Angus MacPhee
Piobaireachd

Angus MacPhee is a Glasgow-born 'Sgiathanach' (raised in the Isle-of-Skye) now resident in the Black Isle, near Inverness, Scotland. A retired high-school art and design teacher and a life-long piper and piping enthusiast with a long ancestry of family pipers behind him, he comes from Harlosh near Dunvegan on the Isle-of Skye.

Still active on the piping scene, though more on the adjudication bench now at piping competitions, Angus is also a writer of prose, poetry and lyrics in Gaelic and English with a number of published books and verse which can be accessed on his web-site www.uq.net.au/hyperlinked/angusmacphee

His current project (available early in 2006) is a Gaelic song book entitled 'The Crunluath Collection', based on bag-pipe music of all kinds including 'Ceol Mor' (pibroch) songs. An accompanying CD to this book with a selection of the songs by Mod-Medallist, Fiona MacKenzie and Angus himself, will hopefully give a flavour of what he hopes will be popular.

Since Gaelic is his mother-tongue, Angus will present his 'Piobaireachd' programmes in a mixture of both languages. He welcomes any comments, either through the internet radio email address or his own aonghasmacaphi@tiscali.co.uk

Slainte!


Cunntas air Angus MacPhee:

Is ann ann an Glaschu a rugadh Aonghas Mac a'Phi, ged a thogadh e anns an Eilean Sgiathanach, is tha e a niste a' fuireach anns an Eilean Dubh, faisg air Inbhirnis ann an Alba. B'abhaist dha a bhi a' teagasg ealain anns an Ard-Sgoil, ach tha e a niste air a dhreuchd a leigeil bhuaithe. Tha e air a bhi ri piobaireachd fad a bheatha, le sinnsearachd fada do phiobairean 'na theaghlach bho Hearrlois, teann air Dunbheagain anns an Eilean Sgiathanach.

Tha e fhathast trang ann an saoghal phiobaireachd, ged as trice an diugh na bhreitheamh aig farpaisean, ged a bhios e a' seinn na pioba fhathast cuideachd. Bi e cuideachd a' sgriobhadh ann an Gaidhlig is ann am Beurla le leabhar no dha air an clo-bhualadh do rosg, bardachd is orain a tha ri fhaicinn air an web-site aige www.uq.net.au/hyperlinked/angusmacphee

Bi an leabhar mu dheireadh aige air na sgeilpichean uaireigin trath ann an 2006. Is e seo leabhar do dh'orain Ghaidhlig air a tug e'n tiotal, 'The Crunluath Collection', far an do sgriobh e faclan ri iomadh seorsa port-phiobaireachd is 'nam measg 'Ceol Mor'. Bi CD an luib an leabhar seo le cuid de na h-orain air an seinn le Fiona Nic Coinnich, a' choisinn Bonn-Oir a'Mhod Naiseanta ann an 2005 agus guth Aonghais fhein. Tha e 'n dochas gun cord seo ruibh.

Bho'n a's e a'Ghaidhlig a chiad-canain, bi Aonghas a' bruidhinn ruibh ann am measgachadh de gach canain air a phrogram aige. Bi e toilichte cluinntinn bhuaibh air seoladh email an reidio eadar-lion, no air an seoladh aige-fhein aonghasmacaphi@tiscali.co.uk