THE BALMORAL SCHOOL ANNOUNCES ITS 2019 GUEST INSTRUCTORS
Bruce Gandy and Andrew Carlisle Teach This Summer in PA
Pittsburgh’s Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming is proud to announce the guest instructors for its 2019 summer schools in Pennsylvania. Both have won major awards and have an incomparable record of teaching and promoting pipe music around the world
Originally from Northern Ireland, now a resident of Pittsburgh, Andrew Carlisle has won numerous top awards: A Grade Strathspey and Reel at Oban, the A Grade Piobaireachd & Overall at The Cowal Highland Gathering, US Gold Medals for both Light Music & Piobaireachd, and three All-Ireland titles at Senior level. He’s 3-time winner of the Macallan Trophy at Lorient, Brittany, France. Andrew holds the prestigious positions of Professor of Music and Director of Piping at Carnegie Mellon University.
Bruce Gandyof Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was a member of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band when they were the first non-Scottish pipe band to win the World Pipe Band Championships in 1987. His 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 and is a Vancouver Indoor 6-Time Metro Cup Winner. Bruce teaches piping full time in Halifax, NS, as well as via Skype.
Our Pittsburgh school held at Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel, runs from July 7-12, and our East Stroudsburg school, held at ESU, from July 14-19. Each weeklong session is an intensive summer program for pipers and drummers of all ages. Both Gandy and Carlisle will teach at the Pittsburgh School. Andrew Carlisle will also teach at the East Stroudsburg school alongside longtime Balmoral favorite, Jimmy Bell.
Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Balmoral School George Balderose says, “This summer’s guest instructors are welcome additions to the 2019 Balmoral Instruction staff. Their expertise and successful piping histories are indicative of the high quality instruction that Balmoral makes available each summer to American pipers.”
Students, both individuals and pipe bands, in small classes of five or fewer, will receive instruction on the Great Highland pipes, Scottish smallpipes, snare, tenor drum and bassdrum, while making friendships that last a lifetime. There will be a free instructors’ concert on Thursday evening.