"Saturday night's event is titled 'Ceilidh Knight', and it will feature not only traditional Scottish music but also more modern and contemporary arrangements including the use of keyboards and Latin percussion," said Bill Caudill, pipe band instructor and director of the Scottish Heritage Center at St. Andrews. "We will also have participation by members of the community's youth music program, consisting of children under age 12, on other rhythm instruments. We are hoping to have a full house for this special concert, particularly since it will be the last major event for six graduating seniors, three of whom are graduating with a minor in bagpipe performance."
Admission to the event is free.
"The concert will also feature the St. Andrews College Choir, who will be singing several Scottish songs including one in Scottish Gaelic, which was spoken widely in this area well into the 19th century," Caudill said.
St. Andrews is one of only three colleges or universities nationwide which offers an academic curriculum for playing the Scottish bagpipe. The college pipe band was formed in 1991 and has become one of the top bagpipe bands in the USA, bringing in students from all over the United States who wish to continue their interests in bagpiping and Scottish drumming during their college years in exchange for scholarship assistance.
The St. Andrews Presbyterian College Pipe Band has released three previous recordings. They have received air time on BBC Radio Scotland, on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (the Gaelic-speaking service of the BBC), on National Public Radio in the United States via the syndicated program "The Thistle and Shamrock" hosted by Fiona Ritchie, and in other venues.
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