Sharing music on a mountain

SFU Pipe Band plays free concert, prepares to defend title at World Championships

August 4, 2009

On Sunday, the current world champion SFU Pipe Band performed a free outdoor concert at Simon Fraser University. This rehearsal offered the public an opportunity to hear the band before they travel this month to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland to defend their title.

Terry Lee, Pipe Major leads the pipe band

Video interviews by Xavier Boderiou, J. Reid Maxwell, and Terry LeeXavier Boderiou, a Piper on exchange from France states:"...when I was 11 or 12 I was listening to SFU Pipe Band’s CDs and they were performing in New York, the CD was called Live at Carnegie Hall, I used to listen to this CD quite alot, so it’s quite a dream for me to join this band today"

Angela Burleigh practices prior to the concertDrummers perform in unisonPlaying bagpipes in the sun

Additional photographs are available on flickr.

Tags:

SFU SFU Pipe Band

Environment

Inside the student-led movements urging Canadian universities to divest from fossil fuels

University students across Canada are frustrated by the slow pace of halting dangerous climate change, and they are wielding their power to do something about it

Environment

Six Canadian university students on how they’re fighting climate change

University students in Canada are paying more attention to climate change than ever before. It’s their future that’s in limbo, they say, and they want companies and governments—and their own schools—to start listening.

Education

Five basic kitchen supplies every student should have

You don’t need a Le Creuset Dutch oven to whip up a delicious meal for one (or, say, eight). A few key items are enough to launch your cooking career—and some of them may even last you a lifetime.

Health

The grassroots food insecurity initiatives putting an end to the ’starving student’

Student and admin-led efforts are leading the charge to stop food insecurity on Canadian university campuses

Subscribe to Message Board, our weekly newsletter guide to planning your post-secondary journey

Whether you’re a student, parent or guidance counsellor, Message Board is a resource you won’t want to miss out on.