2015 Program - The Balmoral Classic

November 20-22, 2015
Pittsburgh, PA
America’s annual bagpiping celebration
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Ceilidh Gathering: Entertainment, silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar. Competitor welcome.
Featuring performances by Road to the Isles, Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dancers, and Balmoral
Classic judges. Emcee Arthur McAra.
7-10pm | Tickets: $25 | Pittsburgh Athletic Association (PAA), 4215 Fifth Ave., Oakland
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
United States Junior Solo Piping & Snare Drumming Championships. Winners announced at 7:30pm
immediately prior to evening concert.
8:30am-5:00pm | Free | Central Catholic High School (CCHS), 4720 Fifth Ave., Oakland
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
Alasdair Fraser - Natalie Haas, in concert. 6:30pm Lobby doors open. Jr. Solo Championship awards
ceremony at 7:30pm. Concert 8pm | Tickets: $40 door, $27 advance, $15 students & seniors 65+
McGonigle Theater, Central Catholic High School (CCHS), 4720 Fifth Ave., Oakland (near South Neville Street)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22
Piobaireachd Seminar with Dr. Bill Wotherspoon
10:00am-noon | Free | Scottish Room (SR), 139 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh
All locations are in (Oakland)
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
The Classic is sponsored annually by:
CCHS
WPUC
PAA
SR
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
1414 Pennsylvania Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
412.323.2707
[email protected]
BalmoralSchool.org
OUR SPONSORS
Balmoral School receives
state arts funding support
through a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts, a state agency funded
by the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and the
National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency.
David Naill & Co, Ltd.
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Welcome!
Cead Mile Failte! Welcome to the Ninth Annual Balmoral
Classic, Pittsburgh’s annual celebration of Highland Bagpiping,
Snare Drumming, and related arts.
The Balmoral Classic’s core event is the US Junior Solo
Highland Bagpiping and Solo Snare Drumming Championships,
the only US national competition for pipers and drummers 21
years of age or younger. This year there are twelve piping and
four drumming contestants representing Maryland, Illinois,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Scotland. They
have worked intensively for years to earn their position by
competing with distinction in the upper amateur grades of
their respective regional pipe band associations.
Both pipers and drummers compete Saturday morning and
afternoon in two separate events, with the point total for both
events determining the Overall Winner. Each piper submits
two competition-type march, strathspey, and reel medleys,
and two piobaireachd tunes. The judges choose which are to
be played. The drummers submit a march, strathspey and reel,
and a hornpipe/jig, all 4-part competition tunes. Drummers can
engage a piper to play the melody, or can use a CD of same.
All contestants must play from memory. For any competitor
at this level it takes a lot of talent, focus, and time, in some
ways analogous to preparation for top athletic contests. They
have all come to Pittsburgh at their own expense to prove
their skills and compete for valuable prizes. They deserve our
respect and congratulations.
The weekend begins on Friday night with the Gathering/Ceilidh
reception at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association to meet
and greet the competitors, their families, judges, staff, and
supporters of the Balmoral Classic. The piping and drumming
judges will provide musical selections, and the ‘house band’
throughout the evening is Road to the Isles, the Scottish and
Irish music four person ensemble performing on Scottish
fiddle, Irish fiddle, smallpipes, uilleann pipes, Irish flute, vocals
and guitar. Also performing will be the Pittsburgh Scottish
Country Dancers, all experienced veterans of this beautiful
art form. The evening will be emceed by the veteran Scottish
raconteur Arthur McAra, and also features a silent auction,
Scottish pastries, and refreshments.
The Saturday day-long piping and drumming championship
contests take place at Central Catholic’s McGonigle Theater
and admission is free.
The Saturday evening concert features the internationally
acclaimed Alasdair Fraser (Scottish fiddle) and Natalie Haas
(cello). More information about these wonderful artists and a
discography can be found later in this program.
The award winners of the US Junior Championship will be
announced during the opening of the Saturday evening
concert at 7:30pm in the McGonigle Theater, and the overall
winners in piping and drumming will be asked to perform at
the start of the second set. Dancers from Pittsburgh’s Celtic
Spirit Scottish Dance School and the Burke-Conroy School of
Irish Dance will also be performing during the concert.
Sunday morning we are presenting a seminar for pipers on
classical bagpipe music by Dr. Bill Wotherspoon, Scottish Gold
Medalist and piping adjudicator. The seminar is free and will
be held from 10am to noon at the Scottish Room 139 on the
ground floor of Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning, near the Fifth
Avenue entrance, and is open to pipers and piobaireachd
enthusiasts. The Scottish Room is one of the early Nationality
Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning built by native craftsmen in
the 1930’s.
We hope that you take in and enjoy the Balmoral Classic
events, and have a chance to personally welcome our guests,
the young competitors from various parts of the USA. If you
are a visitor to our fair city, please take the opportunity to
see and visit as much as possible. Pittsburgh, and Oakland in
particular, has many attractions.
The Balmoral Classic is made possible in part by grants and
individual and organizational contributions, for which we
are very grateful. We thank all of our contributors for their
support, which is essential to the survival of this event.
To the Balmoral Classic volunteers, we extend our sincere
thanks. Without their time and talents the weekend events
would not be possible.
Please visit our information table and bid on any of the silent
auction items which have been donated to raise funds for this
event. There will be two silent auction events, one concluding
at the end of the Friday Gathering, and the other concluding
after the finish of the Saturday evening concert.
If you are not on our email list, please leave us your name and
email address at various venue’s information tables so we can
keep in touch.
We encourage you to patronize our advertisers and sponsors.
I hope that you will join us in affirming that Scottish and
Irish cultural values have an important place in our American
communities.
On behalf of the Balmoral Board and Staff,
Cead Mile Failte! (A Hundred Thousand Welcomes!)
