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‘Join us on The Road to Better Piping’
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ABOUT PIPE MAJOR BRUCE CAMPBELL
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 magazines, PIPING
WORLD (www.pipingworld.co.uk) and CHANTER.
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 professional 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 Britain and in the last couple of years have taught all over Europe as well as the Middle East giving workshops and individual tuition. I have also given an extensive range of workshops and teach a regular range of international students via means of Skype.
Since 2002 I have taught in Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, The Holy Land, Denmark, Italy and Holland.
In the last few years I have also lectured/performed at three of the biggest Piping festivals in the world - Glasgow’s PipingLive!, the William Kennedy Piping Festival in Ireland and Italy’s International Piping Festival in Scapoli.
Other than my ‘normal’ piping routine I am currently writing a book on the MacKay Pipers of Raasay - the piping genius of Skye.
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 magazines, PIPING
WORLD (www.pipingworld.co.uk) and CHANTER.
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 professional 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 Britain and in the last couple of years have taught all over Europe as well as the Middle East giving workshops and individual tuition. I have also given an extensive range of workshops and teach a regular range of international students via means of Skype.
Since 2002 I have taught in Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, The Holy Land, Denmark, Italy and Holland.
In the last few years I have also lectured/performed at three of the biggest Piping festivals in the world -
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
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Level 6 Certificate (2007) -
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APBA
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Advanced Piping Certificate
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Senior Teacher’s Certificate
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Accredited judge at pipe band, solo and Piobaireachd levels
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INSTITUTE OF PIPING
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Senior Certificate
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ARMY (British & Australian)
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Army School of Piping (Edinburgh Castle) Senior Pipers Course
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Army School of Piping (Edinburgh Castle) Advanced Pipers Course
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Pipe Major qualification
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OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
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Served as a piper with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (1971-
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during the ‘Amazing Grace’ years)
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Served as a piper with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (1976-
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Served as Pipe Major/Instructor of The Sultan of Oman’s Royal Guard
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Brigade (1980-
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Served as Pipe Major in The Royal Australian Regiment (1984-
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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)
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Pipe Tutor to Canberra City (Australia)
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Former Vice Principal Australian Pipe Band College
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Former director New South Wales Pipe Band Association
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Honorary Piper to the 1745 Association
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Honorary Piper to the Scottish Wrestling Bond
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Past Honorary Piper to the ‘Baron von Richthofen Squadron’ (German Lufftwaffe)
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Past Principal piper for The Scottish Official Highland Dancing Association
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Solo prize winner in Scotland, England and Australia
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Prize winning pipe major from Grade 4 to Grade 1 in Scotland, England, Holland, Australia and Dubai
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BOOKS & CDs
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'The Mist Covered Mountains' CD
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'The Complete Archive of Highland Dancing' CD
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‘Amazing Grace: Stately Music for the Highland Bagpipe’ CD
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'A Highland Piper’s Salute to Australia' CASSETTE
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Binneas is Boreraig Piobaireachd series’ CDs (editor)
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‘The Music of the MacCrimmons’ CD
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'The MacCrimmon Pipers of Skye: A Tradition Under Siege' BOOK
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'The Royal Pipers' BOOK
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'The Piping Legends of the MacCrimmons' BOOK
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‘The Piping Handbook’ BOOK
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‘Learn to Play the Bagpipe With the Easy Method’ CD ROM
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Let’s Learn to Play Piobaireachd’ CD ROM
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'My King Has Landed in Moidart: The Pipers of the Forty Five' E-
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Complete Piobaireachd Lessons Volume 1 CD ROM
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‘Sgoil nam Piobaire Book 1’ TUNE BOOK CD ROM/E-
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'The Duntroon Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 1 and 2
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'The Holyrood Collection of Highland Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 1 80 Favourite Marches
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'The Holyrood Collection of Highland Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 2 80 Favourite Strathspeys
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'The Holyrood Collection of Highland Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK SERIES Volume 3 80 Favourite Reels
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'The Clan Campbell Collection of Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK
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'The Clan Gregor Collection of Highland Pipe Music' MUSIC BOOK
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'The Collected Works of Pipe Major John McLellan, Dunoon' MUSIC BOOK
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'The David Glen Collection of Piobaireachd' MUSIC BOOK (Editor)
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‘Piping For Highland Dancing’
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