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Queen City Pipes and Drums
October 17, 2024

Queen City Pipes and Drums

The Queen City Pipes & Drums came about thanks to the dedication of local pipers and drummers in the Charlotte area who wanted to promote the Great Scottish Highland Bagpipes and its percussion accompaniment to the younger generations.

Capital District Youth Pipe Band
August 4, 2022

Capital District Youth Pipe Band

The Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band was founded in 1991, named for the village and town in upstate New York in which it originated and giving a nod to the Scottish ancestry of Scotia’s founder, Alexander Lindsay Glen.

NSCU Pipes and Drums
July 12, 2024

NSCU Pipes and Drums

NCSU Pipes and Drums is a traditional Scottish bagpipe band associated with the Music Department of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

new york metro
January 1, 2024

new york metro

The NY Metro Pipe Band was formed in January 2010 under the leadership of Pipe Major Mike Mahoney and Lead Drummer Adrian Mordaunt. The founding vision was simple: build a world‐ class, internationally competitive band comprised of the best pipers & drummers in the New York metropolitan area.

The Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band
January 1, 2024

The Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band

The Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band was formed in 1974 and this year we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary! As part of a yearlong celebration of our half-century of service to the community, we will be travelling in August 2024 to the World Pipe Band Championship in Glasgow, Scotland. The trip will require months of hard work and preparation and your support can help us achieve our goals and continue our long-standing record of musical excellence and dedication to bagpipe and drum music!

city of sacramento pipe band
August 4, 2022

city of sacramento pipe band

The Band competes in Grade 4 and currently has over 20 playing members. Children and adults are welcome to become a part of this non-profit educational group. Piping and drumming instruction is available privately at a nominal cost to Band members and beginners.

manchester pipe band
August 4, 2022

manchester pipe band

Manchester Pipe Band’s reason for being is the pursuit of excellence. Through education and example, MPB will preserve and promote the the tradition and future of Bagpipe and Celtic music. The band provides expert instruction, education and training in highland bagpiping and drumming to interested individuals. Since 1914, the band has continually maintained the highest standards of performance and presentation.

notre dame bagpipe band
August 4, 2022

notre dame bagpipe band

The Notre Dame Bagpipe Band can trace its roots to the early 1950’s, when the Irish Guard originally came into existence as a bagpiper unit in the Notre Dame Marching Band. While the Irish Guard, with their stature and marching ability, impressed many people, their discovery that the bagpipes do not perform well in the cold that comes with the late fall in South Bend. Therefore, the bagpipes became abandoned, and the Irish Guard remained.

st. columcille united gaelic pipe band
August 4, 2022

st. columcille united gaelic pipe band

Saint Columcille United Gaelic of Kearny, NJ, draws its name from an Irish prince, warrior and scholar who became a priest to bring early Christianity to the Western Isles of Ireland and Scotland. From the Isle of Iona, Columcille (521-597) helped spread faith, knowledge and culture throughout Europe. It’s an ideal that drove the band’s founder, Sean McGonigal, to form a band dedicated to “unity of the Gael.” Sean expressed his goal in the band’s motto, “Ar aghaidh le ceol na n’Gael," “Onward with the music of the Gael.”

albany Pipe Band
August 4, 2022

albany Pipe Band

Formed in 1984 and formerly known as the Albany police pipes and drums the City of Albany pipe band has a rich and storied history performing at hundreds of events throughout the capital district originally founded by members of the Albany police department.