Our group of young pipers and drummers were given a great opportunity to see how bagpipes are made. It’s not often that a band has a pipemaker living in their own backyard. Roddy, founder/owner of MacLellan Bagpipes, has been making pipes for 25 years. He began in NY and is now in Monroe, NC, a suburb of Charlotte. Continued
Good-Byes
This past end of summer, 2018, the band said “good-bye” to our first Pipe Major. Liam served as the founding piper and pipe major of this young band just a few years ago. He went on to college to study art and to continue piping as he has time. Hopefully we will see him around still. Another piper also aged out at the same time. Alex graduated and went on to college. These two strong pipers left a big gap in our pipe section but we have already seen others coming up and will hopefully continue to grow.
Thanks Liam for your wonderful leadership over this young group. You are appreciated.
The Pipes are calling! Beginner 10 Week Summer Session
The Queen City Juvenile Pipes & Drums (QCJPD) is dedicated to the study and performance of the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and its percussion accompaniment. The QCJPD exists to promote excellence in music and performance, which teaches young adults about teamwork, dedication, determination, and hard work. Our goal is to raise the profile of piping & drumming within a formal education structure.
The Band is made up of young adults ranging from 8 to 18 years of age.
We will be starting an Introduction to the Highland Bagpipes and Scottish Drumming, on June 8th at Myers Park Presbyterian Church.
The cost for this 10 week course is $150.00. This will include a practice chanter/tutor or drum pad, sticks/tutor and 10 weeks of Instruction!
For more Information please contact us at:
queencityjpd@gmail.com
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First Ever Band Competition at Loch Norman Highland Games 2017
The band LOVED playing in their first ever competition this year! Continued
Charlotte Folk Society 2017
The band had the opportunity to perform for the first time at the Charlotte Folk Society’s “Youth Showcase”. It was a great experience and fun to see all of the other young musicians. Thanks for having us!
Charlotte Christmas Village
The band had the opportunity to play at the first year of the Charlotte Christmas Village at Romaire Bearden Park Uptown Charlotte. They played two separate days and really enjoyed it, cold weather one day and very warm another day. Great opportunity to be a part of this new tradition in Charlotte!
