Donna Whitlock - In loving memory
As a gigging musician, Donna specialised in playing hand drums and an assortment of percussion instruments from around the world, including flower pots, waste pipes and even buckets of water. She also played drum kit regularly with the bands 'MoonDance' 'Wot Next', `Stencil' and 'EnQ' .
With Humdrum', the innovative trio of two percussionists and fiddle player, Donna played in the Queen Elizabeth Hall foyer in London, the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, the Rhythms of the World Festival, in the famous yearly festival 'Stony Live', and together they recorded the EP `Freedom'.
With 'WoodworX' a contemporary Australian / British folk band, Donna played at festivals such as Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Dunstable, Towersey and on their recently released album, Two Short Planx...
As 'Sistra' with vocal gymnast Kait Gray, they had written, recorded and with work from her partner Rick Connolly will finally release an album titled 'Elements'.
During 2005 as 'Kiana', she recorded an album of impressionistic music with fiddle player Saskia Tomkins, called `Pebbles on an Ancient Pathway'.
A passion for playing Bodhran in an exciting contemporary style, incorporating jazz and rock rhythms, lead to her teaching both this and other hand drums and percussion in schools for groups and on a private basis .
She was also an exponent of the Zendrum a unique midi controller (see picture).
