Tune of the Month Archives - Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame

Marchioness of Tullybardine

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 03:30:58 +0000

Back in the day, this lively pipe march was played often by fiddle and piano players.

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Mary Dixon’s Waltz

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:01:45 +0000

This tune, Mary Dixon's Waltz, was composed by James (Jim) Dixon, a member of The Glengarry Old Time Fiddlers, in memory of his mother Mary.

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Creignish Reel

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 21:41:05 +0000

Tune composer Hugh Allan MacMillan, a member of The Glengarry Strathspey & Reel Society, when traveling in Nova Scotia, often visited friends Floyd and Gerri MacDonald who lived in Creignish, Cape Breton.

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The Lochaber Gathering

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 02:14:44 +0000

This tune, The Lochaber Gathering, a march, was recorded by GCM Hall of Fame inductees The Glengarry Strathspey & Reel Society on their album, "A Glengarry Gathering."

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Smiling Ron Caron

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 03:35:53 +0000

Kelli Trottier wrote this tune in memory of a dear friend. Click to read the Millstone News article where you can learn more about the tune and hear Kelli playing it.

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Waltz of Glengarry

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:55:21 +0000

This song, one of many composed by Anna Margaret MacDonald about her beloved Glengarry, was performed by members of her family at her induction into The Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame in May, 2011.

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Macklen’s Reel

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:04:47 +0000

Koryne wrote this reel for her nephew Macklen Fraser.

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After the Party

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:19:36 +0000

This month we're featuring a pipe tune of J. D. MacLeod's that appeared in the 2014 Glengarry Highland Games program.

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Hunter Allan’s Footsteps & Hunter Allan Morden’s March

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:40:21 +0000

Allan MacPhail's daughter Alana wrote "Hunter Allan's Footsteps" for her grandson Hunter Allan and as a companion tune to Allan's "Hunter Allan Morden's March" posted as Tune of the Month in January, 2017. Alana likes these tunes played together and the accompanying midi file reflects that wish.

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In Memory of Connie Kippen Blaney

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:13:46 +0000

Ian MacLeod wrote this tune in memory of Connie Kippen-Blaney and he performed it at the Glengarry Hall of Fame induction dinner held May 26, 2017.

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