George Balderose
Executive Director,
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
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Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
Boards and Staff
The mission of the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming is to raise the standard
and promote the appreciation of bagpipe music in the USA by providing world class
instruction, cultivating excellence in youth, presenting innovative musical events,
and fostering tradition.
Board of Directors
Advisory Board
George Balderose, Secretary & Co-Founder • Executive
Director and Piping Instructor, Balmoral School
Hon. Thomas Murphy • Former Mayor of Pittsburgh
William F. Askin, Esq., Chairman•Private Practice Attorney
Gordon Bell • Drumming instructor,
US Snare Drum Champion
Eric Hayes, Treasurer • Ha!Yes! Communications
Bruce Bickel • Senior VP, PNC Wealth Management
Kenneth W. Bohl, PhD • Adjunct Instructor, Westmoreland
County Community College, Duquesne University
Susan Blackman • Non-profit Arts consultant
Richmond Johnston • Piping instructor and on-site
administrator, Balmoral School
Allan MacDougall • Schofield and MacDougall
Lacey Mahler • Music Educator, Deer Lakes School District
Ray Speicher • Co-founder & CEO, Smartsite Strategies
Mike Cusack • Headmaster, Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School,
TX; First American to win the Gold Medal in Scotland; Former
Pipe Major, five-time Juvenile World Champion Pipe Band
Robert C. Galbraith • Former High Commissioner, Clan
Donald USA
Jonathan King • President, Equity Guidance, Inc.
James Lamb • Executive Director, Ireland Institute of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Honorary Irish Consul, Pittsburgh
Staff
William R. Shipley • Regional Director Pittsburgh office ,
McKinley Carter Wealth Services
George Balderose, Executive Director
Leslie Clark, Associate Director
Lyric Todkill • Pipe Major, 2006 Juvenile World Champion
Saint Thomas’ Episcopal School Pipe Band
2015 Balmoral Classic Production Staff
Arthur McAra, Emcee
Bud Brizuela, Chief Steward
Lynette Castelucci, Photographer
John Marthens, Stage Manager
George Balderose, Leslie Clark, Program Book
Banksville eXpress, Printer
Gerry O’Neill, CZ Sound, Sound Reinforcement
Mark Thomas • Vice President, EVA Dimensions
Terry Tully • Former Pipe Major, St. Laurence O’Toole
Pipe Band, Dublin, Ireland, 2010 Grade One World Champion
Pipe Band
John Wilson • Piper, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Gold
Medalist; Pipe Sergeant of 8-time World Champion Strathclyde
Police Pipe Band; Host of “Pipeline” Internet program
Our special thanks to:
Pittsburgh Atlhetic Association Staff
Central Catholic High School Staff
412-361-4728
New members welcome
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Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
Setting the Standard
The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming was established in 1979 by co-founders George
Balderose and James McIntosh, MBE, “…to raise the standard and promote the appreciation of bagpipe
music in the USA by providing world class instruction, cultivating excellence in youth, presenting innovative
musical events, and fostering tradition.” It is a non-profit, 501.C.3 a.1 tax-exempt school, and its Board of
Directors include professionals from the fields of law, finance, education, management, commerce, and
piping and drumming who selflessly serve to guide the organization and realize its mission.
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming celebrates and teaches traditional bagpipe music dating as far
back as the 14th century, along with more recent compositions in the traditional style including the
competition repertoire. Long-term commitment to the culture and heritage associated with the great
traditions of bagpiping and drumming is encouraged among the Balmoral students. Learning music
through the Balmoral School builds character, promotes heritage and fully supports family values.
Summer Sessions
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming has introduced to
Pittsburgh and other US locations some of the world’s most
outstanding senior pipers to teach at its summer sessions,
among them John MacDougall, Ron Lawrie, Iain Morrison, P/S
John Wilson and P/M Iain McLellan, BEM of the 12-times World
Champion Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.
James McIntosh, M.B.E. also founded the Carnegie Mellon
University Bachelor of Performing Arts program in Bagpipe
Music, the first in the world. Balmoral past instructor &
Advisory Board member Mike Cusack was the first American
to win the Gold Medal at the prestigious Northern Meeting
in Inverness. He also led the St. Thomas Episcopal School
Pipe Band to five Junior World Championships. Noteworthy
drumming instructors who have taught for Balmoral include
Reid Maxwell, Bert Barr, Andrew Hoinacki, Jon Quigg, Andy
White, and our Principal drumming instructor, Gordon Bell.
The Balmoral School’s summer sessions attract 150-250 pipers
and drummers each year and are held on college campuses
coast to coast.
Among next summer’s guest instructors are Dr. Jack Taylor,
Terry Tully, Robert Matheson, James Bell, Gordon Bell and
other seasoned piping and drumming instructors.
Balmoral Classic
Founded in 2007, the Balmoral Classic is home to
the only US Junior Solo Competitions for bagpipers
and snare drummers 21 years of age and under.
Judges are carefully chosen from among veteran
judges in the USA and Scotland. Successful
contestants usually advance to major invitational
competitions and are encouraged to compete
in Scotland. Balmoral Classic events also include
a Friday night reception, as well as a Saturday
evening concert with acclaimed International
Scottish or Irish traditional music artists.
Bringing Traditional Bagpipe
Music to Wider Audiences
Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming and the
Balmoral Classic supports the field of bagpiping
in new and creative ways within the traditional
idiom and widens the public’s understanding and
appreciation of quality bagpipe music. During the
year, public concerts such as those at downtown
Pittsburgh’s historic First Presbyterian Church
feature traditional & original bagpipe music, often
in combination with other instruments.
