Scottish Music Centre - Industry Directory

Artists | Early Music | Harpsichord

David McGuinness is one of the UK's most versatile keyboard players, moving effortlessly between early music, traditional music, rock and classical. He was the youngest ever graduate of the University of York, and was awarded a PhD at the University of Glasgow for his studies in 16th century English music.

He is the director of the baroque ensemble Concerto Caledonia, whose recordings of 18th century Scottish music have been released on Hyperion, Linn and Marquis. In 2001 the Sunday Times chose the Scottish-Italian collection Mungrel Stuff as one of its Records of the Year, and the group performed David’s reconstruction of Allan Ramsay’s ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd at the Edinburgh International Festival. 2003 saw the release of an album with Cape Breton fiddler David Greenberg, which includes Finnish and Hungarian traditional tunes alongside music by Frank Zappa and Fred Frith. In November 2004 Delphian will release The red red rose, which includes the première recording of the original version of Burns's famous song.

David has appeared as harpsichord soloist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and also plays regularly in the SCO. On BBC radio he has appeared with soprano Catherine Bott and saxophonist John Harle, and he has been a producer and presenter on Radio 3.

In the USA, he plays harmonium and melodica as a guest artist with the Chris Norman Ensemble, and in Canada is a member of Suzie LeBlanc's ensemble Joli Bois. He recently provided the string arrangements for the first solo album by Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout and in 2004 recorded Geminiani cello sonatas with Alison McGillivray for Linn, and Acadian folk songs with Suzie Leblanc for ATMA. He is the featured piano and fortepiano soloist on the soundtrack of Mira Nair’s movie Vanity Fair.

As a record producer, his credits include Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for NMC, a disc of chamber music by Marco di Bari for BMG, two Vivaldi discs by La Serenissima for Avie, and two albums by Mr McFall's Chamber, on one of which he plays piano and blues harmonica. He is a guest lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, teaches harpsichord at the University of Glasgow, and is a contributor to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He has given masterclasses at many universities including Case Western Reserve, McGill University in Montréal, and the University of South Alabama.

Artists | Classical | Composers and Arrangers

David McGuinness is one of the UK's most versatile keyboard players, moving effortlessly between early music, traditional music, rock and classical. He was the youngest ever graduate of the University of York, and was awarded a PhD at the University of Glasgow for his studies in 16th century English music.

He is the director of the baroque ensemble Concerto Caledonia, whose recordings of 18th century Scottish music have been released on Hyperion, Linn and Marquis. In 2001 the Sunday Times chose the Scottish-Italian collection Mungrel Stuff as one of its Records of the Year, and the group performed David’s reconstruction of Allan Ramsay’s ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd at the Edinburgh International Festival. 2003 saw the release of an album with Cape Breton fiddler David Greenberg, which includes Finnish and Hungarian traditional tunes alongside music by Frank Zappa and Fred Frith. In November 2004 Delphian will release The red red rose, which includes the première recording of the original version of Burns's famous song.

David has appeared as harpsichord soloist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and also plays regularly in the SCO. On BBC radio he has appeared with soprano Catherine Bott and saxophonist John Harle, and he has been a producer and presenter on Radio 3.

In the USA, he plays harmonium and melodica as a guest artist with the Chris Norman Ensemble, and in Canada is a member of Suzie LeBlanc's ensemble Joli Bois. He recently provided the string arrangements for the first solo album by Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout and in 2004 recorded Geminiani cello sonatas with Alison McGillivray for Linn, and Acadian folk songs with Suzie Leblanc for ATMA. He is the featured piano and fortepiano soloist on the soundtrack of Mira Nair’s movie Vanity Fair.

As a record producer, his credits include Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for NMC, a disc of chamber music by Marco di Bari for BMG, two Vivaldi discs by La Serenissima for Avie, and two albums by Mr McFall's Chamber, on one of which he plays piano and blues harmonica. He is a guest lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, teaches harpsichord at the University of Glasgow, and is a contributor to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He has given masterclasses at many universities including Case Western Reserve, McGill University in Montréal, and the University of South Alabama.

Artists | Classical | Conductors/Choral Directors

David McGuinness is one of the UK's most versatile keyboard players, moving effortlessly between early music, traditional music, rock and classical. He was the youngest ever graduate of the University of York, and was awarded a PhD at the University of Glasgow for his studies in 16th century English music.

He is the director of the baroque ensemble Concerto Caledonia, whose recordings of 18th century Scottish music have been released on Hyperion, Linn and Marquis. In 2001 the Sunday Times chose the Scottish-Italian collection Mungrel Stuff as one of its Records of the Year, and the group performed David’s reconstruction of Allan Ramsay’s ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd at the Edinburgh International Festival. 2003 saw the release of an album with Cape Breton fiddler David Greenberg, which includes Finnish and Hungarian traditional tunes alongside music by Frank Zappa and Fred Frith. In November 2004 Delphian will release The red red rose, which includes the première recording of the original version of Burns's famous song.

David has appeared as harpsichord soloist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and also plays regularly in the SCO. On BBC radio he has appeared with soprano Catherine Bott and saxophonist John Harle, and he has been a producer and presenter on Radio 3.

In the USA, he plays harmonium and melodica as a guest artist with the Chris Norman Ensemble, and in Canada is a member of Suzie LeBlanc's ensemble Joli Bois. He recently provided the string arrangements for the first solo album by Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout and in 2004 recorded Geminiani cello sonatas with Alison McGillivray for Linn, and Acadian folk songs with Suzie Leblanc for ATMA. He is the featured piano and fortepiano soloist on the soundtrack of Mira Nair’s movie Vanity Fair.

As a record producer, his credits include Judith Weir's A Night at the Chinese Opera for NMC, a disc of chamber music by Marco di Bari for BMG, two Vivaldi discs by La Serenissima for Avie, and two albums by Mr McFall's Chamber, on one of which he plays piano and blues harmonica. He is a guest lecturer at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, teaches harpsichord at the University of Glasgow, and is a contributor to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He has given masterclasses at many universities including Case Western Reserve, McGill University in Montréal, and the University of South Alabama.