Jori Lance Chisholm was born on September 23,1975 and is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington.
11 Facts About Jori Chisholm
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Jori Chisholm played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions.
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Jori Chisholm has performed in front of sold-out audiences with The Chieftains and with ex-Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, and has been featured as a soloist or band member on over 20 recordings.
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Jori Chisholm writes the "Sound Technique" column for the National Piping Centre's bi-monthly Piping Today Magazine.
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The New York Times featured Jori Chisholm's online teaching program, BagpipeLessons.
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Early on in his piping career, Jori Chisholm performed exclusively as a soloist since there were few pipe bands where he grew up.
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In those years, Jori Chisholm attended piping workshops and competitions, as well as making an annual trip to the Coeur d'Alene Piping School in Idaho, where he studied piobaireachd under Pipe Major Evan MacRae and Andrew Wright.
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In 2000, Jori Chisholm went on a solo competition tour in Scotland in an attempt to achieve sufficient piping prizes to meet the qualification standards for elite competitions the following year.
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Jori Chisholm succeeded, and was invited to compete at the Argyllshire Gathering at Oban and the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 2001.
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Jori Chisholm continues to compete internationally, taking top prizes in North America and Scotland.
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Jori Chisholm is the grandson of the famous Finnish fighter ace Jorma Sarvanto.