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About:
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Hi. My name's Cat Mackay. I'm a violinist, composer and orchestrator based in Glasgow. I graduated from the BA Applied Music course at the University of Strathclyde in 2004, my honours specialisations being Solo Performance (Violin) and "Music and Film".
I now own and manage a String Quartet who are based in Glasgow, and who regularly perform music for weddings throughout west and central Scotland. Rhapsody String Quartet are available for hire for real weddings, on-screen weddings (no more actors who blatantly don't know how to hold an instrument - nevermind look convincing miming with it...!) or film premieres. |
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Categories:
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Composer, Orchestrator, Violin
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eMail:
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http://www.ukscreen.com/contact/catmackay |
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WWW:
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http://www.ukscreen.com/solo/catmackay |
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Mobile:
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07940 773934
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Address:
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Ayr
Scotland
United Kingdom
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Music:
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Classical, Jazz
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Music Band:
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Rhapsody String Quartet
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Date of Birth:
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1982-03-22
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As a violinist I am an experienced soloist, but also have many musical contacts and can easily get an ensemble of any size and combination of instruments together, especially within the Glasgow area. I am a classically trained musician but also have experience playing folk music. Both of which are styles which can easily be transferred and adapted to suit Jazz/Indie/Rock/Pop bands who may wish to have a string section backing on recorded album tracks.
I now own and manage a String Quartet who are based in Glasgow, and who regularly perform music for weddings throughout west and central Scotland. Rhapsody String Quartet are available for hire for real weddings, on-screen weddings (no more actors who blatantly don't know how to hold an instrument - nevermind look convincing miming with it...!), recording studio sessions or for providing music at film premieres.
As a composer and orchestrator, my Music and Film folio consists of 30 minutes of clips from a wide range films including: Braveheart (Historic Drama), Chicken Run (Animation), Erin Brockovich (Legal Drama Adaptation), Minority Report (Sci Fi), Paris When It Sizzles (1960s Romantic Comedy), Romeo + Juliet - the Baz Luhrmann one (Modernised Shakespearean Drama), Saving Private Ryan (WW2 Drama), The Blue Planet (Documentary), The Matrix (Sci Fi), The Three Amigos (Comedy Western). Each film clip has a different compositional purpose/theme to it, whether it be atmospheric music to underline the visual themes of striving, depression/defeat, sensuality/romance, or using techniques such as mickey-mousing, building tension, underscoring dialogue or even highlighting a sense of place or time period, or simply writing a suitable theme song that is appropriate to a film as a whole.
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