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Victor Goranvo
Victor Goranov is a Catholic seminarian of the Diocese of Sacramento. He was born in Bratsk, Russia, in 1991. After graduating high school, he spent six years as a security officer working in downtown Sacramento, CA. He graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2015 with an A.B. in History. He is currently working on […]
Kate Cushing
Kate Cushing has been making kilts since 2004 when she had the good fortune to sit with Ann Stewart in her booth in between piping competitions at the Schenectady games. “Let me see your stitch’in, she said, handing her a pleated piece of tartan. After that Kate made the 3-hour trip from Ithaca to Ann’s […]
Eric Ouellette
Eric began playing pipes 20 years ago under the tutelage of his uncle, Don Dixon, and then studied with Mike MacNintch, Chuck Murdoch and Nancy Tunnicliffe. He was promoted to the professional grade at age 16. His most notable accomplishments are winning the B strathspey and reel at the Argyllshire Gathering in 2014, the overall […]
Alex Gandy
Alex has been piping since he was 10 years old and has had the good fortune of growing up in a piping family. Since starting he has been taught primarily by his father, Bruce Gandy. More recently he started receiving piobaireachd tuition from Colin MacLellan, his Godfather. Alex is a multiple prize-winner in the Silver […]
Andrew Elliot
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Andrew joined his first Grade 1 band at age 13. He teaches drumming at the Saint Thomas Episcopal school in Houston Texas. Andrew has been the lead tenor of the World Champion Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band since 2013. He has won every RSPBA major title, including four World Pipe Band […]
Bruce Gandy
Bruce has spent most of his life in top-level pipe bands, and the last 35 years teaching students and classes all over as he continues to be in high demand for both his individual work and band/group work. In his 15 years as a competitive band player in the 78th Fraser Highlanders, Bruce was often called upon […]
William McCallum
Willie McCallum is one of the foremost competing pipers in the world today. A native of Campbeltown, Kintyre, Willie has won almost very prize in solo piping and several times over. A few of his individual and band achievements include the Genfiddich World Championship eight times, Gold Medal Northern Meeting, Inverness, Gold Metal Argyllishire Gathering, […]
Alastair Murray
Alastair been a consistent prize winner in games in Scotland, Ireland and North America. He won the North American the b grade Piobaireachd at the Ligonier Highland Games five times, and the American Piobaireachd at Alma. He is a five-time Ohio Piobaireachd champion, and a gold medal winner for Piobaireachd at Ligonier Highland games. Most […]