Greg Young, bass
greg youngGreg is a newcomer to the group with many year's experience on bass and a love of Celtic music.
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Doug Webster, Highland pipes and penny whistle
doug websterDoug grew up in a large family in East Montpelier, Vermont where he learned Highland bagpipes along with his father, Robert Webster, in the early 1970's. He continued on to play his father's Scottish bagpipes made by Gillander Bagpipes in Scotland. Following college, and under the tutelage of Pipe Major Thomas Kirkpatrick, (formerly of the Airforce Pipe Band who performed for world leaders, including JFK's funeral), Doug played with the Saint Andrews Pipe Band based in Shelburne, Vermont. He started the Celtic Arts Alliance in 2000. Doug has also piped at weddings of various sorts (tuxed out in NYC, at the top of Sugarbush on skis) and initiated the development and recording of the Celtic Mass for Peace, composed by Sam Guarnaccia.
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Nate Simmons, percussion
Nate Simmons Nate has been playing percussion for over 15 years. Instruments that Nate plays include hand drums, snare drum, timpani, and various other percussion instruments. He also plays several stringed instruments and the keyboard for fun. Nate has performed at over 40 different venues in 4 countries, including Canada, Germany, and the Czech Republic, and has made more than 120 public performances. Groups he has performed with include the Vermont Youth Orchestra, UVM Concert Band, Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble, Drum Duan, Me2 Orchestra, Burlington Orchestra, and the Vermont Symphonic Winds. Notable genres include classical, Celtic, folk, rock, and jazz. Nate has played at the Burlington Jazz Festival and was the first percussionist from Vermont in over 20 years to make it into the All New England Music Festival.
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drumduan
Drumduan was founded by Douglas Webster, descendent of several generations of grandfathers who lived and operated the estate in Dess/Kincardine O'Neil, known as Newton of Drumduan. In Gaelic, it is believed to mean "The new farm on the dark ridge".
Newton of Drumduan is located in the heart of the Pict people of Scotland, within a few hundred yards of northeast Scotland's few-and-far-between standing stones, and down the tracks to the River Dee, just a few miles from Queen Victoria's Balmoral Castle.
Drumduan, the band, practices on a high, dark ridge in Charlotte, Vermont, next to Nordic Farms. The band performs a cadre of Scottish and Cape Breton tunes, many of which likely originated in Scotland.
With Doug on highland pipes and low D penny whistle, Nate Simmons on percussion, and Greg Young on bass, the band cranks out both updated traditional and current popular Celtic tunes, all performed with a heart for the past and a soul for the present!
The band has been playing for the past 10 years for the dance troupe Celtic Company, and has performed in multiple locations throughout Vermont. A favorite venue has been on the Maine Stage at the Maine Celtic Celebration. Now, with Nate Simmons on percussion and Greg Young on bass, the band hopes to expand its repertoire with new tunes of the high energy type.
Popular tunes include The Gael (Dougie Maclean), Pumpkin Fancy, Clumsy Lover, Bonnie Dundee, Cock of the North, Johnny's Tune (Patty Keenan), The Engine Room (Runrig), and many other traditional Scottish, Irish, and Cape Breton tunes.
Newton of Drumduan is located in the heart of the Pict people of Scotland, within a few hundred yards of northeast Scotland's few-and-far-between standing stones, and down the tracks to the River Dee, just a few miles from Queen Victoria's Balmoral Castle.
Drumduan, the band, practices on a high, dark ridge in Charlotte, Vermont, next to Nordic Farms. The band performs a cadre of Scottish and Cape Breton tunes, many of which likely originated in Scotland.
With Doug on highland pipes and low D penny whistle, Nate Simmons on percussion, and Greg Young on bass, the band cranks out both updated traditional and current popular Celtic tunes, all performed with a heart for the past and a soul for the present!
The band has been playing for the past 10 years for the dance troupe Celtic Company, and has performed in multiple locations throughout Vermont. A favorite venue has been on the Maine Stage at the Maine Celtic Celebration. Now, with Nate Simmons on percussion and Greg Young on bass, the band hopes to expand its repertoire with new tunes of the high energy type.
Popular tunes include The Gael (Dougie Maclean), Pumpkin Fancy, Clumsy Lover, Bonnie Dundee, Cock of the North, Johnny's Tune (Patty Keenan), The Engine Room (Runrig), and many other traditional Scottish, Irish, and Cape Breton tunes.
Newton of Drumduan Dess
CELTIC MUSIC FROM THE DARK RIDGE
PO Box 385 . Charlotte, Vermont 05445 . 802 578-7738 . gcfusa@yahoo.com
PO Box 385 . Charlotte, Vermont 05445 . 802 578-7738 . gcfusa@yahoo.com
