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SJI Pipers and Drummers Top Piping Warrior Drumming Maniac Solo Competition

1 February 2022

SJI pipers and drummers took first place across six solo events against 87 competitors. See all the results.

Last November, SJI pipers and drummers took part in the Piping Warrior Drumming Maniac Solo Competition organised by Beyond the Octave. A total of 87 piping and drumming students from Singapore and Malaysia participated in 12 events split across 3 age group categories. Our pipers and drummers achieved excellent results in their solo events during this competition:

Tenor U15 Event 1 - 2 parts 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Aidan Isaac Tan (MN203,2021) - 1st

  2. Amir Daiyan Bin Razali (LE203,2021) - 3rd

Tenor U17 Event 1 - 4 parts 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Farhan Zachary Ewell (LE301,2021) - 1st

Bass U17 Event 1 - 4 parts 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Brandon Toh Jia Qing (ML303,2021): 1st

Snare U17 Event 1 - 4 parts 2/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Brandon Toh Jia Qing (ML303,2021): 6th

Pipes U15 Event 1 - 2 parts 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Lim Zhi Yiu Angus (LE201,2021): 1st

  2. Kuah Kai Yao (MN202,2021): 4th

  3. Lim Bo Shi (LE201,2021): 6th

Pipes U17 Event 1 - 4 parts 2/4 or 4/4 March(es)

  1. Xie Rui Chuan (LE303, 2021): 1st

  2. Yap Rong Shen (MN401, 2021): 4th

Pipes U17 Event 2 - 2 parts 6/8 Marches

  1. Yap Rong Shen (MN401, 2021): 1st

  2. Xie Rui Chuan (LE303, 2021): 4th

Pipes U17 Overall Winner

  1. Xie Rui Chuan (LE303, 2021)

Zoom call grid of 11 students in individual video tiles, most holding up drumsticks toward the camera, with a title tile reading "Practice sessions" and each participant's name displayed.

Preparation for the Piping Warrior Drumming Maniac Solo Competition

Students in white school uniforms and face masks seated at classroom desks, practicing on bagpipe practice chanters, with red practice chanter reeds hanging from a rack by the window.

Our combined practice session in the classroom

Six youth pipe band members in white ceremonial uniforms with tartan sashes and glengarry caps, wearing surgical masks, holding a bass drum, snare drums, a tenor drum, and bagpipes indoors.

SJI Bagpipers at Inaugural 2022