North Shields based violinist, Charlotte Kennedy, has received a new electric instrument from the Sunday for Sammy Trust. Originally from Rothbury, Charlotte Kennedy started to play the violin at the age of 5, after folk artist Kathryn Tickell visited her school to teach music workshops, suggesting that she needed a full-sized instrument to continue developing her skills.
This became possible after her mum went into the loft and found a violin that her dad used to play when he was younger. She was soon enrolled into a music education programme to help her harness her talent. Charlotte then went on to study music at Durham University and she now teaches music to children.
“My acoustic violin cleaned up well and sounded good, but it did have an annoying buzz which meant that I couldn’t use it to perform with. I love this violin as it has sentimental attachments as it was my dad’s who passed away when I was 19 years old, but I knew it wasn’t up to the standard I needed."
