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Vicki Swan

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About Vicki

Multi-instrumentalist specialising in Swedish, Folk, Ceilidh with a classical background. Nyckelharpa and EBagpipes (not Highland Bagpipes)
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Braintree
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Vicki holds a degree in music specialising in performance, is a qualified music teacher specialising in instrumental music tuition, has a post graduate qualification from the Royal College of Music in London (for performance) and holds a Masters in Education specialising in distance online instrumental music teaching. Vicki plays a number of instruments including nyckelharpa, double bass and bagpipes. (Scottish smallpipes, English border pipes and Swedish bagpipes) If you're after a different sort of sound for a Burns or NYE event, the English border pipes are much quieter but very pleasant. See the video.

Vicki's Reviews

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Agency
9 years ago

Vicki is a great musician and thoroughly charming to deal with. Not afraid of work - in fact she loves it! Highly recommended, especially if you want Swedish folk music.

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Client
8 years ago

You guys were fanstastic this weekend. Thank you so much!. The backbone of our wedding and all the celebrations afterwards. So many people said how much they loved the dance!

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Vicki's Prices

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Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£100
Up to 1 hour£160
Up to 2 hours£300
Up to 3 hours£400
Musicianship
Genres:
Folk, Ceillidh, Traditional English folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Traditional Irish folk, Christmas, Baroque, Early music, Medieval music, Renaissance, Scottish music, Classical
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Instruments:
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Event types:
Wedding, Church service, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, New Year's Eve
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Other skills:
Instrumental teaching
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