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Emma Hale

Emma Hale is a highly talented singer-pianist for weddings, restaurants, parties and corporate events.

Emma is a refreshing change in the age of synthetic music. Emma performs live and brings authenticity to every performance. Perfect for that special wedding day or easy listening and intimate parties

A top-class pianist with a distinctive soulful singing voice, Emma delights her audiences by performing many of the world’s unforgettable classics along with some of her original material.

Emma is a performer of the highest quality, and she has gained a deserved reputation as one of Scotland’s most excellent contemporary singer, pianists.

No matter what the event, Emma will tailor a performance to suit each occasion delivering as she always does a top-class performance.

She has an extensive repertoire of songs and has over the years received plaudits from experienced hoteliers & dozens of happy customers throughout the country.

Ian Boardley or “BOARDLEY” as he is widely known, is an MC, host and accomplished charity auctioneer for corporate and charity events. An enthusiastic, lively, confident and most gentlemanly frontman, he’s always at home whether it be on the catwalk of a fashion show, as the facilitator of a conference session, embracing the formality of an awards ceremony host, a quiz master, or as one of Scotland’s leading charity auctioneers.

With over 30 years of experience in the hospitality and events industry, Ian has worked with many charities and corporate organisations, delivering events both in Scotland and UK wide.

Ian brings to your event his energy, enthusiasm, professionalism, positivity, meticulous attention to detail and his wealth of knowledge and experience of event management. He has the versatility to adapt his style by injecting a measure of humour, cheek and charm as appropriate to get the best response from your audience. Ian has also delivered international roadshows, promotions and events. He has recorded voice-overs and presentations for corporate and charity clients. Ian’s firm charity commitment is second to none, with regular and committed clients, including:

HIT Scotland
The Lord Provost of Glasgow’s Burns Supper and Charity Lunch
Down Syndrome International (where he recently hosted the 2018 World Down Syndrome Congress SEC in Glasgow and their concluding Congress Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner)
Down Syndrome Scotland
Funding Neuro
Nil By Mouth

His fundraising efforts include: trekking through the jungles of Vietnam for the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, yomping the Speyside Challenge, enduring the West Highland Way 24 hour run challenge and numerous other 10K events. A family man with two grown-up daughters, he particularly enjoys the open countryside and Scotland’s great outdoors, along with all of its associated pursuits.

Pete Clark

Pete Clark is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers, Pete now lives in Perthshire not far from the birthplaces of the great Scottish fiddler Niel Gow. The beautiful Perthshire landscape has been the inspiration for many of Pete’s compositions.

In addition to his highly successful solo career, Pete has been a member of several notable bands including Heritage and Smeddum and is currently a member of the highly successful Benachally Ceilidh Band and the Niel Gow Ensemble.

Pete has performed and recorded with many famous musicians and bands including Dougie MacLean, Rod Paterson, Rab Noakes, Jim Malcolm, John Watt, Trilok Gurtu and Nazareth.

Pete’s debut CD ‘Fiddle Case’ was chosen as one of 1996’s albums of the year on BBC – Pete Clark – Scottish Fiddle Scotland’s ‘Travelling Folk’. His top-selling CD ‘Even Now’ features the music of Niel Gow whilst ‘Mackintosh at Murthly’ features the compositions of Robert Mackintosh. His most recent album ‘Now & Then’ showcases some of Pete’s compositions alongside a few gems from those of the great Scottish fiddle composers, Niel Gow, Willam Marshall and James Scott Skinner.

He directs his own biannual fiddle courses in the village of Birnam, coaches and conducts the Dunkeld & District Strathspey & Reel Society and is founder and director of the annual Niel Gow Festival, which earlier this year celebrated its 15^th anniversary.

Pete has previously taught and performed in many countries including the USA, Canada and Japan, and is visiting lecturer on the fiddle music of Scotland at the University of St Andrews. He is also a regular contributor to “Fiddler Magazine”, published quarterly in the USA. Pete is also an instructor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.

Review: Pete Clark– Niel Gow’s Fiddle

By Rob Adams Folk & Jazz critic Arts Ents 9th December 2017R

“The 18th-century Perthshire fiddler and composer Niel Gow can have had no bigger champion in modern times than Pete Clark. A Fifer who years ago settled not far from Gow’s home in Inver, near Dunkeld, Clark has devoted albums to Gow’s music, leads an ensemble named after him and for the past 17 years has directed an annual festival in Gow’s honour”