Ian Wilkes Irmisch
Ian is co-artistic director with his sister of the Tartan Terrors. He has an extensive career in the professional arts. At the age of 5 he had already performed in the prestigious Great Hall of Hamilton Place, and he has never looked back since! Ian holds credentials with ACTRA Alliance of Canadian Television and Radio Arts (ACTRA), Canadian Actor's Equity Association (CAEA), the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and is a Fellow and Examiner for the Canadian Dance Teachers Association. Ian has appeared with the Spirit of a Nation Tour, Charlottetown Festival, Robin Hood, Ross Petty Productions, 42nd Street, Hamilton Theatre Inc, Brigadoon, Drury Lane Productions and across the UK performing in 32 performances. He has appeared in a number of film and television productions including: Death to Smoochy-Robin Williams, Superstar-Molly Shannon, Road to Avonlea-Sarah Polley, The Santa Clause-Tim Allen. He has trained at Sundance Studios, Ryerson University (under the direction of Nadia Potts of the National Ballet), Sheridan College, and in New York City. Thirteen years ago, the Wilkes-Irmisch siblings formed the Tartan Terrors, and Celtic performances have never been the same since. Ian has performed his way through Canada, The United States, and Great Britian. One of Ian's goals is to own his own brewery whose chief export is 6 ft tall bottles of Schooner Beer!

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Sahra Featherstone
Sahra is a multi-instrumentalist, and has been playing music for over 15 years.

She has two solo albums, and the most recent, Born of a Summer’s Day, has been nominated for a 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award.

The album features her harp, violin and low whistle playing, and her arrangements of beautiful pieces written by her talented tune-smithing friends, as well as some original and traditional pieces.

In 2003 she released her first solo album of original and traditional instrumentals, featuring herself on harp with guests including Don Ross, Brian Pickell and the late Oliver Schroer.

In addition to her solo work, Sahra has joined many artists on stage and in the studio, playing concerts and music festivals across Canada and the USA, as well as various events. She has recorded on over 40 albums by artists including Jill Barber, Michael Birthelmer, Teresa Doyle, Tim Harrison, Melissa McClelland, Brooke Miller, Jacob Moon, Brian Pickell, and Leah Salomaa. She has also collaborated and performed with numerous singers and groups including Duncan Cameron, Lori Cullen, Emaline Delapaix, Donovan, Anne Lindsay, John McDermott, Joe Phillips, Quagmyre, Kevin Quain, Corin Raymond, Don Ross, Oliver Schroer, Kurt Swinghammer, the Tartan Terrors, Bobbie Watt, and Abby Zotz. In addition, she has played opening sets for Dervish, David Essig, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, and Leahy.

Sahra has engineering and production credits on several albums, including Born of a Summer’s Day, as well as her Celtic band Fig for a Kiss’ album Fallen Leaf (also nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award in 2006).

She has been teaching harp and violin for over 10 years.

Sahra is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Greig Cairns
Greig grew up in a Scottish-Canadian household in Southwestern Ontario, and was greatly influenced by his Glasgow-born parents' love of Scottish music, dance, and culture. First picking up a guitar at the age of 10, Greig quickly realized the joy of playing music was best shared with others, and has always been driven to play and perform with a variety of musicians.

Greig was lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of his first band, The Gurriers, which released two albums of original material in the celtic-rock genre. Although they met with some regional success in Ontario, Greig formed Pokerface, a mostly rock-oriented band with some folk/roots elements. Greig took the band to Vancouver in the mid-90's, where it quickly dissolved into the forests, mountains and ocean. While in Vancouver, some Irish traditional music aficionados took Greig under their wing and got him hooked on the reels and jigs, and Greig discovered the joy of backing traditional Irish musicians with guitar accompaniment. At the same time, he joined Celtic/roots-rock act Prydwen, recording two full-length albums and touring extensively throughout Canada and the UK.

Greig returned to Ontario in 2002, moving to Toronto and quickly becoming a staple of the Irish pub music scene there, as well as joining Toronto-based Irish trad band Spraoi. Greig now plays guitar, electric bass, bouzouki, mandolin and tenor banjo in addition to his vocal duties.

Kevin Mc Keown
Kevin is an accomplished musician and singer/songwriter. He was introduced to music at a young age and played snare drum with the Milton Optimist Pipeband.

One of the creators of the band Shenanigans, they recorded Bombshell Baby which did quite well in Toronto markets. He has performed internationally and joined the Tartan Terrors last year bringing great music and ideas to the team. Always ready for fun he has created his own line of swimwear for the modern man! Kevin is a member of the AFM and has many new recording projects lined up for the future.

Peter J. Corneil
Before joining the Tartan Terrors, Pete was a professional wrestler with the Hardcore Wrestling Federation, Extreme Wrestling Coalition, Neo-Spirit Pro Wrestling, Ring Wars and X-Treme International Championship Wrestling. This led naturally into his certification with the National Guild of Hypnotists. (No…Seriously.) He has also appeared in numerous films, theatre and television productions including: Twelfth Night, Sarasota, Florida, Snow White and the Magnificent Seven, Ross Petty Productions, Toronto, ON, First Night, Sky Dome, Toronto, ON, “Godsend” and the Jesse Ventura Story.

Pete hosts “Prairies II Projects on 93.3 CFMU every Wednesday morning. He can be seen doing stand up at Yuks Yuks, as well as at a number of venues in the Greater Toronto Area. Check out more details at www.petecorneil.com. He has degrees in Sociology, Psychology and Computer Science; he is putting his University education to good use! Pete is a member of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and has stated: “As a Professional Wrestling Personality, Musician, Hypnotist, Stand-up Comic, and Radio host, I've got a lot of stories and learned a lot more lessons. If only I could remember half of them!!”

Reanne Ghadban
Reanne started performing at a young age and has loved every minute of it! Since the age of 10, she has been dancing her heart away in various disciplines such as tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, highland, hip-hop and step dance. Reanne is a member of the British Association of Teachers of Dance (BATD), with her Associates in Stage (tap and modern jazz) as well as the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). In 2004, Reanne was 1 of 28 students across North America to compete for a national dance scholarship from the BATD. Throughout her personal and professional career, she has earned a diverse range of awards such as the provincial Royal Conservatory of Music Silver Award for Speech and Drama, the City of Burlington Civic Recognition Award, and the Governor General Volunteering Award for completing over 600 volunteer hours in the community. In 2006, Reanne was awarded the title of Miss Burlington and competed for Miss Canada International where she was also awarded the title of Miss Photogenic 2007. Other performance credits include: lead roles in short films such as ‘House of Pain’ and ‘The Streets’ as well as an appearance in Death to Smoochy with Robin Williams. She also holds an Honours Diploma in Marketing from Sheridan College. Reanne has performed throughout Canada and The United States and is very thrilled to take the stage again.

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Tone Valcic
After touring in support of Bob Lanois's newest CD release in 2006/2007, Tone decided he needed to get back to the grassroots of music and joined the Tartan Terrors. With the addition of his trademark precision drumming to the Terrors Celtic Fusion rifts, Tone brings with him the experience of a veteran of tours and recordings with some of the most influential female artists including Chantal Kreviazuk, Holly McNarland, and Sinnead O'Connor. A staple on the four-time Juno nominated Harrison Kennedy album "Sweet Taste", Tone is able to make the drums literally sing. Respected for his talent and his easy-going personality by almost every musician in the Canadian Music Industry, Tone is the perfect addition to the Terrors mix of music and mischief, just listen to his patented "three shots" and you'll hear why.

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