SHEENA WELLINGTON

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 3^rd 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 250^th 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.