Category: Member Spotlights

I was at a conference in Boston in the 1980s and during a break, a pipe band came into the convention center's three-storey atrium and…

When I was a child I would rush to the parade to hear the pipe band. As a teenager I joined the local pipe band…

I always loved the pipes, so when I had the opportunity to get lessons, I jumped on it. I started piping nine years ago. I…

I heard a piper at a funeral once. The sound of the pipes in real life moved me in a way I had not experienced…

Lockdown arrived in March 2020, and life crashed as I was quarantined as an over 65. I needed a challenge, and love the sound of…

I got started in piping in about 2005 when I finally decided to learn. Fortunately, I found a nearby instructor, Colin Gemmel, from whom I…

I started with a street band after answering an ad in paper to "come join us to learn to play the bagpipes"! They said all…

I started learning the pipes in my early 20s and received my first set as a 21st birthday gift – just before I embarked on careers…

I started learning the bagpipes at the age of 9. I grew up in a very remote village and while I was studying piano simultaneously,…

I can't cite a definitive moment that brought me to take up the pipes. It's been a long time, feeling that piping is something I…