creation, community, education
Fiona is a folk and Classically-trained singer, musical creator, instrumentalist, and educator. Raised in a family of traditional Celtic musicians Fiona grew up step dancing, singing ballads, and playing the Irish whistle. She holds degrees in voice performance from Westminster Choir College (BM) and the University of North Texas (MM).
RECORDINGS
Fiona's half hour folk-rock cantata of the traditional Scottish balladTam Lin, with co-composer Elliot Cole, (scored for voices and 12-piece band of historical, modern, and electronic instruments), released in 2021. Her album of Scottish folk songs arranged by composers of the Viennese School, Wisps in the Dell released in 2019, followed by The Gallant David Rizzio (2022) and the modern premiere of Allan Ramsey's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd due to release in 2025. All were created with New York-based ensemble Makaris, which focuses on musical projects exploring Scottish culture and heritage.
PERFORMANCE
Upcoming collaborative and performance projects include story-telling concerts of the ballad Barbara Allen and a Celtic Christmas created with The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado; Folk/Barorque crossover program Wassail! an Irish-Appalachian Christmas with Apollo's Fire; projects with Massachusetts-based ensemble Tiny Glass Tavern; "The Hagiography: a musical pilgrimage through the lives of the saints" with Theotokos and The Chivalrous Crickets in NYC; Scottish Baroque programs with Makaris, Ruckus Early Music Band, Fire and Grace, and Elm City Consort, and appearances with NY/MA-based Skylark Vocal Ensemble.
CREATION & DIRECTION
Fiona is the founder and manager of Celtic/Early Music band The Chivalrous Crickets and Hearthsong Folk Arts, a new nonprofit artist collective which produces events and gatherings for community and individual wellbeing, focused on "the meeting of mother nature, human nature and folk arts".
TEACHING
With over a decade of voice teaching experience in a wide variety of styles, Fiona brings an exciting and flexible wealth of musical knowledge to her students. She served on the voice faculty at Lycoming College (voice, Opera workshop, Mainstage music & stage director), DeSales University (voice) and Muhlenberg College (voice, Mainstage music director, opera workshop), where she taught classical, music theater and pop. Fiona has taught folk singing workshops, and group and individual voice lessons in Celtic folk singing styles and production. As a breathwork and meditation practitioner, Fiona brings a focus on anatomy and breath foundation to students who seek to strengthen their singing practice on a physiological/mindfulness level.
LIFE
After having a son in 2022, Fiona and her parter Paul (a plucked instrument player with whom she enjoys many of the above musical projects) moved to Lancaster, PA. Fiona bases her teaching and community-music building work between Lancaster and Bethlehem, PA, her hometown. She now teaches privately and in workshop settings.
RECORDINGS
Fiona's half hour folk-rock cantata of the traditional Scottish balladTam Lin, with co-composer Elliot Cole, (scored for voices and 12-piece band of historical, modern, and electronic instruments), released in 2021. Her album of Scottish folk songs arranged by composers of the Viennese School, Wisps in the Dell released in 2019, followed by The Gallant David Rizzio (2022) and the modern premiere of Allan Ramsey's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd due to release in 2025. All were created with New York-based ensemble Makaris, which focuses on musical projects exploring Scottish culture and heritage.
PERFORMANCE
Upcoming collaborative and performance projects include story-telling concerts of the ballad Barbara Allen and a Celtic Christmas created with The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado; Folk/Barorque crossover program Wassail! an Irish-Appalachian Christmas with Apollo's Fire; projects with Massachusetts-based ensemble Tiny Glass Tavern; "The Hagiography: a musical pilgrimage through the lives of the saints" with Theotokos and The Chivalrous Crickets in NYC; Scottish Baroque programs with Makaris, Ruckus Early Music Band, Fire and Grace, and Elm City Consort, and appearances with NY/MA-based Skylark Vocal Ensemble.
CREATION & DIRECTION
Fiona is the founder and manager of Celtic/Early Music band The Chivalrous Crickets and Hearthsong Folk Arts, a new nonprofit artist collective which produces events and gatherings for community and individual wellbeing, focused on "the meeting of mother nature, human nature and folk arts".
TEACHING
With over a decade of voice teaching experience in a wide variety of styles, Fiona brings an exciting and flexible wealth of musical knowledge to her students. She served on the voice faculty at Lycoming College (voice, Opera workshop, Mainstage music & stage director), DeSales University (voice) and Muhlenberg College (voice, Mainstage music director, opera workshop), where she taught classical, music theater and pop. Fiona has taught folk singing workshops, and group and individual voice lessons in Celtic folk singing styles and production. As a breathwork and meditation practitioner, Fiona brings a focus on anatomy and breath foundation to students who seek to strengthen their singing practice on a physiological/mindfulness level.
LIFE
After having a son in 2022, Fiona and her parter Paul (a plucked instrument player with whom she enjoys many of the above musical projects) moved to Lancaster, PA. Fiona bases her teaching and community-music building work between Lancaster and Bethlehem, PA, her hometown. She now teaches privately and in workshop settings.
check out some of my music!
excerpts from folk-rock cantata TAM LIN co-written with Elliot Cole
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songs written for & recorded with the Chivalrous Crickets
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