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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 Wikipedia page.
The band's first studio album Dreams We Never Lost was released in June 2017 following the release of their first single Far Side Of The World some months earlier. The album is a mix of English and Gaelic songs as well as the Piob Mhor Pipe set.
Scottish Pipe Band Champions: 1966, 1981, 1985, 1988, 2007 ... Scottish Pipe Band Music - P/M R. Lawrie (Olympic 6145) The Choice of Champions - P/M R. Lawrie (1968)
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBoS) is a youth pipe band headed by Steven Blake, [1] consisting of over 100 members who teach and perform around the British isles. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The band was founded in 2003 as part of the National Piping Centre in Glasgow and features pipers and drummers between the ages of ten and twenty five. [ 4 ]
Pipe bands have long been part of military tradition, most notably in the United Kingdom and its former colonies. Many of the same standard tunes are found in both the military and civilian pipe band repertoires, and many similarities exist in terms of musical style, historical and musical influences, and dress and deportment.
In 1995, with a new Pipe Major, Roddy McLeod, the band switched from their original and distinct Ancient Caledonia kilt to the newly developed corporate ScottishPower tartan. With their new ScottishPower sponsorship, the band has played for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Braemar and at the 75th Royal Variety Performance in Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association; B. Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band; C. Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band; Clann An Drumma; Coastal Scottish Pipe Band; D.
"Irish Heartbeat" was performed during Connolly's 1988 tour. Connolly, playing acoustic guitar, is joined on stage by female backing vocalist Julienne Taylor [3] and, from the bridge onwards, by the College of Piping pipe band. The song was limited-released as a single.