World Solo Amateur Championship (Glasgow, Scotland)1st Place, Grade I Piobaireachd, Tulloch Ard—August 2009

Competition League of Amateur Solo Pipers (New York)1st Place, Grade I Piobaireachd—February 2007

Residencies & Directorships■ Cathedral Piper in Residence, St. James Cathedral (since 1990)

■ Resident Cathedral Piper, St. Mark’s Cathedral (since 1990)

■ Pipe Major, Music Director, Elliott Bay Pipe Band (since 2003, founding member 1992)

■ Music Director, Iona Abbey acoustic ensemble (founder, 1997)

■ President (2013, 2014), Board of Directors (since 2008) Celtic Arts Foundation, Mount Vernon, WA Littlefield Celtic Center, open June 2015—$2.4 million project

■ Director of Piping, Founder, Mastery of Scottish Arts (1995–2008)

■ Voting Member, National Academy of Recording Arts & Science (since 1999)

Performances & Broadcasts

■ Yakima Symphony Orchestra—Guest Soloist (September 2014)

■ Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale—Guest Artist (April 2014)

■ Oprah, the Farewell Season—Introduction to segment (November 2010)

■ Bryan Adams: duet, Cuts like a Knife—the Paramount (April 2011)

■ 9/11 10th Anniversary—KOMO TV, roof of Space Needle, 5:46 AM, September 2011. Original music included airs The Snow Melt, Sweet Alistair’s Lullaby, Phoebe Thankful, and hornpipe West & Liberty (coincidentally composed during the attacks ten years earlier).

■ Live Performance/Interviews—KIRO AM (2000), KOMO (1997), K106 FM (1995), KUOW (Dave Beck, 1995)

■ Bill Nye, the Science Guy (Disney & KCTS)—three episodes (1997)

Performance Instrumentsca. 1900 Great Highland Bagpipes by R. G. Lawrie, Glasgow. Ivory/German silver, wood projecting mounts. Previously owned by grandfather Nicholas Patrick Heade Sr., from Ardee, County Louth, Ireland, during immigration to Portland in 1921. Strathmore chanter by Murray Henderson, Scotland.

1890 Great Highland Bagpipes by David Glen, Edinburgh. Full silver, thought to be made by David Glen for himself. (Engraved Thistle design, silver tone chambers. Strathmore chanter, ca. 1890 silver sole)

1996 Scottish Small Pipe in Bb by David Naill, Somerset (Victorian Silver engraving, bellows)

2011 Reel Pipe in A by Fred Morrison, Glasgow (African Blackwood, plain nickel, bellows)

2011 Scottish Small Pipe in A by Fred Morrison (plain nickel, bellows)

2012 Big Small Pipe in A original drone configuration, Session chanter by Nigel Richards, Edinburgh.

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Original Compositions PublishedContemporary and Traditional Music for the Highland Bagpipe, Vol 4, released by Bruce Gandy, Nova Scotia, 2005. Gandy is credited by many with raising the international standard of modern bagpipe repertoire when his series first appeared in 1994. Compositions requested by Gandy include West & Liberty, hornpipe; A Flashlight in the Lantern, jig; Council’s Jig; Rachael Heade is Home, jig; Sweet Alistair’s Lullaby, slow air.

Solo AwardsSkagit Valley Highland Games 2nd Place, Grade II Hornpipe/Jig (2014) 2nd Place, Grade II March, Strathspey & Reel (2014) 1st Place, Grade I Piobaireachd, Duke of Athole’s Salute (2010) 4th Place, Grade I Piobaireachd, Mackenzie of Applecross’ Salute (2009) 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (2000) 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (1999) Winner, Grade III Piping Aggregate (1995) 1st Place, Piobaireachd, The Battle of Auldearn, Setting No. 1 (1995) 1st Place, Strathspey & Reel (1995) 2nd Place, 2/4 March (1995)

B.C. Pipers’ Annual Gathering Winner, 2004, 2005 & 2006, Ian Charles MacLeod Memorial Shield, Grade II Piobaireachd –The Duke of Athole’s Salute (2006) –Macleods Short Tune (2005) –MacKenzie of Applecross’ Salute (2004) 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd, Glengarries March (2001) 3rd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd, –Lament for Lady Margaret MacDonald (2000) 5th Place, Jig (2001)

Lyon University 1st Place, Strathspey/Reel (2004) 1st Place, Jig/Hornpipe(2004) 1st Place, Piobaireachd, MacLeod’s Controversy (2004) 1st Place, 6/8 March (2004) 2nd Place 2/4 March (2004)

Washington Piping Association Winner, Grade II Aggregate (2004) 1st Place, Grade II Piobaireachd, The Little Spree (2003) 1st Place,Grade II Jig/Hornpipe (2003) 2nd Place, Grade II 6/8 March (2000) 1st Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (2001) 1st Place, Grade I Piobaireachd, Battle of the Pass of Crieff (1996)

Portland Highland Games 1st Place, Grade II Piobaireachd, The King’s Taxes (1999) 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (1997) 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (1996) 1st Place, Old Highland Aire (1995 & 1994) 2nd Place, Strathspey & Reel (1993)

British Columbia Highland Games 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (1999)

Pacific Northwest Highland Games 2nd Place, Grade II Piobaireachd (2003) 5th Place, March, Strathspey & Reel (2011) 4th Place, Piobaireachd (2011) 3rd Place, Jig (1999) 2nd Place, 6/8 March (1995) 3rd Place, 2/4 March (1995)

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Four Seattle Archbishops

St. James Cathedral, Cathedral Piper in Residence (since 1990)

St. Mark’s Cathedral, Resident Cathedral Piper (since 1993)

Episcopalian Archdiocese of Olympia

Oprah, the Farewell Season, Filmed in Seattle

Bryan Adams, Cuts like a Knife, duet, Paramount Theater

The Space Needle, On the roof...

Princes Michael of Kent, England

University of Washington Gala

Tiffany’s

The Museum of Flight, Annual Pathfinders’ Banquet

The Washington Mutual Tower

The Four Seasons Olympic Hotel

The Golf Club at Newcastle

The McCaw Family

Law Firm of Susman Godfrey, LLP, annually

UW Biology Department

The Officers of the USS Lincoln

Naval Station Everett

Graham & Dunn, annually

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