"Soprano Fiona Gillespie’s vocals combine youthful sheen and mature sentiments. She’s a spirited reveler in Beethoven’s “Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring” and a world-weary narrator in Haydn’s tale of intimidating courtship, “My Boy Tammy.” Gillespie’s clear diction and Celtic accent add to the authenticity and poise of the music. She also tosses off well-executed trills and melismas in Beethoven’s “Sunset” and a moving upper register in Weber’s harmonically vibrant “The Soothing Shade of Gloaming.”
-Early Music America
"Vocalist Fiona Gillespie opts for a distinctly folky voice production, but her delightfully pure voice and subtle ornamentation represent a winning combination."
-Early Music Review
"Gillespie was a standout, singing with power, polish, and idiomatic...inflection"
-Chicago Classical Review
Fiona is a Classically-trained and Trad music-bred singer working as a freelance artist in the choral, early music and Celtic music worlds. She is a frequent collaborator helping to build crossover-genre shows with ensembles around the nation, director of two ensembles (Celtic band, The Chivalrous Crickets and Scottish Baroque ensemble, Makaris), founder ofmusic & wellbeing nonprofit Hearthsong Folk Arts, and a songwriter, instrumentalist and folk dance lover. After ten years teaching voice at the collegiate level, she has transitioned to a home studio (lessons available in Lancaster and Bethlehem, PA).
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