Rob MacKillop
Rob MacKillop (born 1959) is a Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist, specializing in lute, theorbo, vihuela, banjo, ukulele and both classical and Russian guitar. He is an important performer of Early Music in Scotland. He is also a photographer. Biography. Rob MacKillop was born in Dundee, Scotland. After a youthful period of playing the ukulele, MacKillop started teaching himself guitar as a teenager, playing along to records of Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter. When 17 years old, he was asked by his brother-in-law, Angus McFarlane, to play slide guitar on what was claimed to be Scotland ’s first punk single, though it was more in the style of pub rock with a Stones/New York Dolls influence. The single was re-released in 2017. In 2001, he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his research into medieval Scottish music. In 2004, he was named Composer in Residence for Morgan Academy in Dundee, and in 2001 was Musician in Residence for Madras College, St Andrews. He also organized and directed the Dundee Summer Music Festival. He was formerly Musician In Residence at Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh near Edinburgh. MacKillop recorded several compositions by Roman Turovsky on vihuela , lute and theorbo. Turovsky's Cantio Sarmatica CXI was dedicated to MacKillop. Discography. He has recorded seven CDs of music for various early plucked instruments, three of which reached the Number One position in the Scottish Classical Music Chart. Family. MacKillop's wife Susan Rennie is a writer who translated the "Adventures of Tintin" into Scots. Bibliography. MacKillop is an author of many didactic music scores published by Mel Bay.