Thank you to @heraldscotland.bsky.social for a lovely write-up about my work, alongside Electra Perivilatis, Jay Capperauld, Gillian Walker & Seyoung Oh🎵🎻

My single ‘Autumn Leaves (Autumn 1)’ was released yesterday! Listen to it on Bandcamp & streaming services 🍁

Isla x

🍁🎻 SINGLE RELEASE 🎻🍁

My single “Autumn Leaves (Autumn 1)” is released today!

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This track is about having fun in autumn - playing with leaves, foraging for brambles & eating crumble!

I enjoyed turning Vivaldi’s original melody into a polka! 🎵

✨ 3 days left on my crowdfunder ✨

Thank you for supporting my crowdfunder so far.

I have raised 70% of my target. I need to raise the remaining 30% in the next 3 days. If I don’t reach my target, I don’t get any money at all.

Any help - financial or sharing - is appreciated.

Thank you!
Isla x

⭐️ My crowdfunder is live!!! ⭐️

I have just launched my crowdfunding campaign for my 2nd album, “The Scottish Four Seasons” - a Scottish trad reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s famous work to mark its 300th birthday!

I have 30 days to raise £11,000.

Thank you so much for your support!

Isla x

3) Join my mailing list (link below). This is where I will be sharing all updates about both my crowdfunding campaign and my album when it launches.

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Thank you so much for your help! I hugely appreciate it!

Isla x

2) Share my pre-launch page (link below) with your friends and family. The more people this pre-launch page reaches, the better!

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1) Click “Notify me on launch” on my crowdfunder pre-launch page (link below). This means that you will get notified when my crowdfunder launches. The more support I can get in the early days of my crowdfunder, the more successful my crowdfunder will be overall.

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✨ Please help me crowdfund my new album!

I will be launching my crowdfunding campaign for my new album, “The Scottish Four Seasons”, very soon!!!

I would really appreciate it if you could please help me in the lead-up to the launch by doing any of the following 3 actions:

Aw thanks, Gavin!

Thank you very much to Creative Scotland for funding the making of this album. This funding covers roughly half the costs, so I will also be running a crowdfunding campaign in about a month’s time, so please keep an eye out for that!

I can’t wait to share more details with you very soon!

Isla x

I am hugely excited to be working with these fantastic musicians:

Fiddle: Megan Henderson & Kristan Harvey

Viola: Lauren MacColl

Cello: Natalie Haas

Double bass: Charlie Stewart

Piano: Iona Reid

Producer: Anna Massie

🌟 ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
“The Scottish Four Seasons” 🎻🌷❄️

My second album will be a Scottish trad reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” to mark its 300-year anniversary. Think jigs, reels & slow airs - keeping Vivaldi’s instrumentation, but rewriting his melodies & adding trad harmonies!

🔥 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON 🔥

I’ve made best pals with this guy over the past year! Who is he and what have I been working on??? All will be revealed very soon…!

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