Join us at the Hall for a concert with Celtic folk duo D’NA on March 18th, 2023. The show takes place from 2:00-4:30pm, and also features the MacLeod Fiddlers. Admission by free will offering.
We’re pleased to announce six Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame inductees for 2023
A very Merry Christmas from all of us at the Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame. We wish you well, and thank you for supporting us throughout the year. We are looking forward to an eventful 2023!
Finally after two years, we once again encourage you to nominate a person or group that has contributed actively to the Celtic music tradition of Glengarry County for a sustained period of time and has had a significant impact on the Glengarry Celtic music and tradition, for induction into The Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame.
Join us on November 20th, 2022 for a festive ceilidh at the Hall. We invite all entertainers, and will have Christmas goodies for snacks. There will be a goodwill offering which will go to the Hospice.
To All Musicians: The 7th Annual Celtic Fiddle Mass will be held at St. Anthony’s Church in Apple Hill on Sunday, October 23, 2022.
For over fifty years Shelley MacPhee has been a driving force and is heavily influential with the ongoing operation of the Glengarry School of Piping and Drumming. During this time, hundreds of students, a good number from Glengarry, have passed through the school, learning the fine art of highland bagpiping and drumming.
To this day, The Regimental Pipes and Drums of the SD&G Highlanders is comprised of serving and retired members of the unit as well as civilian members. For 130 years this band has been known for their deep Celtic roots in Glengarry and adherence to the traditions of the Highlanders. Its roots in the Militia Companies of Glengarry, (No. 4 Company, Lancaster, No. 5 Company, Williamstown, and No. 7 Company, Dunvegan) have made outstanding contributions to Celtic music in Glengarry.
First taught by her dad, Ian, when she was ten and later by Denis Lanctot, Ashley MacLeod-Mcrae’s youthful exuberance and love for the fiddle made her a master artist of our time. She and her dad have helped to reignite the interest in fiddle music in Glengarry.
Alexander and Christina Watt were definitely a musical duo, he an accomplished fiddler and she, a piano music teacher. A cousin recalls that a parties could go on their house till the wee hours of the morning, visitors playing until time to go home for chores.