The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust

This concert sees the debut of the Celtic big band, The Gordon Duncan Experience, directed by Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan. The band provides a wonderful opportunity for young Perthshire musicians to perform in a large group setting and will play newly commissioned pieces as well as some of Gordon’s own tunes.

Line Up Announced

The Gordon Duncan Experience
Old Blind Dogs
Pitlochry & Blair Atholl Pipe Band
Seamus Begley & Tim Edey
Willie McCallum
Xose Manuel Budino
Gordon Duncan Jr.

Tickets Available Now Click Here

For the second book of Gordon Duncan Tunes (Available Summer 2011) we are looking for YOUR photos of the Late Great Gordon Duncan. If you have any and are willing to let us publish them send them to pmdrambuie@yahoo.co.uk.

For your trouble, your name will be credited as the source of the photo.  Just let us know where, when and any stories you have to share about the photo.

You can also e-mail david@davidahunter.co.uk

Book One “Gordon Duncan – My Tunes” Is Available Now!

Horsecross and The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust  are delighted to announce the launch of The Gordon Duncan Experience, a three year project creating a new big band rooted in traditional music for Perthshire young people and we are now casting the net as wide as possible for potential members. The band is open to residents of Perthshire aged 14-18 who are intermediate to advanced players on any instrument.

Potential applicants or teachers, tutors or parents who might know someone who’d be interested can download the application form and info sheet.
Please note the closing date is Wed 10th March.

Application is now Closed.

There has always been a tremendous interest in the original music of Gordon Duncan. His stunning compositions have featured in his own ground-breaking recordings and studio sessions, in his work with top Scottish traditional music bands, and in the medleys of many top-grade pipe bands, especially those of which he was a member. Gordon’s tunes have “crossed over” into many other traditional instruments, such as the fiddle and accordion.

Now, Gordon’s excellent compositions are available in this new collection, compiled and produced by his brother, Ian Duncan.

You can download a PDF of the Table of Contents HERE.

Price: £15 plus postage and packing. BUY NOW

Willie McCallum won the 4th edition of the Gordon Duncan Memorial Competition held at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow on the 17th of January.

Overall

1. Willie McCallum
2. Stuart Liddell
3. Sylvan Hamon

MSR

1. Willie McCallum
2. Stuart Liddell
3. Sylvan Hamon

Judges: Ronnie McShannon, Ian Duncan

Breton

1. Xavier Boderiou
2. Alexis Meunier
3. Willie McCallum

Judges: Herve Le Floc’h, Erwan Ropars

Irish

1. Stuart Liddell
2. Alen Tully
3. Willie McCallum

Judges: David Caldwell, L. Brown

A National Treasure III once more brings musicians together from all over Scotland and well beyond to honour Gordon’s massive influence and to raise funds for the Trust set up in his name.

This year’s house band is the brilliant young Treacherous Orchestra, with four of their members – fiddlers Innes Watson and Adam Sutherland, bassist Duncan Lyall and flute/whistles player Kevin O’Neill – premiering specially commissioned “Tunes For Gordon”.

We’re immensely pleased to welcome two of Scotland’s greatest ever traditional singers as our special guests – Karen Matheson of Capercaillie and Perthshire’s own Andy M Stewart, of Silly Wizard fame.

The superb Vale Of Atholl Pipe Band join us for the first time and the rest of the piping lineup comprises the incendiary Irish duo of John McSherry and Francis McIlduff; the Galician Gordon Duncan, Edelmiro Fernandez and Gordon’s nephew Alex Duncan.

Here is the second page of the tune which is missing in the Gordon Duncan’s Tunes book.
Download The-98-Jig-Page-2.pdf

Alexis Meunier of Brittany won all three sections of the third annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition held at the Station Hotel in Glasgow.

Scottish section:

1. Alexis Meunier
2. Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
3. Chris Armstrong, Airth, Scotland

Judges: Ian Duncan, Iain MacLellan

Breton section

1. Alexis Meunier
2. Sylvain Hamon, Brittany
3. Xavier Boderiou, Brittany

Judges: Herve Le Floch, Jean Yves Magre

Irish section

1. Alexis Meunier
2. Sylvain Hamon
3. Willie McCallum

Judges: Harry Stevenson, Kenny Stewart

Others competing but not in the prizes were Gordon McCready, Renfrew, Scotland; Andrew Carlisle, Northern Ireland; Ashley McMichael, Northern Ireland; and Jonathan Greenlees, Northern Ireland.

Andrew Carlisle of Northern Ireland won the second annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition, held before a large crowd at the Central Hotel as part of the Celtic Connections festival. Carlisle had the most overall points across the Irish, Scottish and Breton events.

MSR
1. Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
2. Andrew Carlisle
3. Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow

Judges: Ian Duncan, Iain MacLellan

Breton
1. Xavier Boderiou, Brittany
2. Alexis Meunier, Brittany
3. Sylvain Hamon, Brittany

Judges: Jackie Pincet, Pierre Gallais

Irish
1. Andrew Carlisle
2. Alexis Meunier
3. Roddy MacLeod

Judges: Kenny Stewart, Harry Stevenson

Sylvain Hamon of Brittany won the first Gordon Duncan Memorial Competition.

Overall results :

1.  Sylvain Hamon
2.  Alen Tully
3. Andrew Carlisle

Irish
1. Alen Tully
2. Sylvain Hamon
3. Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow

Judges: Kenny Stewart, Harry Stevenson

Breton
1. Sylvain Hamon
2. Ryan Canning, Northern Ireland
3. Herve Le Floc’h, Brittany

Judges: Jackie Pincet, Pierre Galais

MSR
1. Andrew Carlisle
2. Sylvain Hamon
3.  Alen Tully

Judges: Iain MacLellan, Ian G. Duncan