certifications

  • Adjudication Panel Member (Certified for All Aspects: Solo, Band, Piobaireachd) EUSPBA
  • Graduate Certificate, Highest Possible, SCQF Level 8 Certificate, PDQB Level 6 Piping - Piping and Drumming Qualifications Board, Scotland
  • Graduate Exam, Highest Possible - Eastern United States Pipe Band Association

honors & awards

  • 1st Gold Medal for Piobaireachd, Braemar, 2016
  • 1st Silver Medal for Piobaireachd, Argyllshire Gathering, 2016
  • 1st B MSR, The Northern Meeting, 2016
  • 1st Gold Medal, Piobaireachd Society (Canada), 2015
  • 1st Overall at The Livingstone Invitational, 2016
  • 1st Overall EUSPBA Professional Piping Season Standings, 2015, 2016
  • 2nd A Grade Piobaireachd, Cowal, 2016
  • 3rd P/A Grade SS/RR, Lochaber Gathering, 2016
  • 1st Overall at United States Piping Foundation, Grade 1, 2010
  • 2nd Former Winners Clasp, Piobaireachd Society (Canada), 2015
  • 1st Overall at Lonach, Strathpeffer, Glen Isla, Assynt, and Inverness Games, Scotland
  • North American Rep. at MacCrimmon competition, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, 2011-13

teaching experience

  • St Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX
  • The College of Wooster, OH
  • North American Academy of Piping & Drumming
  • Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming
  • Upper Potomac Pipers Weekend
  • Jimmy McIntosh School of Piping
  • Edinboro University Scottish Arts

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Past Appearances:

Appearances: The White House, NFL Games, The World Pipe Band Championships,
		With The Chieftains, Piping Live, Festival Interceltique Lorient, College Magazine, La Telegramme, Steelers Games, WDVE, The Wall Street Journal, CBS, The New York Times, NBC, Houston Post-Gazette