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I have worked with Historic Scotland since 2007 on a series of lunchtime recitals at St Andrews Cathedral and Arbroath Abbey. Each recital in this series has had a different medieval theme, from the cathedral chant to Bishops’ Laments to medieval battle music. more....

I have performed a number of demonstration-recitals of the Queen Mary harp in the National Museum of Scotland, playing my replica in the gallery beside the medieval original. More....

In 2006-7 I held a residency at the Wighton Centre, Dundee, giving regular lectures and performances. Since then I have continued to teach and perform at the Wighton Centre. Notable events have included: Carolan, Connellan & Lyons concert, January 2010 (programme notes), and Music of the Old Scottish harpers, May 2011.

July 2011: 600th anniversary of the Battle of Harlaw, 1411. Click here for concerts, workshops and information.

Events at the Museum of the University of St Andrews, the most recent also including a hands-on, described preview of the event for blind and partially sighted attendees.

Programmes presented in the past include
Gaelic harp ceol mor
Old Gaelic laments
Medieval church music
Medieval secular music
Battle music
Fenian lays and heroic music
The music of the Robertson family of Lude, Perthshire
John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots, to accompany poetry reading

Venues and events include
the International Medieval Congeress, Leeds
Glasgow's Piping Live
Perthshire Amber festival, Dunkeld
Provand's Lordship, Glasgow's oldest house
Scottish Storytelling Centre & John Knox House, Edinburgh
Dunollie house, Oban
Village halls and community venues from Angus to Ardnamurchan, both concerts and also lecture-demonstrations to local history societies.

Listen on the BBC: Fest 'n' Furious Festival launch, Dundee, 2007

Lectures, presentations and demonstrations each year in Kilkenny, Ireland since 2004, at Scoil na gCláirseach - Summer School of Early Irish Harp

Collaborations have included working with singers (Gaelic and Scots) as well as solo fiddle players (violin as well as viola). I have also provided music for theatre productions and alongside poetry readings.

I am interested in other traditional arts and ancient oral traditions, and sometimes include in my recitals, demonstrations or performances on lyre, jouhikko, fiddle or voice. Sometimes I wear historical costume.