Tyler Fry, Senior Instructor www.tyfry.com

Ever since Tyler was a kid back home in Kincardine, Ontario, all he wanted to do was play drums. When he looks back at the great fun he had following the Saturday night parades through the streets of his home town, it would have been impossible to predict what doors pipe band drumming would open for him. First tenor drumming at the age of 11, Tyler played with Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band under the tuition of Craig 'Hoss' Colquhoun before joining Milton Optimist Pipe Band as a snare drummer. Tyler developed a sound grounding in the mechanics of snare drumming under the tutelage of Doug Stronach. Tyler then joined the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band as a tenor drummer in 1995 at the age of 13. While at the Frasers, Tyler has won three World Best Bass Section Championships as well as numerous Canadian, United States and North American Best Bass Section titles. In solo competition, Tyler has excelled by winning every top award available in North America. Tyler transferred to The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band in 2004, fulfilling a childhood dream of his to play alongside Drum Major Jim Kilpatrick. He won the British Drum Corps Championships with the drum corps in his first season. In 2005, Tyler helped the band to win the top awards for both band and drum corps at the World Pipe Band Championships. Away from the band, Tyler is a qualified tenor drumming adjudicator with the PPBSO and regular master class instructor at workshops throughout North America, South America and Europe. All of these attributes that Tyler possesses have been channelled by him into the TyFry™ company. A tireless perfectionist, Tyler personally ensures that every TyFry™ product is manufactured and presented to the highest possible standards. In short, if it's not good enough for Tyler - it's not good enough for you. The growth and development of the art form is at the centre of everything the TyFry™ brand stands for. Keen to support all things positive about tenor drumming, TyFry™ is proud to fulfil the role of main sponsor of the prestigious MHAF Gold Medal Solo Tenor Drumming Championship.