Solo Piping Available
for weddings, funerals, Highland Dance competitions, parties, recording projects, etc...
After two of Rob's aunts, and his father all playing in pipe bands, Rob had a good basis for starting Highland Dance when he was four years old. Growing up in Victoria BC, he took dance from Adeline Duncan, world famous for producing champion dancers. Rob started pipes from PM Ian Duncan at the age of nine, then after Ian's death, from Jamie Troy. Soon after that, the City of Victoria Pipe Band was started., a grade one competition band which soon attracted some of the top players on the west coast, such as Hal Senyk, Terry Lee and John Fisher. That bands accomplishments were many, including many top Canadian prizes, two recordings, and twice a sixth place at the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland.
After moving to Portland OR in 1983, Rob then played in several rock bands before collaborating with singer Peter Yeates to form Full Shilling, a Celtic fusion group with Rob McKendrick, Skip Parente, and Steve Mulligan. That group attracted a lot of attention as they played some of the bigger Celtic festivals in the US, such as the Milwaukee Irish Fest. Guest artists with the band included Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham and others.
Currently an approved adjudicator through the BC Pipers Association and in demand for dance competitions including the North West Regional Championships for the last four years.
Discography
City of Victoria Pipe Band - Play the Sweet Music
City of Victoria Pipe Band - Anniversary Album
World Pipe Band Championships 1987 - with City of Victoria Pipe Band
Full Shilling - Eye of the Beholder
Full Shilling - Full Shilling
Strictly Time - Highland Dance Music
Peter Yeates - Back in the Middle
John Nilsen - Twelve Shades of Light
Steve Areen - Bird of Passage
Scotland's Lighthouses - soundtrack to the movie
Lief Sorbye - Across the Borders
Raven - A Soft Wind Blows
Raven - Indoor Driving
Raven - A Christmas Album
Raven/Seanachie/Ann Gray - Five Days in April
Rob Barrick - The Standards
Rob Barrick - Highland Dance Standards
Thom Dudley - Archaean Moon
Pied a Terre - Foot to the Ground
Elizabeth Nicholson/Rob Barrick - Celtic Wedding Music
New Shilling - New Shilling
Rose and Thistle Wedding Band
Rose and Thistle Band - Young May Moon
New Shilling - Live
Rob Barrick - Aye Toons
Stringed Migration - Fly Not Yet
Elizabeth Nicholson/Rob Barrick - Celtic Music of Remembrance
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