Upper Potomac Piper's Weekend... January 17-19, 2020
Weekend retreat featuring classes, concerts, sessions and private tutorials for a variety of bellows-blown bagpipes, flute, fiddle, and mixed instruments.
This year, the Pipers Weekend offers 2-hour long classes at a variety of levels in Scottish smallpipes, border pipes, Northumbrian small pipes, Irish uilleann pipes, flute & whistle, French pipes, and piper-friendly repertoire for mixed-instruments in a variety of styles.
A Friday night round-robin (introductions, show and tell, and open mike) is followed by sessions in 4 different repertoires; Irish, Scottish, English and French. Saturday night’s showcase concert is followed by late night jams in the student center and local pubs.
Our 2020 staff includes:
Weekend retreat featuring classes, concerts, sessions and private tutorials for a variety of bellows-blown bagpipes,
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Brian Bigley (uilleann pipes)
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Dick Hensold(Northumbrian smallpipes)
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on Scottish smallpipes and borderpipes: Rosalin Buda, Iain MacHarg and Bob Mitchell
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Tracy Jenkins and Sean Heely will be doing classes for Scottish Fiddle and Pipe ensemble playing.
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Gerard Nichols (alias) (French pipes, Repertoire and Gurdy)
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Further enrichment classes TBA.
Rental of high quality Border and Scottish Smallpipes provided by Robert Felsburg and others may be available for a fee of $40 for the weekend. Advance reservation is needed as quantity is limited.
