Hamish Moore is a Scottish musician and

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maker. Among Moore's contributions to Scottish music are his development of a revived form of the bellows-blown

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; his 1985 recording of the

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and smallpipes, ''Cauld Wind Pipes'', was the first contemporary complete recording of this instrument. In the 1980s and 1990s, Moore was also instrumental in exploring the links between the

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music of Canada's

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, and earlier Scottish traditions. Moore taught at Cape Breton's

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, and in 1996 returned to

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, Scotland, to form his ''Ceolas'' musical summer school, which included Cape Breton instructors and influences. Hamish is father of Fin Moore, also a Scottish smallpiper and border piper.

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