"11 December 1999. The couple have two children: son Spencer (b. 1992), and daughter Alice (b. 1998). Coltrane and Gemmell separated in 2003 and later divorced. Robbie Coltrane Robbie Coltrane (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the ""Harry Potter"" films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond films ""GoldenEye"" and ""The World Is Not Enough,"" and as Dr. Eddie ""Fitz"" Fitzgerald in the British TV series ""Cracker"" during the 1990s. Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the"
"R. R. McIan Robert Ronald McIan (1803 – 13 December 1856), also Robert Ranald McIan, was a Scottish actor and painter. He is best known for romanticised depictions of Scottish clansmen, their battles and domestic life. His wife, Fanny McIan, was a painter and early teacher of art to women. McIan was born in Scotland, in 1803. He became an actor with the joint company of the Theatre Royals in Bristol and Bath before making his way to London. In 1838 he played at the Covent Garden Theatre and at Drury Lane in the following year. He gained a reputation"
"Ernest MacMillan Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, (August 18, 1893 – May 6, 1973) was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada's only ""Musical Knight"". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician, from the 1920s through the 1950s. His contributions to the development of music in Canada were sustained and varied, as conductor, performer, composer, administrator, lecturer, adjudicator, writer, humourist, and statesman. Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan was born in Mimico (Etobicoke), Ontario. His first musical influences were his parents. From a very young age, he became fascinated while watching his mother play piano and decided to learn"
"associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1852 and died at Hampstead, north London, on 13 December 1856. R. R. McIan Robert Ronald McIan (1803 – 13 December 1856), also Robert Ranald McIan, was a Scottish actor and painter. He is best known for romanticised depictions of Scottish clansmen, their battles and domestic life. His wife, Fanny McIan, was a painter and early teacher of art to women. McIan was born in Scotland, in 1803. He became an actor with the joint company of the Theatre Royals in Bristol and Bath before making his way to London. In 1838 he"
"Stewart McLean (actor) William Stewart McLean (7 March 1941 in Scotland, UK – 6 August 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK) was a much respected and admired Scottish actor, theatre administrator, and businessman. In his early years, he made his mark as an accomplished businessman in the setting up and managing of photo processing firms across Scotland. After which he pursued another passion of his, and some would say more enticing one, by working with stars of pantomime, drama, and musicals in the south of England. He turned this passion of his into a permanent one when he went professional in"
"Scottish Opera in 1960. Important post-war composers included Ronald Stevenson, Francis George Scott, Edward McGuire, William Sweeney, Iain Hamilton, Thomas Wilson, Thea Musgrave, John McLeod CBE and Sir James MacMillan. Craig Armstrong has produced music for numerous films. Major performers include the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Major Scottish orchestras include: Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO). Major venues include Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Usher Hall, Edinburgh and Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. The development of a distinct tradition of art music in Scotland was limited by the impact of the Scottish"
"Aaron McMillan Aaron McMillan (11 February 197714 May 2007) was an Australian classical pianist. He attended Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in Middle Cove, Sydney where his first piano teacher was Coral Patterson who still teaches there. Aaron was also a keen basketballer. At age 15 he captained his local basketball team to a state championship and was named most valuable player. Aaron was hoping to gain selection in the national basketball team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After an injury during training forced his departure from the sport, he then moved to his next passion, music. He continued piano studies"
"J. M. Gordon John McRobbie Gordon, ""né"" John McRobbie (12 October 1857 – 22 February 1944) was a Scottish singer, actor, stage manager and director, known as an influential stage director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company after the death of W. S. Gilbert. In his early career Gordon appeared in the chorus and minor roles in D'Oyly Carte productions, and after a period as a freelance actor, manager and director, he returned to the company permanently in 1910, as stage manager, and later stage director, establishing a reputation as a firm disciplinarian and upholder of the performing practices originated"
"chanter when he played. Donald MacLeod described McLennan as ""the most complete piper of this century"". Many of his compositions are widely played today, and include G. S. McLennan Pipe Major George Stewart McLennan (9 February 1883 - 31 May 1929) was a Scottish bagpipe player. He was a successful solo piper, as well as a pipe major and composer. He was born on 9 February 1883 at 105 St. Leonard Street, Edinburgh, to John and Elizabeth ( Stewart) McLennan, the eighth of their nine children (one of whom died in infancy). Many of his ancestors on both sides of"
"James MacMillan - St John Passion Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. http://www.manchestersalon.org.uk/james-macmillan-st-john-passion.html James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. He studied composition at the University of Edinburgh with Rita McAllister, and at Durham University with John Casken, where he gained a PhD degree in 1987. At Durham he was a member of the Graduate Society. He was a lecturer in music at the Victoria University of Manchester from 1986 to 1988."
