Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

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Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming

The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming is a British Army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
training establishment that provides instructions of Scottish

Scotland

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bagpipe music to military pipers, drummers and pipe bands.

ded in 1910 as the Army School of Piping (later renamed the Army School of Bagpipe Music), the School is located at Inchdrewer House near Redford Barracks

Redford Barracks

File:RedfordCavalryBlock.jpgRedford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks are located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland....
in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
, Scotland

Scotland

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and is administered by the Infantry Training Centre

Infantry Training Centre

The Infantry Training Centre is a unit of the British Army administered by HQ School of Infantry responsible for both basic and advanced training of Soldiers and Officers joining the British Army Infantry....
, it is also affiliated with the Corps of Army Music

Corps of Army Music

The Corps of Army Music is a corps of the British Army. It was formed in 1994 as an umbrella organisation, centred on the Royal Military School of Music, to oversee the 29 new permanent military band formed following Options for Change, although each band continues to wear the capbadges and Full dress uniforms associated with the corps or re...
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The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming is a British Army

British Army

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
bagpipe music to military pipers, drummers and pipe bands.

History

Founded in 1910 as the Army School of Piping (later renamed the Army School of Bagpipe Music), the School is located at Inchdrewer House near Redford Barracks

Redford Barracks

File:RedfordCavalryBlock.jpgRedford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks are located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland....
in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
and is administered by the Infantry Training Centre

Infantry Training Centre

Corps of Army Music

Pipe Major

The Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scotland or Ireland pipe band. Like Drum Major, the position of Pipe Major is derived from British Army traditions....
and who usually holds the rank of Captain or Major

Major

In many European languages, the term Major refers to a military rank, denoting seniority at one of usually various levels of rank, for example: "Sergeant-Major" denoting the most senior ranking sergeant of a large military unit; "Captain-Major", denoting a mid-level command status Officer ...
(usually being commissioned from Warrant Officer

Warrant Officer

A Warrant Officer is a member of a military organisation holding one of a specific group of military rank.The rank was first used in the English Royal Navy and is today used in many other countries, essentially the Commonwealth and USA....
rank on appointment). The Director is assisted by a Chief Instructor, who is the Senior Pipe Major of the British Army.

The School provides courses at different levels to pipers and drummers of the British Armed Forces

British Armed Forces

The armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or His/Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, encompasses a Royal Navy, an British Army, and an Royal Air Force....
throughout the year, and qualified instructors are drawn from the pipes and drums of various units in the British Army

British Army

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
armed forces, but not civilians. It has in the past provided instruction to various police

Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
band members, but this has not taken place for a number of years.

The School forms part of the Institute of Piping, which is a collaboration among the Piobaireachd Society, the College of Piping

College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland

The College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland, was founded in 1944 by Seamus MacNeill and Thomas Pearston to pass on Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe playing traditions of Ceol Mor and Ceol Beag through offering bagpipe lessons, as well as to preserve the heritage of the Great Scottish Highlands Bagpipe through its museum, piping artifacts, c...
, and the Piping Centre. Together, the Institute sets a standardised piping certificate program for students from around the world.

British Armed Forces Pipe Bands

Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is a Cavalry regiments of the British Army of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. It was formed on 2 July 1971 at Holyrood, Edinburgh, by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers , and Scots Greys....
Pipes and Drums of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment
1st Royal Tank Regiment

The 1st Royal Tank Regiment is an Cavalry regiments of the British Army of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps....
Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Hussars
Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
Scots Guards

The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland....
Drums and Pipes of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
Irish Guards

The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the The Royal Irish Regiment , it is one of only two purely Irish regiments remaining in the British Army....
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Borderers
Royal Scots Borderers

The Royal Scots Borderers is the name given to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland . The battalion was formed in August 2006 by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers....
, 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
Royal Highland Fusiliers

The Royal Highland Fusiliers was a regular Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division, and abbreviated as 'The RHF'....
, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch
Black Watch

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment from 1881 to 1931....
, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the Highlanders
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)

The Highlanders was an infantry regiment, part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic language motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Aid the King"....
, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. In 2004, as part of the Delivering Security in a Changing World, it was announced that the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders would be amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single Royal Regiment of Scotla...
, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)
Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles
Royal Gurkha Rifles

The Royal Gurkha Rifles is a regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. The Royal Gurkha Rifles are now the sole infantry regiment of the British Army Gurkhas....
Pipes and Drums of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles
Royal Gurkha Rifles

The Royal Gurkha Rifles is a regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. The Royal Gurkha Rifles are now the sole infantry regiment of the British Army Gurkhas....
Pipes and Drums of 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery

The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....
Pipes and Drums of 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery

The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....
Pipes and Drums of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
Pipes and Drums of the 52nd Lowland
52nd Lowland Regiment

The 52nd Lowland Regiment now forms the 6th Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 6 SCOTS. Due to its erstwhile association with the 1st Regiment of Foot, it is the British Army Order of Precedence Territorial Army British Army Infantry battalion in the British Army....
, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
Pipes and Drums of the London Scottish
Pipes and Drums of the London Irish Rifles
London Irish Rifles

The London Irish Rifles is now known more formally known as "D Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history....
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Corps of Signals
Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and Information technology systems, providing command support to commanders and their headquarters, and conducting electronic warfare against enemy communicati...
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
Pipes and Drums of City of Edinburgh UOTC
Officers Training Corps

The Officers' Training Corps is a part of the British Army which provides military leadership training to students at UK universities. The name Officer Training Corps is misleading in that its mission is not the training of officers; only a minority of OTC members go on to join the Regular or Territorial Army....
Pipes and Drums of Aberdeen UOTC
Pipes and Drums of Glasgow UOTC
Pipes and Drums of Tayforth UOTC

Directors

Captain John MacLellan (Queen's Own Highlanders), 1961–1974
Major John Allan (Queen's Own Highlanders), 1981–1990
Major Gavin Stoddart, BEM, MBE (Royal Highland Fusiliers
Royal Highland Fusiliers

The Royal Highland Fusiliers was a regular Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division, and abbreviated as 'The RHF'....
), 1990–2003
Captain Stuart Samson (The Highlanders
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)

The Highlanders was an infantry regiment, part of the Scottish Division. The regiment was the only one in the British Army with a Gaelic language motto - Cuidich 'n Righ which means "Aid the King"....
), 2003–2007
Captain Steven Small (Black Watch
Black Watch

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.Prior to 28 March 2006, the Black Watch was an infantry regiment in its own right; The Black Watch from 1931 to 2006, and The Royal Highland Regiment from 1881 to 1931....
), 2007–