Richard Kean has 25 years experience as a bagpiper and has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America.  Richard began his career under the tutelage of his father Pipe Major Eric Kean and continued to learn under several prominent Scottish bagpipers.  In 1996 Richard formed a performance group with P/M Lindsay Davidson and began to develop the bagpipe beyond its traditional role in music. During this time he studied other types of bagpipe music in addition to exploring ways to integrate dance and audience interaction within a musical performance.  In 2001 Richard co-formed the group Tartanic to continue his interested in taking the bagpipes outside the norm.  In his spare time he rummages for unique instruments and listens to some very strange music.

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Kevin "Nevik" Hartnell has spent the last 32 years studying drums beginning his professional music career at age 12.  He has focused the last 11 years of study to various world hand percussion and teaches workshops based on his hand-book, the "Tekronomicon".  Since 1999 Kevin has been active in the medieval and renaissance music scene with performances at festivals across the United States and various performances around Scandinavia and Europe. Kevin has performed with La Notte, Wolgemut, and Tartanic.  In his spare time, he enjoys graphic design and photography.

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EJ Jones has 20 years experience as a bagpiper with great success in both the concert and competitive aspects of Scottish piping. He began playing the Texas Renaissance Festival as a bagpiper with the group Clandestine in 1991 and the Rogues in their inaugural year 1994. EJ competes at the Professional level in the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association and won the Houston Highland Games Professional Piobaireachd competition in 2006. In his spare time EJ makes Scottish smallpipes in his home workshop and plays the flute.

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