Darrell Calvillo

Darrell started to learn the pipes at age 13. During his high school years, he played with the Glendora High School Pipe Band which was first instructed by Jeffrey Henderson and latr P/M Colin Armstrong. As a sophmore, Darrell began teaching and winning prizes in solo competitions. Darrell was elected to the position of pipe sergeant senior year and was an award winning grade I player by the end of the season. After graduation, he joined his current band, the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band under P/M Seumas Coyne. Darrell was appointed pipe sergeant and quartermaster in 2006

Darrell remains very active with Coyne Memorial, performances, and solo competitions in the USA and Canada. A couple of his recent accomplishments have been the aggregate solo piping prize at the Seaside Highland Games in October 2005 and the aggregate solo pipng prize at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival in February 2006.

Sarah Cooper

Sarah has been piping since she was twelve. She began her studies with Helen Gladden and the Alameda County Sheriffs Pipe Band. She soon joined the band and played with them for five years. Sarah was promoted to Pipe Major for the 2002 season. Sarah joined the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band in 2003 and is one of the key players in the band today. Sarah has won many awards in grade I solo piping and has studied at the College of Piping in Scotland.

Ian Werner

Ian Werner is an acomplished solo piper as well as an active member of the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band. He was raised in the suburbs of San Francisco and Berekeley CA. He comes from a long line of Irish and Swedish bagpipers and is a fine exponent of traditional and contemporary Celtic piping. Ian was first taught at the young age 12 by Ellison Dunlap, followed by Kate Melenyzer, Helen Gladden, and currently Ian Whitelaw. Ian was a member of short-lived but nevertheless world-renown Alameda County Sherrif's Pipe Band under direction of Helen Gladden until 1999. Recently in 2006, Ian joined JJCMPB after a seven year absence from pipe bands.

Andrew Fusco

Andrew is a piper from Las Vegas, Nevada. Along with commuting to Southern California as a member of the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band, he is also the Pipe Major of his home town band, the Grade 4 Desert Skye Pipes & Drums.

David Boyd

David started playing drums at the age of 14. He was first taught by his older brother Robert Boyd until he joined the City of Glendale Pipe Band and continued his studies with Jim Wallek. He later joined the 53rd St. Caber Feidh Pipe Band under the instruction of John Davis, where they went to Scotland for the World Championships in 2000. David joined the LAPD Pipe Band when it was reformed in 2001 under Drum Sergeant Callum Hannah. When LAPD fell out in 2003, David went with Callum to form the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band with Seumas Coyne. David acted as Drum Sergeant from 2004-2006 for JJCMPB while Callum was on leave. David and also plays with a very fine a Celtic/Folk band, Silent Planet. Dave plays Pearl drums and uses Eric Ward and Jim Kilpatrick sticks.

Greg Lammers

Greg has been playing scottish tenor drum since he was a sophmore in high school. He got his start playing in the Glendora High School Pipe Band. There was no instructor for Tenor Drum, so he learned through watching other tenor drummers at the scottish games, picking up one little thing here, another idea there. Eventually, he developed his own style of visual performance, consisting of influences from numerous different drummer throughout Southern California as well as the world. Greg is the lead tenor drummer for the James J. Coyne memorial Pipe Band, under the direction of Pipe Major Seamus Coyne and Drum Sergeant Andrew Hoinacki. He currently remains undefeated in grade 1 solo competitions, and continues to improve and develop his style.

Jacy Anderson

Jacy Anderson is a World Class Drum Major. A graduate and Drum Major of Chula Vista High School, he has been with groups such as the LA Scots. He has been Drum Major for the James J. Coyne Memorial Pipe Band since 2003.