The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada, established in 1990 in
Summerside,
Prince Edward Island,
Canada, is an international school teaching Highland bagpiping, Scottish-style snare drumming, Highland Dancing and Island step dancing. General (Ret'd)
John de Chastelain was a director at the College. The College of Piping is the most prestigious piping organisation on Prince Edward Island. The College has won 5th place in Grade 3B at the 2012 World Pipe Band Championships and 4th place in Grade 3b at the 2007 World Pipe Band Championships. In addition to these accomplishments are numerous awards from Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Eastern United States. Many of the members of The College of Piping Pipe Bands are also award-winning soloists, bringing home local, regional, national and international prizes for their respective grade.
Currently the College has three competitive pipe bands. These bands are registered with The Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association (ACPBA) as grades 2, 4, and 5. The College of Piping Pipe Bands are under the direction of Pipe Major James MacHattie, Pipe Sgt. Kylie MacHattie and Drum Sgt. Chris Coleman. In 2014 The College of Piping will be sending their grade 3 and 4 to Scotland to compete at The World Pipe Band Championships.
See also
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Canntaireachd Canntaireachd (; ) is the ancient method of teaching, learning and memorizing ''Piobaireachd'' (also spelt ''Pibroch''), a type of music primarily played on the Great Highland bagpipe. In the canntairached method of instruction, the teacher sings or ...
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World Pipe Band Championships
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Great Highland Bagpipe
The Great Highland bagpipe ( gd, a' phìob mhòr "the great pipe") is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the Great Irish Warpipes. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British milit ...
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List of bagpipers
This is a list of bagpipers, organized by type of bagpipes.
Historically notable bagpipers
*King Edward VII, (1841–1910)
*King Edward VIII, (1894–1972)
*Daniel Laidlaw, (1875–1950), VC Piper to the Kings Own Scottish Borderers who receive ...
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List of pipe band associations
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own W ...
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List of pipe bands
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. There are many such bands in the world, which play for ceremonial purposes, recreation, competition or all three. This list encompasses only notable pipe bands with their own W ...
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Pipe band
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Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) is an association aiming to oversee pipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture worldwidepipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the develo ...
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Types of bagpipes Northern Europe
Ireland
*Uilleann pipes: Also known as Union pipes and Irish pipes, depending on era. Bellows-blown bagpipe with keyed or un-keyed 2-octave chanter, 3 drones and 3 regulators. The most common type of bagpipes in Irish traditional ...
External links
The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of CanadaMilitary Tattoo
Pipefest - The Home of Massed Pipe Bandspipes, drums online magazine
Bagpiping schools
Pipe bands
Scottish music
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