Andrew Carlisle from Ballygown, Northern Ireland, graduated through Broomhedge and Ravara Pipe Bands to the present World Champions, The Field Marshall Montgomery. He has won many top prizes in the solo field, for example Ulster and All Ireland titles for MSR and Piobaireachd - Champion of Champion titles, plus scholarships to USA summer schools, also feature in his impressive CV.

His tutors, Sam Connolly, Fred Russell, Andrew Wright and Richard Parkes, can all share in the credit of guiding Andrew to his current achievements.