"family and many of his friends in the audience. MacMillan was knighted in 1983, and he received honorary degrees from the University of Edinburgh (1976) and the Royal College of Art (1992). His awards include the Evening Standard Ballet Award (1979); Society of West End Theatre Managers Ballet Award, 1980 and 1983; and, posthumously, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production in 1993 for ""The Judas Tree""; the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 1993; and the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1994 for ""Carousel"". Kenneth MacMillan Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 192929 October 1992) was"
"the theatre world at the ripe young age of 52 in 1993. As they say, he became the oldest new boy in the business. Mr. McLean enjoyed the respect from every performer he worked with either as an actor and as a theatre administrator. He worked with such UK stars as Allan Stewart, Andy Gray, Britt Ekland, Su Pollard, Gary Wilmot, Lesley Joseph, Dorothy Paul, and many others. As an actor, he was busy in the arenas of television, theatre, and pantomime. On the Scottish small screen he had roles in ""Taggart"", ""Monarch of the Glen"", ""Doctor Finlay"", ""River City"","
"the foundation of Scottish Opera in 1960. Important post-war composers included Ronald Stevenson, Francis George Scott, Edward McGuire, William Sweeney, Iain Hamilton, Thomas Wilson, Thea Musgrave and James MacMillan. Craig Armstrong has produced music for numerous films. Major performers include the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Major Scottish orchestras include: Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO), the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO). Major venues include Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Usher Hall, Edinburgh and Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Pop and rock were slow to get started in Scotland and produced few bands of note in the 1950s or"
"Robin Hall Robin Hall (27 June 1936 – 18 November 1998) was a Scottish folksinger, best known as half of a singing duo with Jimmie Macgregor. Hall was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor as well as of the explorer Mungo Park. Hall was born in Edinburgh but spent his childhood years in Glasgow and was educated at Allan Glen's School. After studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he briefly became an actor. He formed a musical partnership with Jimmie Macgregor in 1960 and they appeared extensively on"
"Dougie MacLean Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic as ""one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters"", MacLean has performed under both his own name, and as part of multiple folk bands, since the mid 1970s. MacLean's most famous pieces include ""The Gael"" (1990), which became the main theme to 1992 film ""The Last of the Mohicans"", and ""Caledonia"", from his first album (1978); the latter has been called Scotland's ""unofficial"" national anthem. He also served as music director for TAG Theatre Company's 1993 production of ""A Scots Quair"", releasing"
"G. S. McLennan Pipe Major George Stewart McLennan (9 February 1883 - 31 May 1929) was a Scottish bagpipe player. He was a successful solo piper, as well as a pipe major and composer. He was born on 9 February 1883 at 105 St. Leonard Street, Edinburgh, to John and Elizabeth ( Stewart) McLennan, the eighth of their nine children (one of whom died in infancy). Many of his ancestors on both sides of the family were prominent pipers. George's father John was the first to use the spelling McLennan; his predecessors had used the spelling MacLennan. George's mother Elizabeth"
"Erik Chisholm Erik William Chisholm (4 January 1904 – 8 June 1965) was a Scottish composer, pianist, organist and conductor sometimes known as ""Scotland's forgotten composer"". According to his biographer, Chisholm ""was the first composer to absorb Celtic idioms into his music in form as well as content, his achievement paralleling that of Bartók in its depth of understanding and its daring"", which led some to give him the nickname ""MacBartók"". As composer, performer and impresario, he played an important role in the musical life of Glasgow between the two World Wars and was a founder of the Celtic Ballet"
