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What
people say about us...
"Dear Pat
... I am writing to you to express our gratitude to you for playing at our wedding! You did an amazing job and we were so blessed to have you there! We have had so many compliments on the music on the beach. People have said what a great idea it was to have you there and how beautiful the music was! Thank you again from the both of us for playing at our wedding. We were honored! It was fabulous! (sorry, I just can't express enough how great it was to have you playing the bagpipes at our wedding)
Shane and Megan Hatt
"Pat, thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the long trip to Digby on such short notice to play the pipes at my husband's funeral. It was his last wish and I am forever grateful to you. God Bless."
Adeline Keast and Family
"Once
again, Pat Melanson and Scotia Music have done a
fantastic job in providing music for one of our Tall
Ships events. A pleasure to work with and a delight to
watch the stellar performances. Thank you."
Elizabeth
Rhuland, Historic Shelburne Tall Ships
"A very hardy thanks to you many times over for the gift of this weekend. People here are thrilled with both the workshop and performance."
Christine, Terrasonga Earth Music
"Fantastic
piper... great looking and very professional...
excellent performance... truly a first-class
service." C&H
"The
music for our wedding was beautiful... thank you!"
T&C
"We
would like to let you know how pleased we were with the
music for our wedding." Ryan
W.
"Thanks
very much for all of your help with our wedding."
Maggie M.
"The
piper at our wedding was a special touch."
Chris & Dawn
"Without
you, the concert would not have been so special..."
Pat & Glenn
"Scott
did a great job at our wedding." Thank you."
Jenny
"A big thank you from
myself and my new husband. Ian played at our
wedding on Saturday and we were both delighted with
his musicianship and his attire." Lauren
& Colin Graham
Scotian
Music is a
one-stop source for bagpiper or other Celtic or Maritime
musician or group. We
provide musicians and musical services in an efficient
and professional manner - at a reasonable cost to you.
Pat
Melanson - Manager/Coordinator
Pipe Major Patrick Melanson BA, MEd, CD, WO (ret’d.)
brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from the
musical world in general - and the piping world in
particular. For over 30 years, he has served in pipe
bands, rising through the ranks of the Canadian Armed
Forces Reserve from private to Deputy Pipe Major in the
1Bn, NSH(N), as well as founding and leading the 105
Cumberland Wing, RCAFA Pipes & Drums.
Pat had
the privilege of being one of three Household Pipers to
Her Majesty, the Queen Mother during her Royal Visit to
the Nova Scotia International Tattoo in 1979. Pat has
been a competitive piper in band and solo piping and has
taught piping both in the army and privately for over 25
years. He has performed on his pipes in
Canada
, the
United States
,
England
and
Ireland
. He has travelled and performed with the musical group
Drimindown and is the founder and a current member of
Killick, a group that was noted as one of CBC Radio
Artists of the Week and performed at the 2006 Lunenburg
Folk Harbour Festival. He has performed musically on
several CD’s, in addition to his participation in six
Nova Scotia Tattoos and their recordings.
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