Born on May 6th, 1937 in Monkland to Wilfred and Angeline (Quesnel) Leroux. Fred’s early life influences included his mother’s stories about her father, Peter Quesnel who played the violin. Encouraged by his family, he played the fiddle by ear and only later did he...
During his long career, Pipe Major Kitts volunteered his time and talent teaching numerous pipers. His easy going personality and talent along with his unselfish devotion to the perpetuation of traditional pipe music has encouraged many people, young and old, to take up the pipes.
John Angus was born April 15, 1898 near Munroe’s Mills. Although there is nothing to indicate when he started playing the fiddle, there is a photo of him holding a mandolin while overseas during WWI; therefore, we can make the assumption that he started playing early...
Born in Vankleek Hill, Joan Patricia Barton was the middle child of a family of eleven. A family of minimal means, Joan began to develop her musical talents when her grandfather paid for her to take piano lessons with the Sisters of Mary at the convent. In addition to...
This month's tune, Leaving Glenurquhart, is our first non-Glengarry composition. This march is the signature tune of one of this year's inductees, John Angus MacDonald. We have an mp3 of John Angus playing this tune. His sister Mary Frances MacPhee is accompanying him...
Anne McNaughtan died on May 11, 2006; because Anne was a Director and strong supporter of the organization from its inception, the Executive of the Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame decided to honour her at the Induction Dinner later that month. Ian MacLeod was...
To learn more about the composer, Don Pettigrew, check out the August 2011 & November 2013 Tune of The Month and also visit our wiki for his bio. [button link="https://glengarrycelticmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Granite-Lake.pdf"...
A fiddler, Grant MacRae was married to Connie (Kippen) Blaney's mother Kay and was step-father-in-law to Malcolm Dewar. [button...
The third annual Music for Malcolm in memory of Malcolm Dewar will take place on April 4th, 2015 at the Metcalfe Centre in Maxville from 1-5pm. Featuring performances by Troy MacGillivray, Andrea E. Beaton, Kyle Felhaver, Patric Hamelin, and Cheryl A. Cooper to name a...
We are pleased to announce the 2015 inductees into The Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame. From the approximately forty nominees reviewed by the Selection Committee, the following five names were recommended to the Executive for approval. The Executive unanimously...