Tyler Duncan

In 1999 and 2000, Tyler Duncan won the All-Ireland Championship (the World Championships of Irish Music) on the uilleann pipes -- the first American to win the All-Ireland on that instrument. In 2001, he won the All-Ireland on the bodhran -- the first American to win an All-Ireland on that instrument as well. In 2005 and 2006, he won 2 International Acoustic Music Awards with the band Millish for their debut album. He is featured on the Downbeat Award-winning self-titled album by the Kruziki Trans-atlantica Quintet, on the EMMY award-winning Kitty Donohoe's Album "This Road Tonight," on the UNITY award-winning Ceili Rain's latest album "Whatever Makes You Dance," including the recent #14 hit "Kneeling," and plays a featured solo on the recent Jazziz Magazine music compilation. He has also been a featured soloist for the Ann Arbor and Ashland Symphony Orchestras. Upon turning 16, Tyler composed, arranged and performed the score for an original Irish musical comedy, The Changeling, produced by Wild Swan Theater in Ann Arbor. Upon turning 18, Tyler helped design a new chromatic Low Whistle, with which he became the first Low Whistle player ever to be accepted into a university music program, becoming a jazz studies major at the Univerisity of Michigan. His recent big band arrangement of "The May Morning Dew" was featured at the prestigious International Assocation for Jazz Educators conference.

Contact Tyler:

(734) 709-5189

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