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CONCERT OF VIRTUOSO SCOTTISH HIGHLAND MUSIC
THE WORLD’S BEST
SOLO HIGHLAND BAGPIPERS, DRUMMERS AND DANCERS
MASTERS OF SCOTTISH ARTS CONCERT
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2002 7:30 PM
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at BENAROYA HALL
3RD Ave. & University St. SEATTLE
SEATTLE – December 18, 2001 - The fifth annual Masters Of Scottish Arts Concert returns world class Scottish Highland bagpipers, drummers, and dancers to Benaroya Hall again this year. The featured performers are acknowledged as the very best in the world—the living masters in the genre. The 2001 concert made history by being the largest attended solo piping concert anywhere in the world!
The timing of the concert capitalizes on the presence of the Mastery Of Scottish Arts Winter School's star-studded faculty, composed of artists who have repeatedly won the major world competitions in highland arts. The pipers are, from Scotland, Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies (Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Piping program), and Pipe Major Roddy MacLeod (Director of Glasgow’s Piping Centre), and William McCallum. Canada’s two best solo pipers, Pipe Major William Livingstone (78th Fraser Highlanders) and Jack Lee (Pipe Sergeant of the four time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band from Vancouver BC), will also appear. And from Houston, Texas, the first American piper to win the Gold Medal in Scotland, Michael Cusack, Jr.
Performing Scottish style drumming will be, from Scotland, thirteen time World Solo Drumming Champion Jim Kilpatrick. He has also led the drum corps of the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band to a record eleven successive World Championships. Canadian drummers John Fisher (snare), Craig J. Colquhoun (bass) and Tyler Fry (tenor) will also perform. Featured Highland dancers will be Scotland’s Gareth Mitchelson and guests to be announced.
The concert promises a spectacular showcasing of the best solo talent in the world in this genre, thus the title Masters Of Scottish Arts. The music will range from Scottish Regimental standards, to current popular compositions, to the classical music of the Scottish bagpipe, the centuries old style called piobaireachd (pronounced pea-brock). All dances will be accompanied live by the pipers. Ensemble performances will combine the pipers and drummers.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at all Ticketmaster ticket centers and online at To charge tickets by phone, call 206-628-0888. Tickets are also available at the Benaroya Hall box office. Parking is available in the Benaroya Hall parking lot.
The Mastery of Scottish Arts Winter School for piping, drumming and dancing is being held at the Seabeck Conference Center the week of February 6-11, 2001. MSA is a registered 501-C3 Non Profit Corporation. For further information, call 206-444-4344, or write Masters of Scottish Arts, PO Box 1751, Seattle, WA 98111-1751. Visit our web site at (
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