Cori Smith (BBC Young Musician of the Year finalist 2019) is a viola player and composer from the North of England. Introduced to folk music through playing in the National Youth Folk Ensemble (NYFE) under Sam Sweeney’s direction, she’s gone on to play and write in many different constellations, performing at folk festivals and venues across the UK and Sweden. Alongside Tightrope Moon, she also performs in her trio, Once A Fig.

Cori’s music makes sense of the world around her, from grief at the destruction of trees and our planet, to the magical feeling of cold stars on bare feet and dancing on the moon. Her compositions communicate and connect with audiences, drawing them into a world of entrancing and thought-provoking sounds.

Seth Bye is a composer, fiddle player and educator, recently heard on BBC Radio 2, 3, 4, 6 Music and BBC World Service. He has performed in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Cecil Sharp House and the Alexander Stadium. Specialising in traditional music styles, Seth currently tours with his duo Filkin’s Drift, the 14-piece orchestral folk band Filkin’s Ensemble, and doom-pah band The Destroyers. He has also toured with Giffords Circus, performing on fiddle, banjo and accordion.

Seth’s music is inspired by his ever-changing surroundings, as he explores the canals of England on a liveaboard narrowboat. He has recently been featured in The Times, the i and on BBC News, following an 870 mile foot-powered-tour with Filkin’s Drift.