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Music
Chris Walshaw plays English & French bagpipes, flute and whistles in a number of bands and projects. He has appeared at festival & clubs in Europe and across Britain including at venues as diverse as St Chartier Festival, France; Rudolstadt Tanz & Folk Fest, Germany; Stallet, Stockholm; St Martin-in-the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London; the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London; and Liverpool Cathedral. With his bands, he has made 8 CDs and his music occasionally appears on BBC Radio 2, 3 & 4. Chris is also responsible for abc music notation, now used all over the world, primarily to notate folk & traditional tunes, but also in academic research and as a text based resource for blind musicians. The abc website lists over 20,000 tunes at over 100 websites and, when it was hosted there, was one of Greenwich University's most visited web pages. Current projects
A list of forthcoming gigs for these bands can be found on the Gig list To book one of these bands contact Chris on 01732 849 163 or by . Past projectsSome projects are no longer active: The Chase: a sensual swirl of new music and dance spun from the tangled threads of European traditions. Cornemusiques: Jean-Pierre Rasle's one man bagpipe extravaganza expanded for occasional special performances.
Stepback: an extravaganza of English and American Traditional Dance interpreted for theatre performances. Discography
Guest appearances:
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