- 28 years of playing the bagpipes.
- I
have performed at hundreds of Weddings and Funerals
and am well versed in all relevant protocols. I have
played numerous
times at Wedding venues such as Rupertswood, Montsalvat, Avalon Castle, Quat Quatta, Rippon Lea
Estate, Overnewton Castle, Emu Bottom Homestead, Werribee Mansion, Glen
Erin Vineyard Retreat, Victoria Police Chapel and most
of Melbourne's CBD Churches.
- 15 years professional piping
at a Grade One standard with the Victoria Police Pipe Band, who won the
1998 Grade One World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. I
was also a member of the team responsible for the tuning and setting up
of the band.
- I am well experienced performing with other musicians and
am able
to
have my bagpipe accurately tuned to suit Bb 466 or A 440.
- I have played as
a soloist
with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and
the Victorian State Orchestra. The performances included traditional
Scottish music as well as "Orkney Wedding With Sunrise".
- I have performed on internationally acclaimed Pipe Band
recordings, such as "Uphold The Right", "Live In Ireland", "Live In The
Rockies" and the "1998 Masterblaster Concert", in Glasgow, Scotland.
- I have also played as a soloist with artists such as Eric
Burden
and Marion Martin and on the mini-series "My Brother Tom".
- I have tutored a number of Pipe Bands to a high degree of
competitive success
relative to their grade.
- I am an accredited piping
judge in Australia with both the
Advanced Piping
Certificate (A.P.B.A.) and the Adjudicators Certificate (A.P.B.A.).
Ross Bates,
27 Harcombe
Drive,
Sunbury,
Victoria,
Australia,
3429.
Phone: 03 9744 4098
Mobile: 0427
181 164
rabates@iprimus.com.au
ABN:
24 591 526 576
Website
created and maintained
by Ross Bates
Last
updated 01/09/2008
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