Updates on Phase 4 & 5 Grading Schedule Beginning March 2024
Monthly Testing Transition: Beginning in March 2024, we will adopt a monthly freedom phase testing schedule for phases 4 & 5, moving away from the…
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Let's Get Ready to Get Performance Ready!
In case you hadn't heard, July 2023 is our next "themed month" here at Dojo U! From July 7th to August 4th, we're on a…
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band Medley
This is an amazing medley from their Live in Ireland Album in 1989. Check out the last tune that starts around 4:53. Cameron Drummond taught…
Let's Get Ready to Learn a Piobaireachd!
In case you hadn't heard, May 2023 is our second "themed month" here at Dojo U! From May 5th to June 2nd, we're on a…
The Park Bar Set 24 Marches Inverary Pipe Band 2013 Royal Concert Hall
Mrs. H. L. MacDonald of Dunach by William LawrieDonald MacLean's Farewell to Oban by Archibald MacNeill, Arr Stuart Liddell Alasadair Henderson taught the second tune…
Pam Brownlee: It's All Interwoven
I did not grow up around pipe bands. I live in Louisiana, and started playing bass drum when a small pipe band began to form…
Before the 4 Questions (of Bagpipe Maintenance)
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." --Louisa May Alcott What is bagpipe maintenance? Bagpipe maintenance is the process…
Get Ready for "Make Your Bagpipes Easy" Month
In case you hadn't heard, March 2023 is our first ever "themed month" here at Dojo U! From 3rd to 30th March, we're on a…
SFU's Medley at the World Pipe Band Championships 2011
This medley begins with a great jig by Donald MacLeod that was re-written as a hornpipe. Learn this tune in Alasdair Henderson's class from Jan…
Puirt a Beul: I bhì àdàr / Inns dhomhsa ca'il thu cadal
https://youtu.be/q6HwMU8WaH8 Here are two Scottish Gaelic songs known as Puirt a Beul (Scottish Mouth Music). The first tune is a young man saying "How will…