"for his skilled jazz piano playing. He also nurtured the careers of two of Scotland's most notable living musicians, Donald Runnicles and James MacMillan. Raymond Monelle Raymond Monelle (19 August 1937 in Bristol, England – 12 March 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland). was a music theorist, teacher, music critic, composer and jazz pianist. Monelle wrote three books, dozens of articles on music, and many music criticism reviews in newspapers, mainly for ""Opera"" and ""The Independent"" His main field of research was Music Signification or, as it is also known, Music Semiotics. Towards the end of his life he wrote a novel,"
"artists include Tony McManus, Dave MacIsaac, Peerie Willie Johnson and Dick Gaughan. Other notable guitarists in Scottish music scene include Kris Drever of Fine Friday and Lau, and Ross Martin of Cliar, Dàimh and Harem Scarem. Scotland has also produced several notable electric guitarists, including Stuart Adamson of Big Country (once referred to as ""Britain's Jimi Hendrix""), Angus Young of AC/DC, Jimmy McCulloch of Wings, Manny Charlton of Nazareth, Zal Cleminson of The Sensational Alex Harvey band, and Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy. Material evidence suggests that lyres and/or harp, or clarsach, has a long and ancient history in Scotland,"
"pen jotting down notes which he later handed to us. Some of these I still have: ""You took three steps too close to Strephon during the duet."" ""Keep your arms steady during song and sing with more feeling"" and so on. J. M. Gordon John McRobbie Gordon, ""né"" John McRobbie (12 October 1857 – 22 February 1944) was a Scottish singer, actor, stage manager and director, known as an influential stage director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company after the death of W. S. Gilbert. In his early career Gordon appeared in the chorus and minor roles in D'Oyly Carte"
"A huge fan of Rangers , he even had Ibrox legend George Young appear as a guest on his television show. Lex McLean Lex McLean (born Alexander McLean Cameron, 30 April 1907 — 23 March 1975) was a Scottish comedian. Described as ""almost certainly the last of Scotland's great music hall comedians"" , he played to capacity houses all over Scotland from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, when he had to semi-retire on the grounds of ill health. Known as ""Sexy Lex"" for his risque but never obscene humour, McLean's act was even passed by the Lord Chamberlain."
"as a sideman"". Kelly's style of playing has been an influence on numerous pianists, beginning in the 1960s. Among those to cite him directly as an influence are Monty Alexander, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, and Chucho Valdés. Pianists Dan Nimmer and Willie Pickens have recorded tribute albums to Kelly. The trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) was named after Kelly. Wynton Kelly Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was a Jamaican American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally"
"David Macmillan David Graeme Salveson Macmillan (born Edinburgh, Scotland 12 September 1935) was a Scottish actor and advertising agent. He was privately educated and served as an army officer. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (1956-1958), where he won the Spotlight Award and the Margaret Rutherford Medal. Between 1958 and 1967, he played a very broad range of parts in repertory at Birmingham Alex (two years), Edinburgh Gateway and Edinburgh Lyceum, Glasgow Citizens, Harrogate, St. Andrews, Wimbledon, Richmond, Colchester, Salisbury, Belfast amongst others. As a young actor, he met his wife Morag, whilst they were both"
"Smith's Hefty Jazz among others, and playing live with touring artists. He was appointed an OBE in 1984. In the mid-1990s, Chisholm retired from public life suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He died in December 1997, aged 82. George Chisholm (musician) George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist. In the late 1930s he moved to London, where he played in dance bands led by Bert Ambrose and Teddy Joyce. He later recorded with jazz musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller and Benny Carter during their visits to the U.K. In"
"career, at Leicester Phoenix Theatre. He was instrumental in turning around the fortunes of the Dundee Repertory Theatre in 1972, where as artistic director he mounted 11 new plays by Scottish authors, including Ian Brown, Stewart Conn, Tom Gallacher, John McGrath and Hector MacMillan. After this post he became artistic director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. Stephen MacDonald Stephen MacDonald (5 May 1933 – 12 August 2009) was a British actor, director and dramatist. MacDonald was brought up and educated in Birmingham, where he trained as an actor, but subsequently worked extensively in Scotland as a theatre director."
