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DAVID LANIGAN has been playing various types
of bagpipes (Highland pipes, Scottish smallpipes and Lowland pipes, shuttle
pipes, and electronic pipes) for 26 years and has been influenced by the piping
styles of Highland and Lowland Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, and Cape
Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He also plays an Irish bouzouki, an octave mandolin,
a dulcitar (a hybrid of Irish bouzouki and mountain dulcimer), and several
whistles.
David has performed solo and in bands throughout the Pacific Northwest at
concerts, coffeehouses, festivals, Highland games, weddings and receptions, and
other public and private events, including playing in concert with Irish
supergroup The Chieftains during a stop on one of their US tours.
A veteran of piping schools in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Scotland, and
Washington, David has studied with many of the world's top solo and band pipers.
In 1996, David traveled to the Scottish Hebrides island of South Uist and took
part in the first annual Cẹlas school, a reintegration of the music (piping,
fiddling, singing) and step dances of the Gaelic peoples of Scotland. Cẹlas
also affirmed links between Scotland and Cape Breton Island in Canada.
David has also played in the Desert Thistle Pipe Band since 1985. He was Pipe
Major of that band in 1988-1991 and 1994-1998.
In January, 2001, several of David's original compositions and arrangements were
published in Cape Breton piper Barry Shears' tune book "The Gathering of the
Clans Collection, Volume 2". The bulk of the book are tunes from pipers and
musicians from the United States of America, Canada, and Scotland. A short
history of the piping tradition in Nova Scotia, Canada is included as well.
In May, 2010, several of David's original compositions were published in the
tune book "The Northwest Collection of Music for the Scottish Highland Bagpipe."
This book is a collection of music, photographs, and essays composed, selected,
and edited by Washington State piper John Dally. It also includes a brief
history of piping in the Pacific Northwest. Tunes from pipers and musicians from
the United States of America, Canada, and Scotland are included.
David and his wife Brooke live up on a ridge in West Richland, WA. They share
their home with their dogs Bandit a.k.a the debonair Mr. B ("He can't control
his licker."), Jack ("Captain Jack - Arrrrr"), and newest family member
WindyCanyon's Highland Piper ("Piper"). |
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