Kendra MacGillivray to head College of Piping

[Kimberley]

 From CBC News today:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/07/24/pei-macgillivray-piping-director.html

The College of Piping in Summerside, P.E.I., has gone with a local 
talent as its new director.

Kendra MacGillivray is a Charlottetown-based fiddler and music 
teacher. She replaces Mike Paterson, who left after only three months 
on the job.

The College of Piping is one of only two highland arts schools in the 
world that operates year-round. It was founded in 1990 and 
MacGillivray is just its third director.

Growing up in Antigonish, MacGillivray has been steeped in the Celtic 
tradition since she was a child. She told CBC News on Thursday that 
one of her priorities is to offer instruction in more instruments.

"One of the things that I would love to bring to the college is my 
love of fiddling. I'm sure I'll be teaching in some capacity," she said.

"There could be Gaelic singing, any kind of accompanying instrument. 
That's looking down the road and saying OK, once we've got piping and 
drumming and highland dancing and step dancing and fiddle taken care 
of, then you can start branching out."

MacGillivray also hopes to expand the number of public performances 
by the college, something on which it built an international 
reputation, and increase the music camps held during the summer months.