THE PIPING SCHOOL
LEARNING PIPES - F.A.Q.
THE WORLD OF PIPING
WORKSHOPS/ FORUMS
DISTANCE LEARNING
2010 CALENDAR
LINKS
PIPING WORLD MAGAZINE
DUNTROON PUBLISHING
OUR WEB SHOP
CONTACT US
PERSONAL LESSONS
PIOBAIREACHD LESSONS
PIOBAIREACHD WORKSHOP
HIGHLAND MEDIA
The Road to Better Piping
Sgoil nam Piobaire
THE PIPING SCHOOL
www.pipingschool.co.uk
‘Join us on The Road to Better Piping’
THE PIPING SCHOOL
www.pipingschool.co.uk
‘Join us on The Road to Better Piping’
Sgoil nam Piobaire
THE PIPING SCHOOL
www.pipingschool.co.uk
THE PIPING SCHOOL
www.pipingschool.co.uk
SUMMER IN SKYE
AUTUMN PIPERS’ RETREAT
EXAMS & CERTIFICATES
CD ROM COURSE, LEVELS 1-4
CD ROM COURSE, PIOBAIREACHD
SCOTLAND
ENGLAND
DENMARK
HOLLAND
ITALY
RUSSIA
THE HOLY LAND
UNITED STATES
AUSTRALIA
Check for piping workshop locations in
PIPE MAJOR BRUCE CAMPBELL - BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Today, as I did when I joined the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards many years ago as a young piper, I make my living entirely from piping.
That sees an exciting mixture of playing at private, public and corporate events, competing in professional piping competitions, playing for dancing around the Highland Games and indoor circuits in Scotland and England, teaching and lecturing on pipes at all levels as well as writing on piping for the mainstream press and our own digital magazine, PIPING WORLD (www.pipingworld.co.uk).
Over the years I have played in Grade 1 pipe bands, taught bands, judged, written about piping, lectured on piping, taught beginners and advanced pipers, played at Highland Games for dancing and also competed successfully in professional solo piping events (winning top prizes in Scotland, England and Australia). I spent a large portion of my life living abroad, in Australia, where I was a full time army pipe major and later returned to operate a successful publishing firm. In Australia I was also Vice Principal of the Australian Pipe Band College.
In 2002 I returned to Scotland and these days spend much of my time working in Scotland, England (where I have a family home) and Wales as well as travelling internationally to both play and teach.
Other than my ‘normal’ piping routine I am currently writing a book on the MacKay Pipers of Raasay - the piping genius of Skye.
That sees an exciting mixture of playing at private, public and corporate events, competing in professional piping competitions, playing for dancing around the Highland Games and indoor circuits in Scotland and England, teaching and lecturing on pipes at all levels as well as writing on piping for the mainstream press and our own digital magazine, PIPING WORLD (www.pipingworld.co.uk).
Over the years I have played in Grade 1 pipe bands, taught bands, judged, written about piping, lectured on piping, taught beginners and advanced pipers, played at Highland Games for dancing and also competed successfully in professional solo piping events (winning top prizes in Scotland, England and Australia). I spent a large portion of my life living abroad, in Australia, where I was a full time army pipe major and later returned to operate a successful publishing firm. In Australia I was also Vice Principal of the Australian Pipe Band College.
In 2002 I returned to Scotland and these days spend much of my time working in Scotland, England (where I have a family home) and Wales as well as travelling internationally to both play and teach.
Other than my ‘normal’ piping routine I am currently writing a book on the MacKay Pipers of Raasay -
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
PIPING & DRUMMING QUALIFICATIONS BOARD
PIPING & DRUMMING QUALIFICATIONS BOARD
|
·
|
Level 6 Certificate (2007) -
|
APBA
|
·
|
Advanced Piping Certificate
|
|
·
|
Senior Teacher’s Certificate
|
|
·
|
Accredited judge at pipe band, solo and Piobaireachd levels
|
INSTITUTE OF PIPING
|
·
|
Senior Certificate
|
ARMY (British & Australian)
|
·
|
Army School of Piping (Edinburgh Castle) Senior Pipers Course
|
|
·
|
Army School of Piping (Edinburgh Castle) Advanced Pipers Course
|
|
·
|
Pipe Major qualification
|
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
|
·
|
Served as a piper with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (1971-
|
|
·
|
Served as a piper with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (1976-
|
|
·
|
Served as Pipe Major/Instructor of The Sultan of Oman’s Royal Guard Brigade (1980-
|
|
·
|
Served as Pipe Major in The Royal Australian Regiment (1984-
|
|
·
|
Pipe Major of Peebles (Scotland Grade 2), Canberra Burns Club (Australia Grade 2), City of Blacktown #2 (Australia), City of Queanbeyan (Australia), Queensferry Caledonia (Scotland), Liverpool Scottish (England), City of Liverpool (England)
|
|
·
|
Pipe Tutor to Canberra City (Australia)
|
|
·
|
Former Vice Principal Australian Pipe Band College
|
|
·
|
Former director New South Wales Pipe Band Association
|
|
·
|
Honorary Piper to the 1745 Association
|
|
·
|
Honorary Piper to the Scottish Wrestling Bond
|
|
·
|
Past Honorary Piper to the ‘Baron von Richthofen Squadron’ (German Lufftwaffe)
|
|
·
|
Past Principal piper for The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association
|
|
·
|
Solo prize winner in Scotland, England and Australia
|
|
·
|
Prize winning pipe major from Grade 4 to Grade 1 in Scotland, England, Holland, Australia and Dubai
|
BOOKS & CDs
|
·
|
'The Mist Covered Mountains' CD
|
|
·
|
'The Complete Archive of Highland Dancing' CD
|
|
·
|
'A Salute to Australia' CASSETTE
|
|
·
|
Binneas is Boreraig Piobaireachd series’ CDs (editor)
|
|
·
|
'The MacCrimmon Pipers of Skye: A Tradition Under Siege' BOOK
|
|
·
|
'The Royal Pipers' BOOK
|
|
·
|
'The Piping Legends of the MacCrimmons' BOOK
|
|
·
|
'My King Has Landed in Moidart: The Pipers of the Forty Five' BOOK E BOOK and CD ROM
|
|
·
|
'The Duntroon Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 1 and 2
|
|
·
|
'The Holyrood Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 1 80 Favourite Marches; Volume 2 80 Favourite Strathspeys; Volume 3 80 Favourite Reels
|
|
·
|
'The Clan Campbell Collection of Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK
|
|
·
|
'The Clan Gregor Collection of Highland Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK
|
|
·
|
'The Collected Works of Pipe Major John McLellan, Dunoon' MUSIC BOOK
|
|
·
|
'The David Glen Collection of Piobaireachd' MUSIC BOOK (Editor)
|