Sage Arts
14311 Stehr Road, Arlington, Washington 98223 USA
Phone: 800-724-3462
Fax: 360-691-2744
www.sagearts.com
Ed W. Littlefield, Jr., piper, musician, and visionary specializing in acoustic music
Saturday, January 23 2016
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2015 Balmoral Classic
Supporters
Chieftain ($1,000+)
E.W.Littlefield, Jr. & Sage Arts
Cary & Ken Bohl
Lanny & Anne MacDougall
Catherine Matthews
Barbara Drozdz
Terry Ferguson
Highlander ($500-$999)
George & Kathryn Balderose
James Darby
Lynn Dalzell Friedberg
Owen Kilbane
Steward ($250-$499)
Caleb Loring III
William R Shipley
Patron ($100-$249)
Larry Borland
Fitzhugh Brown
Oliver Browne
C. Michael Dempe
H. Thomas Elliott
Samuel Garofolo
Terence Graft
James Hamilton
James Harland
Joyce Helmetzi
Neil Henderson
Paul Hinson
Gary Hofmaster
Dennis Inserra
Mark Latham
Katheryn McAllister Linduff
Arthur McAra
Donald McCammon
Alan McIvor
Denise McNerney
Emerson Ray
M.J. Shaner
Peter Shaw
Adele Towers
Christopher Welch
Friend (Up to $99)
Richard Bates
Bernadette Bollman
Stuart Broberg
Anne Cicone
Leslie Clark
Christine Fellner
Robert Gast
Suzie Gilliland
Russell Gourley
Kathleen Jedlica
Dennis Lawler
Deborah McBride
Wes Moir
Alastair Murray
Richard Patterson
Ray Speicher
Joseph Stearne
Jane Van Kirk
Ann Wallace
Robert Zappa
Grant Support
The Heinz Endowments
Laurel Foundation
PA Council on the Arts
Sage Foundation
Nonprofit Supporters
AmazonSmile Foundation
Noble Society of Celts
Pittsburgh Firefighters
Memorial Pipe Band
Pittsburgh Police Emerald
Society Pipes & Drums
Saint Andrews Society of
Pittsburgh
Business & Individual
Supporters
College of Piping
Peppi’s
The Piping Centre
Tyler Mountain Water
Donors of the US Junior
Solo Championship Prizes
Balmoral School of Piping &
Drumming
Ceol Sean
Duncans Highland Supply
Henderson Imports, Ltd.
L & M Highland Outfitters
MacLellan Bagpipes
McCallum Bagpipes Ltd
McGillivray Piping Inc.
Sandy St. James
Scott’s Highland Services Ltd.
Temple Records
The Celtic Croft
The Pipers Hut
Silent Auction Donors
84 Lumber
George & Kay Balderose
Balmoral School of Piping &
Drumming
Big Burrito Restaurant Group
Birdsfoot Golf Club
Boys of the Lough
Caliban Book Shop
Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk
Music Society
Caraidean Crafts
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Greentrax Recordings Ltd.
Hillman Center for Performing
Arts
Irish Design Center
Kathleen Cleaver
Joan Green
William and Amy LaSota
Ligonier Country Club
Max’s Allegheny Tavern
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle Irish
Pub
Jill Pifferetti (Sabika)
Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.
Pittsburgh Trophy Company
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG
Aquarium
The Priory Inn
Riley’s Pour House
The Scottish Banner
St. Brendan’s Crossing
Senator John Heinz History
Center
Temple Records
Volunteers
Vasilios Akis
Bill Askin
Bud Brizuela
Kevin Carhart
Lynette Castelucci
Tom Elliott
Ean Eshelman
Linda Eshelman
Randy Eshelman
Lynette Garlan
Teri Hayes
Ken Kretchun
Bill LaSota
Arthur McAra
Lacey Mahler
Francine Marthens
John Marthens
Emily Parks
Heather Parks
Paul-Luc Parks
George Rumbaugh
James Rumbaugh
Glenna Van Dyke
Larry Van Dyke
Sharon Van Dyke
Jeaneen Zappa
Many thanks to
additional sponsors
and donors giving after our
press deadline.
As a nonprofit organization,
the Balmoral School
depends on the generosity
of donors and volunteers.
You can make a difference.
To find out how, visit
BalmoralSchool.org
or call 412-323-2707
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-the best in Scottish Traditional Music, plus
a little bit of Irish Music for good measure.
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The Gathering
November 20 - 7 pm
pittsburgh Athletic Association
Get your tartan on!
Join us for a thoroughly Celtic evening!
Our annual Ceilidh Gathering kicks off the Balmoral Classic weekend, and is an opportunity to meet
and greet the Balmoral Classic competitors, judges, Balmoral School board, staff, and volunteers.
Enjoy a full evening with....
Guest Performers
Road to the Isles (profile below)
Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dancers
Exclusive performances by
Balmoral Classic judges.
Silent Auction
Place your bids at our Silent Auction!
Winners for Friday night auction will
be announced at 10pm. Round two
takes place on Saturday night at
7pm. Winners will be announced at
the end of the evening.
And we’re also proud to feature...
Hors d’oeuvres, Scottish sweets,
refreshments, and cash bar
featuring choice single malts,
imported and domestic beer.
Road to the Isles
Road to the Isles performs the pipe and fiddle music, dance, and folksong traditions of Scotland & Ireland on the fiddle,
flute, pipes, guitar, and with vocals. The band’s focus is the cultural relationship shared by the Irish and Scottish people,
who share many ties, as well as contrasts, in their music and dance. www.RoadtotheIsles.org
Oliver Browne Irish fiddle, was born and raised in Dublin,
Ireland in a musical household. His brother Peter and his
cousin Ronan are well-know Irish pipers. He twice won
the West Virginia State Fiddle Championship at Glenville
and has been playing the fiddle for many years at Irish
Step Dancing competitions in the US. Oliver is recorded
solo and with Road to the Isles on Garden of Daisies.
Melinda Crawford Scottish fiddle. A U.S. National
Scottish Fiddling Champion and sanctioned Scottish
F.I.R.E. judge, and a Scottish fiddler since the age of
eleven, Melinda has won numerous awards for her solo
playing and her original compositions and is an instructor
at the Jink & Diddle School of Scottish Fiddling in North
Carolina. Her recordings include: The Wandering Suitcase
of Stirling, The Sheiling Braes, The New Caledonian Four,
and with Road to the Isles: Garden of Daisies.
www.melindacrawford.com
Richard Hughes concert D wooden flute, vocals, and
guitar. Richard began performing traditional Irish
folk song and music on the flute and tin whistle over
50 years ago, playing for Irish dances as a teenager in
Pittsburgh, PA. A co-founder of Road to the Isles, Richard
has performed with International Poetry forum, The
Pittsburgh Wind Symphony, and two tours with Cathal
McConnell of The Boys of the Lough, as well as numerous
national and regional festivals and venues. Richard can be
heard on the Rounder records re-issue of Light Through
the Leaves, the first (1983) anthology (Rounder 6014) of
traditional Irish music in America on wind instruments,
and with Road to the Isles on The Way Home and Garden
of Daisies.
Evan Kenepp smallpipes, uillean pipes, and whistles. Evan
played the bassoon in high school and began learning
the Highland Pipes in 2004 under the tutelege of Road to
the Isles co-founder George Balderose. After playing in
the Balmoral Highlanders Pipe Band and winning in the
solos, about six years ago Evan took up uilleann pipes
and since then has studied uilleann piping in Ireland and
at various tionols or gatherings of uilleann pipers in the
US. A talented musician, Evan also is an instructor for
the uilleann bagpipe course sponsored by Calliope: The
Pittsburgh Folk Music Society.
Céad míle fáilte romhat!
Good luck to all competitors
The Pittsburgh Police Emerald Society Pipe Band
Pipe Major Chuck Handerhan • 412-498-0121
History of Balmoral Classic Championships
Year Overall -Piping Piobaireachd
MSR – Piper
Piping Judges
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Andrew Tice
Ryan Praskovich
Anthony Masterson
Daniel Pisowloski
Alexander Schiele
Jack Williamson
Scott McCann
Andrew Hutton
Alasdair Gillies
Bruce Gandy
Brian Donaldson
Andrew Carlisle
Brian Donaldson
James Bell
Duncan Bell
Brian Donaldson
Larson Stromdahl
Ryan Praskovich
Anthony Masterson
Joseph Stewart
Alexander Schiele
Kirk Brunson
Scott McCann
Griffin Hall
Kegan Sheehan
Reid Bishop
Marshall German
Joseph Stewart
Alexander Schiele
Nicholas Theriault
Christian Haars
Griffin Hall
James McIntosh
Amy Garson
Alasdair Gillies
Donald McBride
Donald Lindsay
Donald McBride
Scot Walker
Ed Neigh
Year Overall-Drummer
MSR -Drummer
HJ –Drummer
Drumming Judges
2009
2010
2011
2012
2014
Petey Lowrie
Quinn McCormack
Petey Lowrie
Amber Stone
Miles Bennington
Petey Lowrie
Quinn McCormack
Petey Lowrie
Alastair Burgess
Nick Parr
Gordon Bell
Jim Sim
Gordon Bell
Alex Kuldell
Gordon Bell
Petey Lowrie
Quinn McCormack
Petey Lowrie
Amber Stone
Miles Bennington
John Wilson
Scot Walker
James MacColl
Willie McCallum
Scot Walker
James MacColl
Andrew Wright
Dr. Jack Taylor
Andrew Hoinacki
Jon Quigg
Jon Quigg
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US Junior Solo Championships
Judges & Competitors
Scotland - Dr. Bill Wotherspoon, has been playing pipes from an early age through the 1st St Andrews
Boys Brigade, fostered at university with the Aberdeen OTC, and received instruction in Piobaireachd from
both P/M Bert Barron and P/M Bob Nicol. Bill competed around the Games and, among other prizes, won
the Gold Medal at Inverness in 1978. Now retired, he judges at the top competitions in Scotland and serves
as secretary of the Piobaireachd Society.
Canada - Bill Livingstone Jr., born in Coppercliff, Ontario, Bill received his early tuition from his
father and the late John Wilson. He served as the Pipe Major of the 78th Fraser Highlanders when they
became the first non-Scottish band in history to win the Grade One World Championship in Scotland. As
a soloist, Bill won Gold Medals at the Northern Meeting at Inverness in 1977, the Argyllshire Gathering
in 1979 and The Clasp in 1981 and 1984. Bill is the only piper in history to have led a band to the Grade
One World Championship and has won the Clasp for solo piping.
USA - Duncan D. Bell started his piping training in 1964 being taught by his father, George M. Bell,
and is still active on the competitive circuit today. He has been at the open (professional) piping level
in the EUSPBA since 1973 and since then has won both Open Piping Overall and Open Piobaireachd Overall
in the same year six times. More recently, he has won overall Open Piobaireachd in 2012, 2011 and 2010 and
landed in the top 5 overall every year since 1999. Duncan sits on the EUSPBA Adjudication panel and has
been an active judge since 1983. He has also served as P/Sgt and a founding member of Parlin and District
Pipe Band, P/Sgt of Lehigh Valley Pipe Band and a former member of The City of Washington Pipe Band.
USA - Donald K. Bell began his drumming career with the Parlin District Pipe Band when his father
George M. Bell was pipe major. In addition to a successful solo career in professional and local ranks,
and studying with Alec Duthart, he played with City of Washington Pipe Band, Monaghan Pipe Band,
and currently instructs the Ulster Scottish Pipe Band. Donald is a EUSPBA sanctioned drumming judge.
USA - Gordon Bell began drumming at the age of eight under the guidance of Norman MacLeod and
he also received tuition from the legendary Alec Duthart. He became the drum sergeant of the Parlin
& District Pipe Band in 1975, winning the North American Championship in Grade 2, and placing them in
Grade 1. He has also been a member of Muirhead & Sons, Kenmure, Worcester Kiltie, 78th Fraser Highlanders,
and the City of Washington Pipe Bands. Gordon also saw a great deal of success in the solo field winning
the EUSPBA Overall Champion consistently from 1979 to 2003. He retired from professional drumming
after placing in the semi-finals of the Grade One professional drumming championship in Scotland. He has
recorded with The Empire Brass Quintet, 78th Frasers Live in Scotland, and with his own Celtic Rock group 51
Ash in which he plays the bass guitar.
2015 Competitors
Jacob Abbott
Joshua Ackerman
Kathleen Brown
Alex Burlew
Evan Burlew
Tyler Destremps
Steven MacDonald
Gavin Mackay
Stanton Man
Jack O’Connell
Colin Tait
Laureano Thomas-Sanchez
Montgomery Village, Maryland
Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kitchener, Ontario
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Croton-on-Hudson, New York
Milford, Michigan
Parma, Ohio
MacKenzie Chamberlain (D)
Dan Evans (D)
Cameron McCall (D)
Jeremiah Whitney (D)
Sarnia, Ontario
Rochester, New York
Stirling, Scotland
Rockville, Maryland
(D) = Drumming competitors
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Piping Stewards
Bud Brizuela, chief steward
Tom Elliott, Ken Kretchun, Bill LaSota, Lacey Mahler
Drumming Stewards
David Acres, Vasilios Akis
Emcee Arthur McAra | Registrar Leslie Clark
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US Junior Solo Bagpiping and
Solo Snare Drumming Championships
Trophies and Awards
Overall Piping Winner
Balmoral Trophy
Ralph & Patricia Murray Memorial
Scholarship
(Room/Board/Tuition for two weeks of the
2016 Balmoral Summer sessions)
One 16 x 20 Portrait Print
(donated by Sandy St. James)
Overall 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th place winners
Balmoral Scholarship
(Tuition for one week of the 2016 Balmoral
Summer sessions)
Piobaireachd Winner
Balmoral Trophy
Blackwood Highland Bagpipes with
presentation shield, runic design, aged
imitation ivory
(donated by David Naill & Co., Ltd.)
2nd Place Piobaireachd Winner
Handcrafted blackwood pipe chanter
“MAC 1”
(donated by MacLellan Bagpipes)
General Principles of Piobaireachd by
Andrew Wright
(donated by the Balmoral School)
3rd Place Piobaireachd Winner
Black and White Rabbit Fur Sporran
(donated by The Celtic Croft)
David Glen’s Collection of Ancient
Piobaireachd –Book on CD
(donated by Ceol Sean)
A. G. Kenneth’s Collection Book 5
(donated by Duncans Highland Supply)
* Piping medals are awarded to the 2nd,
3rd, 4th, and 5th place competitors in
each event. Trophies become the property
of the winner.
* Drumming medals are awarded to the
2nd, 3rd, and 4th place competitors in
each event. Trophies become the property
of the winner.
Overall Drumming Winner:
David Peet Memorial Trophy
Premier HTS-800 Snare Drum
(donated by Henderson Imports, Ltd.)
Henry Matthews Memorial Scholarship
(Room/Board/Tuition for two weeks of the
2016 Balmoral Summer sessions)
One 16 x 20 Portrait Print
(donated by Sandy St. James)
March, Strathspey, & Reel Winner
E.W.Littlefield, Jr. Trophy
Presentation set of Celtic engraved
alloy-mounted Blackwood Bagpipes with
bagpipe case
(donated by McCallum Bagpipes)
Hornpipe/Jig Winner
Pittsburgh Firefighters Memorial Trophy
2nd Place MSR Winner
Handcrafted Roddy MacLeod blackwood
pipe chanter
(donated by Pipers’ Hut)
The Call to the Gathering by Don Bradford
(donated by the Balmoral School)
A Controversy of Pipers
(donated by Temple Records)
2nd place Overall Winner:
Kirkpatrick Snare Carrier with articulating
back support
(donated by Henderson Imports, Ltd.)
Balmoral Scholarship
(Tuition for one week of the 2016 Balmoral
Summer sessions)
3rd Place MSR Winner
Kitchen Pipes
(donated by Scotts Highland Services)
David Glen’s Collection of Highland
Bagpipe Music –Book on CD
(donated by Ceol Sean)
Piping Centre Recitals:
John Patrick/Stuart Liddell
(donated by Temple Records)
4th Place MSR Winner
The Cullen Bay Collection
4th Place Piobaireachd Winner
(donated by Balmoral School)
Piobaireachd Fingerwork
CD- Piping Centre Recitals:
(donated by Jim McGillivray)
Brian Lamond/Richard Parkes
Side Lights on the Kilberry Book of Ceol Mor (donated by Temple Records)
(donated by Duncans Highland Supply)
5th Place MSR Winner
5th Place Piobaireachd Winner
Rhythmic Fingerwork
Piobaireachd Fingerwork
(donated by Jim McGillivray)
(donated by Duncans Highland Supply)
Piping Centre Recitals: Arthur Gillies/Gavin
Piobaireachd CD ”Morenn”
Stoddart
(donated by Duncans Highland Supply)
(donated by Temple Records)
March, Strathspey, & Reel Winner
St. Andrew’s Society of Pittsburgh
Trophy
3rd Place Overall Winner
Henderson’s Gift Card for $150
(donated by Henderson Imports, Ltd.)
Balmoral Scholarship
(Tuition for one week of the 2016 Balmoral
Summer sessions)
4th Place Overall Winner
Henderson’s Gift Card for $100
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Concert
November 21 at 8:00pm
McGonigle Theater
Central Catholic High School
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas
The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long
regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and
the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie
Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser, acclaimed
by the San Francisco Examiner as “the Michael Jordan
of Scottish fiddling,” has a concert and recording career
spanning 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades,
television credits, and feature performances on top
movie soundtracks (Last of the Mohicans, Titanic).
Fraser has been sponsored by the British Council
to represent Scotland’s music internationally, and
received the Scottish Heritage Center Service Award
for outstanding contributions to Scottish culture and
traditions.
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Scottish fiddle and cello music of unrivalled beauty,
eloquence, and passion
California. She responded to Fraser’s challenge to find
and release the cello’s rhythmic soul, and four years
later, when Natalie was just 15, Fraser and Haas played
their first gig together. Now regularly touring with Fraser
and creating a buzz at festivals and in concert halls
throughout Europe and North America, Natalie is in the
vanguard of young cellists who are redefining the role of
the cello in traditional music.
The duo represented Scotland at the Smithsonian
Museum’s Folklife Festival, have been featured on
nationally broadcast Performance Today, the Thistle
& Shamrock, and Mountain Stage. They both teach at
Fraser’s popular annual summer fiddle courses (Valley
of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School and Sierra Fiddle
Camp in California, and at Sabhal Mor Ostaig Gaelic
College in Scotland), and Natalie is on the faculty of
Berklee College of Music in Boston.
atalie Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music,
wasn’t even born when Alasdair was winning national
fiddle competitions on the other side of the Atlantic. But
this seemingly unlikely pairing is the fulfillment of a longstanding musical dream for Fraser, whose cutting-edge
musical explorations took him full circle to find a cellist
who could help him return the cello
to its historical role at the rhythmic “ … you would think they’d been playing
together for centuries. While his fiddle dances,
heart of Scottish dance music.
“Going back to the 1700s, and
her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly.
Then [Haas] opens her cello’s throat, joining
Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains,
and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as
urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as
a Clakmannan [Scotland] winter.”
— Boston Globe
as late as the early 20th century,”
Fraser says, “fiddle and cello
made up the dance band of
choice in Scotland, with the cellist
bowing bass lines and driving
the rhythm. Pianos and accordions elbowed out the
cello, relegating it to an orchestral setting. I’ve been
pushing to get the cello back into the traditional music
scene for years, always on the lookout for a cellist with
whom I could have a strong musical conversation, one
that incorporated not just the cello’s gorgeous melodic
tones, but also the gristly bits—the rhythmic, percussive
energy that makes the wee hairs on the back of the neck
stand up.”
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atalie Haas was just 11 when she first attended
Fraser’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School in
C
“ ellists are coming out of the
woodwork to study with Natalie, to
learn how she creates a groove and
a whole chunky rhythm section,”
says Fraser. “It’s inspiring to hear the
cello unleashed from its orchestral
shackles!”
One of the inspirations is the duo’s
debut recording, Fire & Grace, which
displays dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms,
and the duo’s shared passion for improvising on the
melody and the groove of Scottish tunes. The two
instruments duck and dive around each other, swapping
melodic and harmonic lines, and trading rhythmic riffs.
The recording won not only critical acclaim, but also the
coveted Scots Trad Music “Album of the Year” award,
the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy. Fire & Grace, and
the duo’s new CD In the Moment, and Fraser’s many
other recordings are on his own Culburnie Records label.
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Through two summer programs that he founded nearly
two decades ago, the Valley of the Moon Scottish
Fiddling School in California and a week-long course
on the Isle of Skye, Alasdair has inspired hundreds of
aspiring and accomplished musicians.
Alasdair is available for master classes and workshops
for performers of all ages, with an emphasis on the
tradition and techniques of Scottish fiddle music. The
classes can be for fiddlers only, or can include musicians
playing any stringed instrument, with special focus
on playing by ear, improvising, and learning to play as
part of an ensemble. Alasdair can present classes for
music teachers and students that emphasize music as a
voyage of discovery and finding the individual voice. For
schools, he and Natalie can present both educational
performances and
bus-in performances in
“Fraser, one of the most respected
conjunction with evening
of all exponents of the Scots fiddle,
concerts at performing
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arts centers.
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more appropriate cellist as a partner.
Haas can switch just as effortlessly as
Fraser from a gentle singing tone to
driving, dancing melody. A positive
joy.” — The Scotsman
Tonight’s Dancers
Celtic Spirit Highland Dancers of Pittsburgh
Sarah and Andrew Hoffman are award-winning
students of the Celtic Spirit Highland Dancers of
Pittsburgh, a group of young performers who
study traditional Scottish Highland Dance and
traditional Scottish Bagpiping. They love to share
their knowledge of the Scottish traditions through
performing. Director and dance instructor Kathy
Horvath provides students with professional
Scottish Highland Dance training. She is certified
by The British Association of Teachers of Dance
and a member of The Federation of United States
Teachers and Adjudicators.
Highland Dance is a celebration of Scottish spirit
combining strength, agility movement, traditional
music and costume and is a healthy workout for
children and adults. Its study improves confidence,
coordination, concentration, stamina and selfdiscipline. The group performs regionally at
Scottish celebrations such as Tartan Day, Robert
Burns events, and other occasions.
Ph. 412-551-7420; email: [email protected]
Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance
Partial Discography
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Abundance (2014)
Highlander’s Farewell (2011)
Fire and Grace (2009)
In the Moment (2007)
Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol 2 (2004)
Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol 1 (2002)
Skyedance Band
Live in Spain (2001)
Labyrinth (2000)
Return to Kintail (1999)
Way Out to Hope Street (1997)
Dawn Dance (1996)
Culburnie Records
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PO Box 219, Nevada City, CA 95959
(800) 830-6296
The Irish dancers here this evening are students
at The Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance. The
girls are each ranked Nationally, and are currently
training to compete in the Mid-West Regional
Oireachtas (the qualifying event for the 2016 World
Championships, to be held in Minneapolis, MN, over
the Thanksgiving Weekend.
With sister schools in Ohio, the Burke Conroy School
is one of the oldest and most respected Irish Dance
schools in the country. The school has had many top
winners in regional and national championships,
and is very proud to continually qualify dancers
to compete in the annual World Championship
of Irish Dance. In addition to competing, the
students perform throughout the region, including
performances with popular Irish bands, including
“The Chieftains”, “Gaelic Storm”, Eileen Ivers, and
Cherish the Ladies, among others.
Ph. 412-781-3273; http://burkeirishdance.com
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Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dancers
A Social Organization dedicated to Preserving Scottish History
Scottish country dance is sometimes called “the ballroom dancing of Scotland” - it’s a social dance form
in which square dancing and contra dancing have their origins. It is also a great form of exercise and
aerobic activity. It is practiced world-wide - learn to dance here in Pittsburgh and you can attend social
dance events the world over!
Beginners are always welcome! No partner needed; no funny clothes required (in case you’ve only seen
us do costumed demos); no dance experience necessary (everything is taught). If you can walk, you can
dance. Bring soft shoes.
We have frequent parties as well as the twice-weekly classes, plus a gala Highland Ball in the Spring.
We have regular classes and social dances on Mondays and Saturdays except during the summer.
See the full calendar for our fall start dates, as well as for other events.
It is always a good idea to phone before attending for the first time as plans sometimes change.
Cost is $5/evening for members, $7/evening for non-members, $3/evening for full-time students.
Classes begin promptly at 7:00pm with instruction on basic steps and figures suitable for beginners.
We meet Mondays and Saturdays, at:
Grace Episcopal Church
319 West Sycamore Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15211
3 blocks off Grandview Avenue on Mt. Washington
For more information or to RSVP for
classes, please feel free to contact us:
Phone: (412)260-2531 (please leave a
message if there is no answer)
e-mail: [email protected]
Facebook: Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dance Society
Meetup: Pittsburgh Scottish Country Dance Meetup Group
pittsburghscottishcountrydance.org
Balmoral Pipes & Drums
The Balmoral Pipes & Drums Band is a project of
the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming,
a non-profit, tax-exempt 501.c.3 corporation.
Located in Pittsburgh, the band is comprised
of pipers and drummers of all ages. The band
practices weekly and performs at numerous
public and private events throughout the year.
New members with an interest in piping or
drumming are
Pipe Major: George Balderose
always welcomed. Pipe Sergeant: Lacey Mahler
Drum Sergeant: David Acres
For more
information please contact:
[email protected] or 412 323-2707
or visit: www.BalmoralPipesAndDrums.org
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In memoriam
Ed Neigh (May 22, 1945-August 8, 2015)
Ed Neigh, a major influence on piping in North America, died suddenly on August 8th, in his seventy-first
year. Known and beloved as a teacher, adjudicator and dedicated student of piobaireachd, he played a
major role in shaping the piping and pipe band scene in North America.
Born May 22, 1945, and originally from Brantford, Ontario, he started piping as a boy with little support from
his parents. Neigh immersed himself particularly in piobaireachd, gaining tuition from, among others, John
MacFadyen. In 1976 he was so engrossed in the instrument that he went to Scotland to compete and taught
at the same Glasgow school at which MacFadyen was headmaster.
While in Scotland in the mid-to-late-1970s, Neigh, along with his contemporaries Bill Livingstone, Bob
Worrall and Jim McGillivray, was one of the first Canadians to regularly compete on the Scottish solo circuit. Among his prizes
was the Dunvegan Medal at Skye, becoming one of the first non-Scots to win the award. He finished second several times at
both the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting.
“I think piobaireachd is everything,” he said in his 1992 interview with this [Pipes/Drums] magazine. “I don’t think I would have
played bagpipes past my middle-twenties had I not become a piobaireachd player.”
With pipe bands, Ed Neigh was a true pioneer. His Guelph Pipe Band from Guelph, Ontario, would form in the 1970s and rise
rapidly to Grade 1. With Guelph he was seen as the first to use a tuning metre for drones, and his inventive medley creations
routinely opened the ears of the world to possibilities with harmony, rhythm and drumming accompaniment.
For more than 50 years Ed Neigh was a driving force in teaching, working with hundreds of students at all levels.
He adjudicated right up until his final days. He judged last November for the 2014 Balmoral Classic and judged the weekend
before he died at the North American Championships at Maxville, Ontario. He had suffered from health problems in the last
decade, including a diagnosis of lung cancer and two hip replacements. Even through his illnesses, Neigh was constantly in and
around the piping and drumming scene that he loved.
Ed Neigh was a major and well-loved figure in the piping world, and one of the true great contributors to the art.
On behalf of the piping and drumming world, we extend our condolences to Ed Neigh’s survivors and his many friends at this
sad time.
edited from Pipes/Drums obituary, August 8, 2015
Andy White (July 27, 1930-November 9, 2015)
Andrew “Andy” White was born in Glasgow. He was a renowned studio drummer in the 1950s and
1960s in London, recording with artists such as Billy Fury, Marlene Dietrich, Herman’s Hermits, Bert
Weedon, Frankie Laine, Chuck Berry and Tom Jones.
