Category: Member Spotlights

I finally bought a practice chanter (and the Green Book) in April of 2022 after wanting to learn the bagpipes nearly my entire life. I’m…

I had always thought about learning the bagpipes ever since I was in my teens. My Dad was from Scotland. He always had music playing…

I've always enjoyed the unique sound of the bagpipes. At 54 years old, I finally have the passion to want to learn to play an…

I was 12 years old – that's 50 years ago (good lord!) – when a friend invited me to come watch her play pipes in…

I'd wanted to join my police department's pipe and drum band forever, but I never knew anyone who played the bagpipes to show me around.…

I'm a learning piper. When I was little, around 5 or 6, I remember hearing there were few women pipers (at that time). I thought…

I decided to go out to Ben Bhraggie House and purchase a set of pipe McCallum AB4 bagpipes after hearing Mull of Kintyre and seeing…

My dad was the pipe major in a Canadian Army Reserve Band in the late 50s and early 60s. Knowing what he had done in…

I had always wanted to play pipes, but didn't even know it was a thing in the United States. I met a local piper in…

I started piping for a few main reasons. First, they are pretty cool and I like the sound. Second, I was looking for a new…