While completing the music performance BFA he was also in the Music Education Certification program at Carnegie-Mellon. Nick Hudson is the Instructor of Piping and Supervisor of the Bagpipe Band at The College of Wooster and is the third graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University's Bagpipe Performance degree, under Alasdair Gillies and Jimmy McIntosh. Jim also holds a Masters Degree in Education from The Citadel. He is an active soloist competing at the professional level in the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association as well as being successful across North America and in Scotland. He is a past member of The City of Dunedin, The Citadel, and The City of Washington Pipe Bands. Jim is the Director of Piping at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, SC as well as the P/M of the Charleston Police Pipes and Drums which has bands competing in Grades II, IV, and V. Jim began piping at the age of 10 in Dunedin, FL under the tutelage of Sandy Keith and currently studies with Sandy Jones, Ed Neigh, and Ronnie Lawrie. By profession Greg is high school teacher and teaches both German and History. John Goodnow, Captain John MacLellan, and currently with Mr. Over the years he has studied with such piping greats as P/M Frank Edgely, P/M Ed Neigh, Mr. He was a member of the Guelph Pipe Band, North American Champions, under the direction of Pipe Major Ed Neigh.Īmong his many accomplishments, he was the Amateur Grade 1 Champion Supreme in Ontario, then began his professional career at the age of 16 and won the Piobaireachd Society (Canada) Gold Medal. Greg, originally from Michigan, now resides in Kokomo, IN. In 2017, Sandy was awarded the prestigious Balvenie Medal at the Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship in Blair Atholl, Scotland. Currently he is active with the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and the Charleston Scottish Games. He recently retired from The Citadel in Charleston, SC where he taught bagpipes for twenty-five years. He travels throughout North America judging at highland games, conducting workshops, and performing at recitals. Sandy is the author of the tutor 'Beginning the Bagpipe'. In 1970, he and John MacFadyen co-founded the North American Academy of Piping which, over the years, has proven to be an excellent source of instruction on the bagpipe. As a member of the pipe band he often performed for Presidents, Heads of State, and dignitaries of foreign nations.ĭuring his tenure in the Air Force he continued his studies of the bagpipe with Jack Chisolm of Inverness, Scotland and the late John MacFadyen of Glascow, Scotland. Air Force Pipe Band and was Pipe Major of this organization for 8 years. Sandy Jones began piping at the age of 8 under George Mars of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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