Winner of fiddle contests and recipient of Berklee College of Music’s prestigious Presidential Scholarship (full tuition, room and board for all four years), Audrey Budington has played violin since she was four. Classically trained, her true love is fiddle, jazz, and funk, and she is known for her creative compositions. Audrey has played in album sessions and was selected by Grammy award-winning arranger and record producer Rob Lewis to play in a house band for the new TV show pilot presentation “Legendary.” She has opened for Black Violin and was a guest artist for Darlingside and Pat & the Hats concerts. She has performed at Ossipee Valley Music Festival in ME, Boston Celtic Music Fest, on the amphitheater at Common Ground Country Fair in ME and at many additional venues. Audrey has played at dozens of contra dances throughout New England and Quebec. She has also performed for two NH governors. Audrey has a magnetic and endearing stage presence.
Keep in mind, that was 5 years ago. I don't even really play classical anymore... too many rules. Celtic is more my thing :) But thanks for the comment.
I love your original music. I work with dancers composing and arranging in dance theatre. I might have to borrow this but don't play the piano. A little Celtic harp but mostly vocals, guitars, mandolin, Octave Mandolin, Irish flute, high and low Celtic/Irish whistle and little fiddle. I've a great harpist and pianist I work with who also happens to be a bad ass Irish flute/whistle player, singer and bodhran player. Not sure what instrumentation I'd use for your song. Maybe just piano and steel string guitar. Would you happen to have in transcribed?
I have just been working up Spootiskerry on the harp and just lucked into your minor / major arrangement. Wow! You have taken a great tune and ramped it up in a lovely fashion. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you Bill for bringing this performance to my attention. Just wonderful. I just posted it on my fb timeline. Audrey & Clayton, all I can say is: "duh............SUPERLATIVE!! So well done by a pair who are fortunate to be as pretty as their music is." Seriously, I was nearly moved to tears, and with no particular emotions on my mind when I clicked on your viddy! Bravo, and keep it going. Genuine talent have ye both!!
Hey Sherman! I started working on Dancing With Mac for you but I am pretty busy at the moment. Our pieces are heavily arranged and improvisational so it is tricky to score them. Awesome that you are interested in our pieces! I really do want to finish scores for them someday. Feel free to look me up on Sound Cloud. I have scores for a number of my orchestrations, if you are interested. Clayton Clemetson
Thank you very much. I tend to play more contemporary folk and fiddle tunes now, though I am in World Strings at Berklee College of Music, too. It's important to be versatile.
Great job on this piece and performance! I love the atmosphere of it, and great playing too. Subscribed. If you have time, check out our new song He Should’ve Known! Good to see talented people online. Keep up your great work, I'll definitely keep an eye out for your stuff.