MP3 Brian Bigley - Uilleann Pipes

Traditional Irish music played on the uilleann pipes, flute, and whistle with guitar backing on four of the tracks.

9 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Celtic, FOLK: Traditional Folk



Details:
Brian Bigley comes from musical family on the west side of Cleveland. Studying with Achill Island piper Michael Kilbane from the age of eight, Brian's sensitivity to the art of uilleann piping has developed into a high level of understanding.
Fascinated by the Irish pipe-making tradition, Brian studied intensively with pipemaker Seth Gallagher in upstate New York. He plays a fully-keyed applewood chanter that he made during his time there. He continues to develop his talents in pipemaking and is an accomplished reedmaker.
Brian is also a world-class Irish step dancer, having competed at the World Championships in Glasgow and Killarney. He has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe as a pipe, flute, and whistle player, as well as a dancer with "The Magic of Ireland" and "Tomaseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas." He was a guest artist with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland where they performed "Symphonic Led Zeppelin" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame(2002?) and the Masonic Auditorium(2007). He has also had the priveledge of performing at Carnegie Hall in New York with the Cheiftans.
This fall, Brian will doing a second tour with Orange County Celtic rock band "The Fenians" as well as appearing at the Milwaukee Irish Fest with the Trinity Irish Dancers.