Bellowing an impassioned sound, the bagpipes often evoke an emotional response from listeners, which is why this instrument has historically been played at both celebrations as well as solemn ...

(Mass Appeal) – The bagpipes have been around for centuries and they are a musical instrument that can be found in all cultures across the globe in one form or another. Mike Kerr, Principal and Lead ...

RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — In the days following 9/11, Robert Honor watched the funerals on television and had an unusual reaction. Stirred by the steady, sorrowful drone of bagpipe bands paying tribute to ...

Learning bagpipes not Tetrick's first choice The group also will pipe off the Tulsa Honor Flight on June 7 when they meet in Owasso High School Performing Arts Center prior to going to Washington D.C.

"It's the most aggravating, frustrating, embarrassing, annoying, lovable instrument I've ever played," — Tyler Lembcke, member of the Chattanooga Pipe Band, about the bagpipes. When the weather's nice ...

Some people play the piano, others play the flute, and still others the drums, but I play the bagpipes. I play this unusual instrument with the Glor na nGael, a band (glornangael.com) that marches in ...

Sheila Liming grew up in Seattle playing "normal" instruments, including the piano and flute, she said, until her grandmother persuaded her to take up the bagpipes. Her grandmother, whose father had ...