Internationally acclaimed piper Fred Morrison visits Mid Argyll this month to give a solo concert at the Cairnbaan Hotel near Lochgilphead. The concert on Saturday 29th October has been organised by Wild Biscuit Music as part of the development programme for their live show MOVE and includes a special workshop by Fred for local pipers to be held at Kilmartin that same day.

Fred, although born and raised near Glasgow, became renowned for his mastery of the Gaelic piping tradition of South Uist. While his first – love instrument is the great Highland bagpipes his prowess has extended over the years to whistles, Scottish smallpipes (or reelpipes) and Irish uilleann pipes. He is also an outstanding composer and has taken the prestigious Macallan trophy at Brittany’s Festival Interceltique de Lorient seven times.

During the 1990s Fred was a member of Scottish super-group Clan Alba and also of Capercaillie, featuring with the latter in the United Artists film Rob Roy. In 2004 he wrote a large scale work with composer Mark Sheridan entitled Paracas which premiered as the opening concert at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections festival in January 2005. His most recent album Outlands was released in 2009 and received a four star review in The Scotsman.

Opening support at the Cairnbaan Hotel comes from Argyll pipers Chris Coates and David Provan, who will be performing their own crafted sets along with a special appearance of rising star vocalist Kim Carnie from Oban, all of whom are members of the cast of MOVE. Tickets for the concert are priced £10 and available from The Square Peg and Argyll Book Centre in Lochgilphead.

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Source: Wild Biscuit