Pianists Archives - Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame

Brian and Elizabeth Caddell

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sat, 18 May 2024 22:12:22 +0000

In 1993, Brian and Elizabeth Caddell came together from different Celtic backgrounds and since that time they have worked to perform and promote Celtic music. Elizabeth (nee MacDonald) is a local girl who grew up in Glengarry. She took piano lessons at a young age and with some encouragement and exposure from Don and Ann […]

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Martin and Olive Ferguson

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Sat, 18 May 2024 22:05:54 +0000

Martin Cameron Ferguson was the son of Gordon Ferguson and Catherine Ann Bella “Kate” Cameron. He was born on the 20th of December, 1906. Surrounded by a musical family on the 7th of Kenyon, he began playing the harmonica at a young age, accompanying fiddlers at house parties and social events. Around 1928 he took […]

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Alexander (Sandy) and Christena Alice Watt

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:48:54 +0000

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.

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The Ranger Family

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:12:20 +0000

Omer and Angelina Ranger started their life together in Vaudreuil, Quebec, but moved to Glengarry County in 1911. They purchased land here and built their home. During their years in the brick home, they parented 12 living children. The house was filled with music and parties.

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Douglas Lloyd MacCuaig

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:48:39 +0000

A native of Glen Sandfield, Ontario, Lloyd was born to Roddie and Edna MacCuaig (nee MacMillan) on Jan 12th 1935. Lloyd died on Jan 13th 2016. His mother Edna was a very accomplished pianist and influenced his style and choice of Scottish Music.

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David MacPhee

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:37:12 +0000

David MacPhee established himself as a fixture in our community when he began teaching Celtic fiddle and piano lessons to fourteen students at the Hall in 2005. His student base grew quickly as word spread of his affable and kind personality. There are few in David’s generation that are as committed to seeing the Celtic Music tradition continue as David is committed to the cause.

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Joan P. MacDonald

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:29:14 +0000

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 her piano playing, Joan learned to […]

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Carol Kennedy Zadorozny

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 03:18:26 +0000

Born in Maxville, in the heart of Glengarry, Carol has always been a proud and vocal supporter of the music and culture. When asked about her ability to play so many instruments, she replied, “Well, it’s no big deal; I come from Glengarry where most everyone does this.” With her mother, Hilda, a pianist, and […]

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Kathy Fraser-Collins

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:03:55 +0000

Over the last fifty plus years, Kathy Fraser-Collins has significantly contributed to the Celtic music tradition of Glengarry as a teacher and a performer. Although she doesn’t remember learning to play the piano, she gave her first performance at five when she played at the Brodie School Christmas Concert. Kathy had no formal musical training […]

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Rev. C. H. (Charles Haddon) Dawes

Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:00:09 +0000

Rev. Dawes was born in 1907 in Southampton, England and at the age of six years moved with his family to Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. He was educated at McGill University and in 1930, became an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. Over a period of forth-five years, he ministered to four […]

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