“The Best of the Tradition is Yet to Come” an Interview with Scottish Harpist/Composer Corrina Hewat

moonoverthetrees.comhttps://corrinahewat.com/My guest today is Scottish Harpist/Composer/Singer Corrina Hewat. Corrina is a skilled and innovative composer and arranger having created large scale commissions as well as being a music director, choir director, and has created a variety of original productions. She is widely recognized as one of Scotland’s most unique and innovative musicians. Corrina is also one of the company directors for Dragon Song Productions where she composes music for shows geared toward children 5 years of age and under working alongside puppeteers. Their production, “Moon Dragon” was quite the success at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019. Some of you may also have heard of “Unusual Suspects”, a 22 piece band that Corrina helped co-found and direct. Corrina also has a series of online workshops coming up this November called, “Harp In Scotland”.“We have such a broken tradition in Scotland. In a way, the Scottish tradition is being shaped by all those players who are adding to it even now.” -Corrina HewatAs Martin Hayes once said, “The best of the tradition is yet to come.” and that is so true of Corrina’s belief that the tradition is, something that you are, “Constantly passing it on” to others.We discuss what drew Corrina to the harp and composing and dealing with perfectionism.“ It’s when you’re more vulnerable, not trying to be perfect, you’re just real…that is when I get most feedback on the music I’ve played or how I’ve made people feel” -Corrina HewatThe Cromaty Harp Village where she runs a small harp festival for the past ten years, and how music and the musical community are helping people in this difficult time of Covid.Corrina has been running The Cromaty Harp Village for over ten years. It’s a wonderful harp gathering that brings harp lessons to the Scottish Highlands. People come from all over the world to gather and share music on the harp. It isn’t happening in 2020, but we did discuss how that festival came to be.