2020 Singapore St. Patrick's Day Parade

St. Patrick's Day Parade is scheduled for Sunday 15th March (TBC)

Here are the tunes for the Parade:

From the Association President

the 13th SSEA Pipe Band Championships scheduled

Solos on Saturday 6th June 

Bands on Sunday 7th June

For more information

Announcement: NEW MEMMBER OF MUSIC BOARD

We are pleased to announce that Harold Gillespie has joined our Music Board.

Harold has vast experience, at all levels of pipe band competition and was Leading Stroke of the World Champion Victoria Police Pipe Band, then moving to Haileybury College as Band Master and Tutor. He is a long standing Australian and RSPBA Adjudicator in Drumming and Ensemble.

2019 Music Board Report and Report from the President

MUSIC BOARD and ADJUDICATOR REGISTRATION

  MUSIC BOARD and ADJUDICATOR REGISTRATION    

as at May 2019

Name	Discipline	Year of Induction	Status
Nathaniel Russell GC OAM	Piping/Ensemble	May 2008	Active
William Russell	Drumming/Ensemble	May 2008	Retired 2018
Alan Wallace	Drumming/Ensemble	May 2008	Active
James Laughlin	Drumming	May 2014	Active
Andrew Womersley	Drumming/Ensemble	May 2016	Active
Ian Lyons	Piping/Ensemble	May 2017	Active
Scott Nicholson	Piping/Ensemble	May 2018	Active
Samuel Young	Piping/Ensemble	May 2019	Active

The above memberships were ratified at the Music Board meeting held on 1 May 2019. All are certified by one or more associations in their discipline and are active adjudicators and examiners.

Bill Russell has retired from the Board, after 12 years of valuable service. He was one of three, who initiated the policies of the Board, in it’s early years. We thank him for his service.

The Music Board sets policies, regulations and oversees certification for all musical activities conducted by the Pipe Band Association, Singapore. The primary focus of the Board is to develop and maintain a standard of music and certification, in line with other major associations, notably, that of the RSPBA.

Alan Wallace                                                                                                              
Music Board Convenor  PBAS                                                                                                                                 1 May 2019

2019 SSEA Pipe Band Championships Results

Huge congratulations go to this year's Champion Band, Lion City Pipe Band!

GRADE 3
1 Lion City Pipe Band

GRADE 4
1 Oriental Pipe Band
2 Northland 1
3 St. John's Pipe Band

JUVENILE
1 Raffles Institution
2 Vajiravudh Pipeband
3 St. Joseph's Institution

Solo Competitions results (Top 3 placings only)

Piping

C Grade
1 Hein Wen Kai – Sri Dash
2 Lai Lok Man – Lion City
3 Thomas Wong - Oriental

D Grade
1 Jared Ong – Lion City
2 Alvin Vishant – Lion City
3 Danaidh Cheng - Oriental

Novice A
1 Kingston Tan – Lion City
2 Htut Myat Min – Raf Ins
3 Daniel Chee – Raf Ins

Novice
1 Ong Y Chang - Merlion
2 Zachary Paik – Raf Ins
3 Chef - Vajiravudh

Snare:
A Grade
1 Wee Chun Kit - Northland

D Grade
1 Chan Tsz Hong - Oriental
2 Chung Hei Wun - Oriental
3 Gursager Singh – Sri D

Novice A
1 Kenneth Foo - Northland
2 Edmund Tan - Northland
3 Lin Yi – Raf Girls

Novice
1 Ang Jia Jun – Northland
2 Selvin Karthik – BB 12th
3 Chloe Ong – Raf Girls

Tenor:

Novice A
1 Chai Jing Ting – Raf Girls
2 Carol Lam - Oriental
3 Rasjeevan Kaur – Sri D

Novice
1 Foo Shihhan – SJI
2 Li Zhuoxi - Northland

Bass:

Novice A
1 Joshua Kong - SJI

Novice
1 Nabil - Northland
2 Deborah Chai – Raf Girls

For photos and videos of the Events