Members

Meet the members of Bergen Pipes & Drums

Bergen Pipes & Drums is led by Pipe Major Thomas de Ridder. The band is organised with a piping and a drumming section and is run by a committee elected by band members. Profiles of band members will be provided here once we update their photos.

Piping section

Thomas de Ridder (BE) Pipe Major<br>
Joined: 2009<br>
Played since: 2001<br>
Previous experience: Fleming Pipeband, Ghent District Highlanders Pipes & Drums<br>
Also plays in:Balagan — Thomas de Ridder (BE)
Pipe Major
Joined: 2009
Played since: 2001
Previous experience: Fleming Pipeband, Ghent District Highlanders Pipes & Drums
Also plays in:Balagan

Kirstine Folmann (DK) Piper and founding member<br>
Joined: 2005<br>
Played since: 1990<br>
Previous experience: Kibæk Pipeband, Aarhus Pipes & Drums and Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen — Kirstine Folmann (DK)
Piper and founding member
Joined: 2005
Played since: 1990
Previous experience: Kibæk Pipeband, Aarhus Pipes & Drums and Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen

Øystein Hoprekstad (NO) Piper<br>
Joined: 2006<br>
Played since: 2006 — Øystein Hoprekstad (NO)
Piper
Joined: 2006
Played since: 2006

Roger Fulton (NO) Piper<br>
Joined: 2005<br>
Played since: 2005 — Roger Fulton (NO)
Piper
Joined: 2005
Played since: 2005

Gregor Campbell (UK) Piper<br>
Joined: 2007<br>
Played since: 1988<br>
Previous experience: Glenalmond College Pipe Band, Inverclyde & District Pipe Band, Stonehaven Pipe Band, St Columba's Pipe Band and King's Edgehill Pipe Band<br>
Also plays in: Balagan — Gregor Campbell (UK)
Piper
Joined: 2007
Played since: 1988
Previous experience: Glenalmond College Pipe Band, Inverclyde & District Pipe Band, Stonehaven Pipe Band, St Columba's Pipe Band and King's Edgehill Pipe Band
Also plays in: Balagan

Kristin Dracup (NO) Piper<br>
Joined: 2008<br>
Played since: 2008 — Kristin Dracup (NO)
Piper
Joined: 2008
Played since: 2008

Michal Gosiewski (PL) Piper<br>
Joined: 2011<br>
Played since: 2001<br>
Previous experience: Gdansk Pipe Band — Michal Gosiewski (PL)
Piper
Joined: 2011
Played since: 2001
Previous experience: Gdansk Pipe Band

Drumming section

Colin Gordon (UK) Drum sergeant, Snare drummer<br>
Joined: 2007<br>
Played since: 2007 — Colin Gordon (UK)
Drum sergeant, Snare drummer
Joined: 2007
Played since: 2007

Willie Dawson (UK) Snare drummer<br>
Joined: 2007<br>
Played since: 2007 — Willie Dawson (UK)
Snare drummer
Joined: 2007
Played since: 2007

Bjarne Sutherland (NO) Snare drummer<br>
Joined: 2010<br>
Played since: 2010 — Bjarne Sutherland (NO)
Snare drummer
Joined: 2010
Played since: 2010

Milosz Gosiewski (PL) Snare drummer<br>
Joined: 2014<br>
Played since: 2014 — Milosz Gosiewski (PL)
Snare drummer
Joined: 2014
Played since: 2014

Barbara McIntosh (CA) Tenor drummer<br>
Joined: 2009<br>
Played since: 2009 — Barbara McIntosh (CA)
Tenor drummer
Joined: 2009
Played since: 2009

Annelise Ackenhausen (NO) Tenor drummer<br>
Joined: 2012<br>
Played since: 2012 — Annelise Ackenhausen (NO)
Tenor drummer
Joined: 2012
Played since: 2012

Evelyn Sutherland (NO) Tenor Drummer<br>
Joined: 2010<br>
Played since: 2013 — Evelyn Sutherland (NO)
Tenor Drummer
Joined: 2010
Played since: 2013

James Hosea (UK) Bass drummer<br>
Joined: 2009<br>
Played since: 2009 — James Hosea (UK)
Bass drummer
Joined: 2009
Played since: 2009