Celebrating 35 years of Quality Instruction & Performance
April 10, 2015 Early registration discount ($50) deadline
Master instructors in intensive, personalized & small group instruction will improve rhythm, tempo, tuning, tone production, execution and expression.



 




2015 Summer Schools
* one new venue!
*JUNE 7-12 
Delafield, WI
JUNE 14-19 
Albuquerque, NM 
* JUNE 21-26
Salina, KS
*JULY 12-17 
Pittsburgh, PA 
*JULY 19-24 
East Stroudsburg, PA

New instructors: 
Terry Tully, Jack Taylor, Alasdair White
Piping Instructors:
Brian Donaldson, Willie McCallum, Terry Tully, Jack Taylor, Donald McBride, Jimmy Bell, Alasdair White, George Balderose, Richmond Johnston, Mahrla Manning 
Drumming Instructors:  
Gordon Bell, Andrew Hoinacki

Locations - Dates - Instructors

Delafield, Wisconsin

June 7-12

St. John's Northwestern   Military Academy

Brian Donaldson

Willie McCallum

Andrew Hoinacki (drumming)

Mahrla Manning (On-site Admin, beginning bagpiping)

 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

July 12-17

Shady Side Academy

Terry Tully (Pittsburgh only)

Jack Taylor

George Balderose (& smallpiping)

Gordon Bell (drumming)

Richmond Johnston (On-site Admin,beginning bagpiping)

Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 14-19

 

University of 

 

New Mexico
Brian Donaldson

Donald McBride

Gordon Bell (drumming)

Mahrla Manning (On-site Admin, beginning bagpiping)

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

July 19-24

East Stroudsburg University

Jack Taylor

Jimmy Bell (ESU only)

Gordon Bell

Alasdair White 

(Scottish fiddle & beginning bagpipes, ESU only)

George Balderose (& smallpiping)

Richmond Johnston (On-site Admin, beginning bagpiping)

Salina, Kansas

June 21-26

Kansas Wesleyan University

Brian Donaldson

Donald McBride

Andrew Hoinacki (drumming)

Mahrla Manning (On-site Admin, beginning bagpiping)

 

Photos in order left to right, top row:

Brian Donaldson: Gold Medalist, Pipe Major (ret.) Scots Guards    

Willie McCallum:  Eight times Glenfiddich Champion

Donald McBride: Winner of Grade A Marches, Northern Meeting, Muirhead & Sons P.B.

Terry Tully*: Pipe Major of the 2010 Grade One World Champion St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band

Jack Taylor*: Gold Medalist, Member of the 2011 Grade 2 World Pipe Band Champion Buchan Pipe Band, and President of the Piobaireachd Society of Scotland

Jimmy Bell: Award winning piper and Director of Bagpipe Music at Lyons College

 

Photos in order left to right, second row:

Gordon Bell (drumming): 8 times EUSPBA Champion , veteran of several Grade One bands

Andrew Hoinacki (drumming): MWPBA, WUSPBA Champion Supreme

Alasdair White*: Battlefield Band fiddler, and beginning bagpipe instructor 

George Balderose: Highland bagpipe instructor 30 years, smallpipe player/ instructor

Richmond Johnston: Highland bagpiper, specializes in working with adult beginning pipers

Mahrla Manning: P/M Empyre Pipes and Drums

 

*New Staff 2015
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