J. Reid Maxwell

John Reid Maxwell (born 29 January 1961)[1] is a pipe band drummer and current leading drummer of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Maxwell is the first person in history to have led the drum corps of two different bands to victory the World Pipe Band Championships.[2]

J. Reid Maxwell
Maxwell at an SFU practice
Background information
Instrument(s)Snare Drum

Life

Maxwell was born in Kirkcaldy and raised in Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife, Scotland,[3][1] and moved to Canada at the age of 20.[4]

Band career

As a teenager, he won the World Pipe Band Championships twice and the World Drum Corps Championships with the Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band.[5]

He was leading drummer of the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band[6] when it won the World Championships in 1987, becoming the first pipe band based outside Scotland to do so.[4]

In 1992, the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (SFUPB) reckoned that their drumming could be improved and invited Maxwell to join.[7] Subsequently, the SFUPB won the World Championships a total of six times.[8][4]

Maxwell has been involved in teaching in the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, and in the system of feeder bands that make up the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band.[9] Maxwell helped start the "Piping Hot Summer Drummer" instructional program in 1994 as a drumming-only school. It has now been running for more than twenty years as a summer camp for pipers, drummers and highland dancers of all ages and levels.[10][11]

In New Zealand he has taught many drummers and judged competitions.[12]

In 2015 he received a BC Community Achievement Award.[13]

References
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  2. "World-class bagpiper returns to help at Maui band's fundraiser". The Maui News. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. "Review: SFU Pipe Band at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Worlds Week 2015". piping press.
  4. "SFU Pipe Band lead drummer honoured with B.C. Community Achievement Award". sfu.ca.
  5. "Snare Drummers «  Simon Fraser University Pipe Band". sfupb.com.
  6. "RSPBA - The Heart of the Pipe Band World". rspba.org.
  7. Lederman, Marsha (5 July 2013). "How SFU bagpipers won the world championships - over the Scots". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  8. "Why Scots piping needs band aid". The Scotsman. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. "Jack Lee: the pipes-drums Interview – Part 3". pipesdrums.com.
  10. "Marking 20 years of Piping Hot Summer Drummer". The Morning Star. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  11. "www.phsd.net". www.phsd.net. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  12. Maslin, John (27 January 2014). "Prospects piping hot for NZ bands +Photos". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  13. "J. Reid Maxwell. Coquitlam". British Columbia Achievement Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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