Detail description for Iain MacDonald - Along the Road
This collection of bagpipe music contains 79 tunes in a variety of styles and idioms, including three original piobaireachd and one classic piobaireachd in a fresh setting. There are notes about the composers and tunes, as well as vintage photos of some contributors. Many of the tunes were collected “along the road,” beginning in the late 1970s. Composers include a number of Western Canadian pipers, featuring tunes from previous generations of piper/composers.
Iain’s band experience includes seasons with the Babcock-Renfrew Pipe Band under P-M Iain McLeod, six years with the with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and one season with ScottishPower. Locally, Iain founded the Grade 2 City of Regina Pipe Band in 1992, and has been pipe major since. He also founded the Grade 4 Conservatory of Performing Arts Pipe Band.
Iain currently teaches piping at the Conservatory of Performing Arts, University of Regina, and does freelance communications work. He holds the Graduate Certificate and the Senior Teacher’s Certificate, and is on the Board of Examiners for the Piping and Drumming Qualifications Board.
Over the years, Iain has recorded CDs with pipe bands, folk groups, and for Highland dancing, and has contributed many articles to piping magazines.
Andy McAnsh
Barbara McDougall
Blar na Leine
Col. Alexander Fraser’s Welcome to Banff
Iain MacDonald
The Isle of Eigg
Jock Millar’s Welcome to Kuroki
Lundar
Norman Beaton’s Ceilidh
Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod, M.B.E. at Fort San, 1981
The Blind Piper
The Cameron Pipers at Dieppe
Darleen Miharija
Dr. Susan MacDonald
The Ecclefechan Highlanders at Fort Qu’Appelle
Lt.-Col. Sandy Will’s Farewell
Miss Barbara McDougall’s Wedding March
Murdoch C. McIntosh of Brandon
Pipe-Major Ian Baxter
The Renfrew Pipe Band
The Sinclairs’ Wedding March
Wooed and Married an A’
Ainsley’s Dance
Kenny’s Dance
The Mareth Line
Nameless Strathspey
Surfeited
Cleo
A Glass of Beer
Leap Year
Matt Welch’s Fancy
Russ Robertson’s Trombone
Sinfully Delicious
The Smith of Chilliechassie
Tolna
Farewell to the Old Guard
Leaving Qu’Appelle
On the Road to Passchendaele
Passchendale
Pipe-Major Thomas Thompson
The Suicide Battalion
A Jig for Alana
The Bride’s Jig
The Brown-Haired Maid
Christmas Mom
Cramond Green
Crossing the Minch
Fort Qu’Appelle
Jim’s Wedding
Kate Felstrom
Mrs. Mary Beaton
Pipe-Major Iain McLeod
Pipe Major John MacDonald
Sheldon McLeod’s Bicycle
The City of Regina Pipe Band
The Hen’s March O’er the Midden
The Irish Washerwoman
The Merry Wedding Hornpipe
Pinky’s Misadventures
Rowd’s Hornpipe
Rushing Tilley
Sunday at the Islay Bar
Would I Lie to You?
Donald MacLeod’s Tuning Phrase
The Flowers in May
The Glasgow Folk Club
Grannie’s Lullaby
Lament for the Little Suppers
Mrs. W.C. McArton
The Old Man of Storr
Palmer’s Cross
Rose’s Dream
Song of the Sea
Traigh Gruinard
Tuning Phrase Number 4 – “Fiona”
Piobaireachd
Clan Campbell’s Gathering
Dunvegan’s Galley
A Salute to My Father
Sandy MacPherson’s Salute
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