Daniel Pereira Pierce

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Daniel Andrés

Surnames: Pereira Pierce

Profession: Electrical Engineer

Address: H.Yrigoyen 1850/1

11400 Montevideo - Uruguay

Telephone: (+5982) 613 2104 – (+5989) 9 118 019

E-Mail: dpereira@ieee.org

Date of Birth: 09/09/1973

Nationality: Uruguayan

Band: The Southern Cross Pipe Band – Montevideo, Uruguay

INSTRUMENTS PERFORMED

Celtic: Great Highland bagpipes, Scottish Smallpipes, Low-D whistle

Classical: Piano, Boehm side flute

bagPIPES education

· Great Highland Bagpipes – James Stewart (1992-1994)

· Tuition - Bob Worrall (August 1999, August 2000, August 2001, August 2002)

· “Scottish Smallpipes” (A.Gray), “Preparing for solo Competition” (B.Worrall), “Introduction to Piobaireachd” (M.Cusack), “Pipe Maintenance and Technologies” (K.Eller) - SUSPBA Atlanta workshops (February 2002)

· Tuition – Bruce Gandy (February 2002)

· Tuition – Ken Eller (December 2004)

bagPIPES TEACHING

· Bagpipe Set-up & Maintenance Workshop – 1st SPBASA Gathering (April 2004)

PIPING experience

· Active member of the Southern Cross Pipe band since 1992

· Dealing with the tailoring of the band’s repertoire, bagpipe and drums tuning and general bagpipe maintenance

· Band performing, Piping fusion with a rock group, Production, Choreography and Sound Engineering of the Southern Cross Pipe Band celtic festivals (Montevideo) annually since 1999, as well as the “Primer Festival Celta de Montevideo” musical event in 2003

· Two Grade 5 pipeband competitions at Jacksonville- Florida, USA and Atlanta – Georgia, USA

· Performing with GHB and SP at the “Celtas en el Lawn” nights (2002)

· Various Caledonians, Weddings, Receptions, Events since 1993