PIPING, DRUMMING & CELTIC MUSIC IN PENNSYLVANIA
Balmoral School’s 2019 Summer School in East Stroudsburg
This summer, the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming will hold a summer school session at ESU in East Stroudsburg, July 14-19.
Our ESU session guest instructor will be Andrew Carlisle. Professor of Music and Director of Piping at Carnegie Mellon University, Carlisle has won the A Grade Strathspey and Reel at Oban, the A Grade Piobaireachd & Overall at The Cowal Highland Gathering, and three All-Ireland titles at Senior level.
Balmoral instructor Jimmy Bell directed Parlin and District Pipe Band to a North American championship in the EUSPBA. As a solo piper, he’s won the Metro Cup, Canadian Gold Medal, and EUSPBA Overall Professional Champion. He is on the Scottish Solo Piping Judges Association.
Drumming instructor Gordon Bell, led Parlin & District’s drum corp from 1975 through the 1980s, as the band dominated the EUSPBA pipeband scene, winning the Grade 2 North American Championship, placing them in Grade 1. In the solo field, Gordon won EUSPBA Overall Champion each year from 1979 to 1987.
Colin Bell will direct the Celtic ensemble music program at ESU, in which students who play other instruments will perform with pipers and drummers in an ensemble setting. Bell has written and arranged music for Janina Gavankar (The League, True Blood) and Questlove (drummer for The Roots and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon).
Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Balmoral School George Balderose says, “The 2019 Balmoral Summer programs have a variety of offerings from professionals in the field that cover all aspects of Highland Piping, from beginning to advanced pipers and drummers, including a course on playing the pipes in ensembles with other types of instruments.”
The weeklong session is an intensive summer program for pipers and drummers of all ages. 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 bass drum, while making friendships that last a lifetime.
Scholarship assistance available for students under 21, and significant discounts for multiple band members in attendance.
Register at: https://balmoralschoolofpiping.org/summer-school-registration-form/