Introduction to Bagpipes
This eight week class offers an introduction to the ancient and unusual Great Highland Bagpipe. Students will receive a practice chanter, the recorder-like instrument on which one learns to play. (Actual bagpipes will not feature in this class, chanter work is the prerequisite for learning to play bagpipes.) The chanter will belong to the student and will be used by him/her during their entire piping career for practice and learning. The classes will cover a brief history of the instrument, care and handling of the chanter, basic fingering patterns, and depending on an individual's progress, the learning of a pipe tune. Following completion of the course, interested students may continue their studies with the St Andrews of Vermont Pipe Band, based in Essex Junction.
Course Instructor: Beth Paul, currently Pipe Major (band director) of the St Andrew's of Vermont Pipe Band. Beth has been a band member for about 30 years, has held several music leadership positions within the band and has taught adult piping students for the last 20 years. St Andrew's Pipe Band is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation of Scottish heritage and music.
Web site: vtpipeband.org
FB: St. Andrew's Pipe Band of Vermont