Piping Live!

For 30 years, Jack Lee has been regarded as one of the world’s leading pipers. His accomplishments as a Solo Piper, Pipe Band leader and Teacher cause him to be much sought after as a performer, lecturer and teacher throughout the world.

As a Solo Piper…
Jack has won all the top awards available:

• The Gold Medal (Inverness and Oban, Scotland)
• The Gold Clasp (Inverness, Scotland) – this is the premier award in the piping world. Only former winners of the Gold Medal are eligible to compete for this.
• The Glenfiddich Overall Championship (Blair Atholl, Scotland)
• The Glenfiddich Piobaireachd contest (three times) (Blair Atholl, Scotland)
• The Senior Piobaireachd – (Oban, Scotland)
• The Silver Star for former winners MSR (three times) (Inverness, Scotland)
• The Bratach Gorm (twice) (London, England)
• The Gillies Cup (London, England)
• 15-times winner of the B.C. Pipers Association Annual Gathering

Jack’s has released a solo CD as part of Lismor’s World’s Greatest Piper Series
In 2001 Jack was voted Competitive Piper of the year by Piper and Drummer Magazine

In the Pipe Band world…

Jack is the Pipe Sergeant and co-founder of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. In 2001, the band won its 4th World Championship. The band has been an extremely consistent prizewinner at the World Championships during the past 20 years, having won either 1st or 2nd on eleven occasions. The band has recorded 10 CDs and 2 Videos, including CDs at New York’s Carnegie Hall and the magnificent Sydney Opera House. Their youth band (Robert Malcolm Memorial) has won the World Juvenile Championships on four occasions.

As a Teacher…

Jack’s dedicates 20 hours per week to private instruction of boys and girls in British Columbia. Several of them have gone on to win major solo prizes in Scotland. Jack teaches at many workshops and piping schools throughout North America and beyond each year.

On a personal level…

Jack, and his brother Terry, were both awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada in 1999 for outstanding service to the country. Jack has two sons (Andrew and Colin) who pipe in the SFU Pipe Band and 1 son (John) who pipes in the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band.

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