"Festival, and in several Gilbert and Sullivan roles at New Sadler's Wells Opera and on BBC television broadcasts. He made his debut at the Royal Opera House in 1984. In later years, he taught voice. Gordon Sandison (baritone) George Sandison (3 August 1949 – 3 December 2018) was a Scottish operatic baritone known for his roles in Mozart operas, among others. Born in Aberdeen, Sandison started his studies at the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art where he received his diploma in speech and drama. A James Caird scholarship enabled him to study music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music;"
"""Shand Morino"" until the 1970s. He is the only artist worldwide to have his name used by the Hohner company as a model name for a musical instrument. There is a biography ""The Jimmy Shand Story: The King of Scottish Dance Music"" by Ian Cameron (2001). A number of his older recordings have been re-released by Beltona Records. Since the 1950s the crowd at Dunfermline Athletic F.C. have left the ground after the game to the sound of Shand's ""The Bluebell Polka"". Jimmy Shand Sir James Shand MBE (28 January 1908 – 23 December 2000) was a Scottish musician who"
"Andrew Macdonald (poet) Andrew Macdonald (1757–1790), pen name Matthew Bramble, was a Scottish clergyman, poet and playwright. Andrew MacDonald was born on 27 February 1757, the son of George Donald, a gardener. The family lived in Leith, the busy port for Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth, and Andrew Donald (as he was then) attended the Grammar School in Leith; at an early age he demonstrated a flair for music. The Donald family was Episcopalian; the non-juror Scottish Episcopal Church at this time was heavily proscribed following its support for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the Jacobite rising a few years"
"Ewan MacColl James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright and record producer born in Lancashire to Scottish parents. MacColl was born as James Henry Miller at 4 Andrew Street, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, to Scottish parents, William Miller and Betsy (née Henry), both socialists. William Miller was an iron moulder and trade unionist who had moved to Salford with his wife, a charwoman, to look for work after being blacklisted in almost every foundry in Scotland. James"
"Stewart McLean died on 6 August 2006 at his home in Glasgow's West End just a year after a heart bypass operation. He was divorced and survived by a son and daughter and two grandchildren. As Company Manager involved with such tours as: Stewart McLean (actor) William Stewart McLean (7 March 1941 in Scotland, UK – 6 August 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK) was a much respected and admired Scottish actor, theatre administrator, and businessman. In his early years, he made his mark as an accomplished businessman in the setting up and managing of photo processing firms across Scotland. After"
"James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, CBE (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. He studied composition at the University of Edinburgh with Rita McAllister, and at Durham University with John Casken, where he gained a PhD degree in 1987. At Durham he was a member of the Graduate Society. He was a lecturer in music at the Victoria University of Manchester from 1986 to 1988. After his studies, MacMillan returned to Scotland, composing prolifically, and becoming"
"Radio Scotland. He has been involved in various conservation organisations, among them the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, and was awarded the MBE in 1994 for services to Scottish heritage and culture. Jimmie Macgregor Jimmie Macgregor (born 10 March 1930) is a Scottish folksinger and broadcaster, best known as half of a singing duo with Robin Hall. Jimmie Macgregor was born in Springburn, Glasgow, and grew up in a tenement and then a council house, about which he has said: ""Our house was a focus for people to gather and make music... I had aunties and cousins who"
"bass as well as being a singer and composer. MacLean has organised and performed in the Perthshire Amber festival, Birnam & Dunkeld, alongside multiple performances at Celtic Connections, Glasgow. In 2011, MacLean was invested as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 2013, MacLean was awarded the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Lifetime Achievement for Contribution to Songwriting. The award was presented by First Minister Alex Salmond at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Dougie MacLean Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic"