BALMORAL SCHOOL ANNOUNCES CONCERT IN KUTZTOWN, PA
World-Renowned Pipers to Play at Kutztown University
As part of our 2024 summer program, the Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will present a concert to be held at Kutztown University, Thursday, July 11, 7:30pm, in the Georgian Room, Old Main Circle, Kutztown, PA 19530. The concert will feature instructors from our summer piping & drumming camp, some of the best Highland pipers in the world.
Bruce Gandy, a member of the 78th Fraser Highlanders, the first non-Scottish band to win the World Pipe Band Championships (1987). Bruce’s solo awards include the Canadian Gold Medal, Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting, Gold Medal at Oban, and Bratach Gorm. He is a 3-time winner of the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for Piobaireachd.
Derek Midgley has won B Marches and Silver Medal at the Northern Meeting, 2nd Highland Society of London Gold Medal at Oban; Dunvegan Medal, 6/8 Marches & 2/4 Marches at Dunvegan, Overall at the United States Piping Foundation Championship.
Andrew Carlisle, Director of Piping at Carnegie Mellon University, Andrew has won A Grade Strathspey & Reel at Oban, A Grade Piobaireachd & Overall at The Cowal Highland Gathering, US Gold for both Light Music & Piobaireachd, and three All-Ireland titles at Senior level.
The concert is free and open to the public. Balmoral staff instructor, Richmond Johnston, will serve as Master of Ceremony.
For more information about the concert, or our summer Piping & Drumming Camps, please visit bagpiping.org, or email the office at info@bagpiping.org. To inquire about scholarships, discounts, or financial aid for our camps, call (412) 323-2707.