Harold Gillespie is a drumming educator, adjudicator and Vice Principal of Ensemble at PBV. He has the RSPBA certificate of Advanced Drumming and previously served for 14 years as PBV Vice Principal of Drumming. He has adjudicated at Branch, National, New Zealand, British and World Championships.
Harold competed at the World Championships with the Victoria Police Pipe Band for 10 years, gaining nine top six places, including as the lead drummer of the band’s Grade 1 win in 1998. Other major successes as a lead drummer and teacher are 16 Australian, 48 Victorian, and 3 New Zealand championships.
Harold taught and directed Haileybury Pipes & Drums leading the band to numerous Juvenile and Grade 4, State and National championships. He is a recipient of several awards, including the Sir Rupert Hamer Award for significant service to pipe bands in Victoria, and is an inductee of the PBA inaugural Hall of Fame in the highest categories of Legend, Performance, Education and Training.
