THE REVIEWS ARE IN:
Balmoral's Online Summer Schools are a Resounding Success!
As a thanks to our supporters, we are opening our Week 2 Summer Instructors' Concert to the public. This Thursday evening, enjoy performances by our world-renowned guest instructors, staff piping instructors and other musicians and dancers, via YouTube, from the comfort of your own home.
Act One
Robert Mathieson, Road to the Isles (Celtic ensemble) with Scottish & Irish dancers, Richmond Johnston, Andrew Carlisle.
Act Two
Gordon Bell & student drummers, George Balderose, Bruce Gandy
The 2020 Online Concert will be presented as a YouTube Premier event. Act One of the Concert begins at 7:00pm, Thursday, July 16, at the following link:
Summer Concert 2020 Act One
What our Online Students are saying about Balmoral 2020 on Zoom!
- "Direct interaction with outstanding instructors."
- "Knowledgeable and easy to understand."
- "With the online method, I was able to hear and listen to the instructor speak and make suggestions to other students which allowed me to take in more information."
- "The responsiveness and level of instruction was top notch."
- "I enjoyed the opportunity to learn the opinion of different instructors on the same subject."
- "I liked how even in the zoom meetings were managed to keep the one-on-one feel from prior years."
- "I had sessions with every instructor which was a great experience - all very different, very highly skilled and good teachers. Gifted teachers."
- "The quality and range of instruction was great."
- "The instructors provided a variety of in-depth information while staying flexible to the students' questions and needs, adapting their content and instruction accordingly."
- "Enthusiasm, patience, and positive atmosphere."
- "They knew the tunes so well that any tune I needed help with they immediately stepped in. Incredible skill from the instructors."
- This is my first bagpiping school, and as such the first online. The instructors and admin staff made it work fantastically... thank you very much!"