Roisin-Anne Hughes from Glasgow for fiddle - Roisin-Ann learnt to play music at the Irish Minstrels branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in St Roch’s from the age of five. Her greatest influence is Frank McArdle, the musical director responsible for a long line of talented musicians coming from St Roch’s. Roisin-Ann has been Scottish Fiddle Champion 11 times, British Fiddle Champion five times as well as three times All Ireland Mouth Organ Champion. At Celtic Connections 2011 her band Yuptae, with whom she plays accordion, won a Danny Kyle Award and since then have performed at many events around Scotland.

Catriona Price from Orkney for fiddle - Catriona is at the forefront of the new wave of young talent emerging from Orkney’s traditional music scene. Having taken up the fiddle at the age of seven, Catriona was taught by Douglas Montgomery (Saltfishforty, The Chair). She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2010 and is currently studying for a Masters Degree at the Royal Academy of Music. She also began writing tunes at an early age with several now included in tune books and recorded by musicians around the world and perfroms regularly with duo Twelfth Day.

Alistair Ogilvy from Strathblane for song – Alistair’s main instrument is his voice, focusing on Scots song. He was a finalist in the 2011 Young Trad Award and since then his career has gone from strength to strength. He is about to make a CD and has just completed the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland’s (TMSA) Young Champions tour around Scotland and he’s been busy performing in Scotland alongside Alan Reid, Jim Malcolm and Heidi Talbot.

Kirsty Watt from Lewis for song - Kirsty has always lived on the Isle of Lewis where traditional music has always been part of her life with her closest and main influence for Gaelic singing being her beloved grandmother. She has taught Kirsty some of the most beautiful and lyrical songs that she now so loves singing. In 2010 Kirsty was Young Musician of the Year in Stornoway.