The pipe major is the leading musician of a pipe band, whether military or civilian. Like the appointment of drum major, the position is derived from...
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The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships have been staged since 1947,...
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first pipe major Billy Maxwell, who later became band president, and later by Sandy Cumming. Around 1970 Field Marshal merged with Raffrey Pipe Band to...
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Richard Parkes (piper) (redirect from Richard Parkes (pipe major))
Ireland and pipe major of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band. Parkes was born in Belfast on 29 January 1960. He started playing in Raffrey Pipe Band at the...
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of the pipe major; when on parade the band may be led by a drum major, who directs the band with a mace. Standard instrumentation for a pipe band involves...
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established in 1910, and won the World Pipe Band Championships in 2010. The band's Pipe Major is Alen Tully and Pipe Sergeant is Brendan Murphy. The lead...
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Britain when it formed in 1883 as the Burgh of Govan Police Pipe Band. The first pipe major was William Bremer, who was succeeded by Walter Drysdale in...
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Donald MacLeod (piper) (redirect from Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, MBE)
Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE (14 August 1916 – 29 June 1982) was a Scottish bagpiper, British Army Pipe major, composer and bagpipe instructor. Donald...
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Inveraray and District Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band based in Inveraray, Scotland. Stuart Liddell, a native of Argyll and one of the world's top solo...
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sixteen times. The current pipe major is Emmett Conway. The Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band was formed in 1910 by Pipe Major Dugald MacFarlane. The...
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The Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band is a pipe band from West Lothian, Scotland which formed in 1972. The band has competed in Grade...
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one way twice a week to Gordon Castle in order to study with renowned Pipe-Major Ronald MacKenzie. By the summer of 1898, after only two years of study...
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changed their name to its current name, ScottishPower. In 1995, with a new Pipe Major, Roddy McLeod, the band switched from their original and distinct Ancient...
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The City of Dunedin Pipe Band is a Grade 1 pipe band out of Dunedin, Florida. It is led by pipe major Iain Donaldson and drum sergeant Eric MacNeill....
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Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band) run of six consecutive wins. Founding pipe major Bill Livingstone is the only person in history to lead a Grade 1 band...
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As well as competing in solo competitions, he is the Pipe major of the Inveraray and District Pipe Band. He was born in Oban on 12 January 1973 and spent...
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (section Past pipe majors and pipe officer)
1923–1940 Pipe Major J.K. Cairns, 1946–1949 Pipe Major J. Wilson, 1949–1952 Pipe Major A. Cairns, 1952–1954 Pipe Major C. Wright, 1954–1956 Pipe Major A. Craig...
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University Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is led by pipe major Alan Bevan...
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The Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band, or, more commonly, the LA Scots, is a pipe band located in Orange County, California. The LA Scots have competed at the...
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commanded by a Director who is a qualified army Pipe Major and who usually holds the rank of Captain or Major (usually being commissioned from Warrant Officer...
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Armstrong (born 2 February 1980) is a bagpiper from Scotland and pipe major of the ScottishPower Pipe Band. Armstrong was born in Bathgate on 2 February 1980....
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such as in pipe-major or drum-major. Alphabetically sorted by name of country: Major (Canada) Major (France) Major (Germany) Major (Sweden) Major (United...
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1994) Pipe Band: Pipe-Major William Gilmour (1970-1981) Pipe-Major Gerry Pozywajlo (1981-1983) Pipe-Major Doug Moulton (1983-1984) Pipe-Major Richard...
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the Pipe Major of the Grade 1 Western Australia Police Pipe Band, the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Edindurgh Military Tattoo the former Pipe Major of the...
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was portrayed in the 1962 film The Longest Day. Millin was played by Pipe Major Leslie de Laspee, the official piper to the Queen Mother in 1961. One...
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Band of the Irish Guards (section Pipe majors)
first-ever pipe banner. This is carried by the pipe major on the bass drone of his pipes when a member of the Royal Family is present. In 2013, Pipe Major David...
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pupils of Pipe Major Malcolm Nicholson, C.M. of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band. The band was dissolved on September 16, 2018 by Pipe Major David Hilder...
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The Queensland Highlanders Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The band's Pipe Major is Jason Palfrey; lead drummer...
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William Lawrie (redirect from Pipe Major William Lawrie)
and also as piper to the Colonel MacDougall of Lunga. In 1914 he became Pipe Major of the 8th Argyllshire Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders...
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band in 1965 and took over as Pipe Major in 1973. The band first entered competitions organised by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association in 1977, starting...
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