Gordon Brown 

Gordon was born in Whitburn, West Lothian and from an early age showed a keen interest in Drumming. His Father, Tom, taught him on and off during those early years, but it was in 1976 at the age of 12, that he took it up seriously. He joined the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Novice Juvenile Band in November that year, where his dad was already teaching the youngsters and the then Grade 3 Corps. In 1978, the Grade 3 Band was upgraded to Grade 2 and Gordon became a member of that Drum Corps.

Gordon and the Boghall Band were promoted to Grade 1 Status in 1980 and in their first season, they won the Cowal Drumming Championship. The next three seasons saw them lift a fine hat trick of World Drum Corps Championships; 1981, 82 and 83, as well as every other drumming award. This continued throughout the eighties and included another World Drumming Title in 1986.

In 1991, Gordon took over as Leading Drummer of the Grade 1 Corps from his dad and it didn’t take him long to win his first Major Drumming Award as Leading Drummer when the Corps won the European Drumming Title that same year. To date Gordon has won the Scottish, British, European and Cowal Championships on numerous occasions with both the Corps and as a Band.

In  1994, Gordon won the World Solo Drumming Championship and he repeated that feat in the 2002 event. In between times he has regularly been placed in the top three.

Since Gordon became involved in teaching, he has taught throughout Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Eire, Brittany, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa, The United States and Canada. Through his achievements as a solo player and as leading drummer of the Grade 1 corps, he has had invitations from all over the World for teaching workshops and seminars. He is currently the Principal Drumming Instructor at The Strathallan School and The Glenalmond College, both in Perthshire.
Gordon and his dad Tom have their own Drumming Supplies business where they have their own T.G. Drumming branded product line. They also published their Debut Book, titled, “Something Old Something New” in 2001, with more planned publications in the pipe-line (or drum-line to be more accurate!!)
Gordon is also involved with Andante on product development of their highly successful Reactor Snare Drum.