON's singing of “A Man's
A Man For ‘a That” at the Opening Ceremony of the first Scottish
Parliament for three hundred years was by critical and popular
acclaim the highlight of that very special day.
“..... the most
moving moment of all”- (The Times, London).
“.... a moment to
open the muscles of the heart.......” (The Scotsman, Edinburgh).
Scotland's leading
traditional singer, SHEENA WELLINGTON was born in Dundee into a family of singers
and factory weavers.
SHEENA’s repertoire covers
everything from Burns to ballads to the best of contemporary
songwriting, drawing from the rich Scottish tradition passed from
musician to musician through the ages.
A passionate and
articulate advocate for traditional music, she has played a leading
role in the fight for recognition, status and improved funding for Scotland's traditional arts.
“..she can lay fair claim
to being chiefly responsible for the seriousness with which her
branch of the arts is now taken ...” The Herald (Glasgow)
On 3rd July 2007 Sheena received the
Honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the
Royal
Scottish
Academy of Music & Drama. Other
honours bestowed on her for her work include Honorary degrees from
the Universities of Dundee (2006) and St Andrews (2000), The Heritage
Society of Scotland’s award for her outstanding contribution to
Scotland's culture and the coveted Herald Archangel for her Edinburgh
International Festival’s series of traditional song programmes “Work,
Sex and Drink”.
She is a Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, an Honorary Life Member of the
TMSA, and the UK-wide Association of Speakers Clubs Speaker of
the Year 2001 and Patron of Lung Ha’s Theatre Company and Voluntary
Arts Scotland.
Sheena was made an Honorary President of Greenock
Burns Club (The Mother Club) in January 2006, when she became the
first woman in the Club’s 204 year history to be invited to give The
Immortal Memory.
Recognised as one of the great interpreters of the
song of Robert Burns, Sheena already has
bookings for the 250th anniversary of the poet’s birth in
2009!
Sheena and noted Burnsian Professor David Purdie
have devised a show “Burns Alive!” which explores the poet’s life and work in image, song and
story.
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