some of you may have missed this on the BBC website
A globally acclaimed folk artist from Northumberland is to be given a prestigious music award. Kathryn Tickell, who plays the Northumbrian pipes and violin, is to be awarded the Queen's Medal for Music. The annual award, approved by the Queen, is presented to musicians judged to have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation. The 41-year-old will be presented with the Medal in a private audience with the Queen later this year. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, appointed as the Master of The Queen's Music in 2004, said: "I am delighted to have the opportunity to present the Queen's Medal to Kathryn Tickell as she is not only the foremost Northumbrian Pipes player, a great composer and a wonderful all-round musician, but for her work in music education. "She has put the pipes and the music of her own part of England back among the public where it belongs, and is also spreading a love of this music throughout the whole world." -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