He was an accomplished Pipe Band Highland drummer and an active and popular drumming judge
for the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA) . In the 1990’s Andy taught at several
Balmoral summer schools.
A drummer dubbed “the fifth Beatle”, he is perhaps best known for playing drums on The Beatles
first single, Love Me Do in 1962. Drafted in by George Martin, Andy played the drums, while Ringo Starr
stood by and played the tambourine. Andy was in fact on the 7” single version released in the United
States. He also played drums on the b-side, P.S. I Love You. He was paid a one-off fee - £5 - for his three
hours with the Beatles and received no royalties. However, he went on to perform on Lulu's 1964 hit
Shout and Sir Tom Jones’ 1965 chart-topper It's Not Unusual. "You could tell it was something different and very special," White
said in 2012. "But I didn't know just how special it would become."
In later years Andy emigrated to the US, where he married the voiceover actress Thea White, who supplied the voice of ‘Muriel’
on the Cartoon Network show, Courage the Cowardly Dog! He went on to tour with Marlene Dietrich, Burt Bacharach and Rod
Stewart and perform with the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra.
Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday [Nov. 11, 2015], White's family paid tribute to his "amazing humility and humbleness about
his many achievements".
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The Pipe Band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and
drummers. The term used by military pipe bands, pipes and
drums, is also common.
The most common form of pipe band, the Scottish/Irish
pipe band, consists of a section of pipers playing the Great
Highland Bagpipe, a section of snare drummers (sometimes
referred to as ‘side drummers’), several tenor drummers
and usually one, though occasionally two, bass drummers.
The entire drum section is known collectively as the drum
corps. The tenor drummers and bass drummer are referred
to collectively as the ‘bass section’ (or in North America as
the ‘midsection’). The band follows the direction of the pipe
major; when on parade the band may be led by a drum major,
who directs the band with a mace. Standard instrumentation
for a pipe band involves 6 to 25 pipers, 3 to 10 side drummers,
1 to 6 tenor drummers and 1 bass drummer. Occasionally
this instrumentation is augmented to include additional
instruments (such as additional percussion instruments
or keyboard instruments), but this is typically done only in
concert settings.
Pipe bands are a long-standing tradition in other areas with
Celtic roots, such as the regions of Galicia, Asturies and
Cantabria in Northern Spain and Brittany in Western France,
as well as other regions with Celtic influence in other parts
of Europe. It’s also a long-standing tradition in the British
Commonwealth of Nations countries and former British
colonies such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Brunei, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Pipe bands have also
been established in countries with few Scottish or Celtic
connections such as Thailand, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile,
Uruguay, and Argentina.
The pipe band probably began life in the military, but its
origins are obscure, and historical records exist mostly in hints
gleaned from contemporary regimental records that had no
direct interest in pipes.
It is known that pipers served in regiments from the earliest
times; the Royal Scots have records referring to pipers dating
back to the early seventeenth century. Where pipers were
employed as pipers (rather than just happening to be a soldier
who also was able to play), they were employed by the officers
of the regiments as private pipers. This situation continued
until the 1840s, when Queen Victoria’s enthusiasm for all
things Highland was instrumental in the War Office’s decision
that each battalion of the Highland Regiments be allowed
five pipers and a Pipe Major, which continues to be all that
the British Army provides funds for to this day. Any additional
pipers in the battalion pipe band were and are equipped today
by funds from the Officers’ Mess Fund of the battalion.
Edited from Wikipedia
By this time, pipers were already playing together with
drummers, probably modelling themselves on the fife and
drum bands which had existed in Switzerland since the
fifteenth century. Drumming is, of course, as ancient as the
concept of formed military units, and their original purpose
on the battlefield was to signal tactical movements and keep
cadence on the march.
By the mid-nineteenth century, pipe bands were established in
most of the Scottish Regiments. The first civilian organizations
to adopt pipe bands were police and fire brigade bands;[1] even
today, several forces maintain bands that play to a very high
standard.
By the time World War I broke out, the pipe band represented
a popular image of Scotland, both internally and externally.
Military pipers were killed and injured in significant numbers
in the Great War, before the War Office banned the practice
of playing in the trenches in 1915. The ban was often not
observed; Canadian piper James Richardson was awarded
the Victoria Cross for playing in action in 1916. Pipes have
occasionally played into battle, notably at El Alamein, Dieppe,
the Normandy beaches, and the crossing of the Rhine. The
Calgary Highlanders went into action for the first time at Hill 67
in Normandy with company pipers playing; it was the only time
the Regiment did so.[2] Military pipers have also served in both
Gulf Wars.
In military and para-military organizations the term “pipes
and drums” refers to an ensemble of Highland bagpipes and
drums, but the majority of modern military bands are similar
to their civilian counterparts in their instrumentation and
music. Many of the same standard tunes are found in both
the military and civilian pipe band repertoires, and many
similarities exist in terms of musical style, historical and
musical influences, and dress.
The music played by pipe bands generally consists of music
from the Scottish tradition, the Irish tradition and the
Breton tradition, either in the form of traditional folk tunes
and dances or music from the Western tradition that has
been adapted for pipes. Examples of typical pipe bands
forms include marches, slow airs, up-tempo jigs and reels,
strathspeys, and hornpipes.
In conventional pipe band music, each section of instruments
has a different role in the music. Generally speaking, the pipers
deliver the melodic and harmonic material, while the side
drummers provide a rhythmically interactive accompaniment
part. The tenor drummers provide the fundamental rhythmic
pulse and the bass drummer anchors the rhythms, providing a
strong and steady beat.
References:
[1]
Cannon, R. 1988: The Highland Bagpipe and its Music; p.153
[2]
Bercuson, David Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War II
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