Profile
His music has taken him all over the world, to places such as Turkey, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium and Holland, to name a few.
He has won several trophies and awards over the years, and played at some big venues around Europe.
Has played at many weddings and celebrations, and has a wide repertoire of tunes. He is always willing to take on any new tune, and luckily for him, he can 'play by ear', so no tune is out of the question. He takes pride in his music, and will go out of his way to make your special day even more magical and atmospheric.
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About:
This Piper has been playing the pipes for over twenty five years in various bands, as a solo artist, and also as a session musician
Rates
From £ 200
Rate depends on occasion, travel and performance time
Rate depends on occasion, travel and performance time
Services: Piper
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Uniforms: He normally wears a daywear highland uniform, consisting of a black waistcoat, argyll jacket black socks and glengarry with the mainly green Hunting Sutherland tartan kilt.
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Experience: He has performed at the Sage Gateshead, St James's Park, Hexham Queen's Hall, Sunderland Empire Theatre and Whitley Bay Playhouse.
Based in: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
I guarantee a beautiful sounding instrument and the best musicianship
If you have a particular favourite tune, let me know and I'll play it on the pipes at your event.
Playlists etc:
Typical wedding tunes:
How Long Will I Love You
Oulawed Tunes (Braveheart)
She Moved thru the Fair
Now Westlin Winds
Highland Wedding
Call to the dance (Breton)
Keep your feet still Geordie Hinny
Caledonia
When the Boat Comes in
Lord Lovats Lament
Thunderstruck
Mairis Wedding
The Gael (Last Mohicans)
Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
The Rose
Minstrel Boy
Bells of Dunblane
Flower o Scotland
Bluebells of Scotland
Going Home (Theme to Local Hero)
Hymn to the Sea (Titanic)
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Areas Covered: Cumbria - Alston, Ambleside, Appleby, Arnside, Aspatria, Backbarrow, Barrow-in-Furness, Bassenthwaite, Bowness on, Windermere, Borrowdale, Braithwaite, Brampton, Brough, Broughton-in-Furness, Caldbeck, Carlisle, Cartmel, Cleator Moor, Cockermouth, Coniston, Crosthwaite, Dalton-in-Furness, Dent, Dunnerdale, Egremont, Ennerdale, Eskdale, Glenridding, Grange-over-Sands, Grasmere, Great Langdale, Greystoke, Haverthwaite, Hawkshead, Kendal, Keswick, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Stephen, Lakeland Village, Langdale, Longtown, Lorton, Lowther, Lupton, Maryport, Millom, Milnthorpe, Newby Bridge, Orton, Penrith, Penruddock, Pooley Bridge, Ravenglass, Ravenstonedale, Seascale, Sedbergh, Shap, Silloth, St Bees, Tebay, Ulverston, Wasdale, Whitehaven, Wigton, Windermere, Workington, Yanwath, , Durham - Annfield Plain, Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Middleham, Blackhall, Bowburn, Bowes, Brancepeth, Brandon, Burnopfield, CastleEden, Castleside, Chester-le-Street, Chilton, Consett, Crook, Darlington, Dipton, Durham, Easington, Ebchester, Esh Winning, Ferryhill, Fishburn, Gainford, Great Lumley, Haswell, Heighington, Horden, Hurworth-on-Tees, Lanchester, Langley Moor, Langley Park, Middleton in Teesdale, Middleton St George, Murton, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Sacriston, Sadberge, Seaham, Sedgefield, Shildon, Shotton, Spennymoor, Staindrop, Stanhope, Stanley, Tanfield Lea, Thornley, Tow Law, Trimdon, Tudhoe, Ushaw Moor, West Auckland, West Rainton, Willington, Wingate, Wolsingham, , North Yorkshire - Ampleforth, Arkendale, Askrigg, Askwith, Austwick, Bagby, Bedale, Bentham, Bewerley, Blubberhouses, Bolton Abbey, Booze, Boroughbridge, Brompton-by-Sawdon, Burneston, Burnsall, Burton in Lonsdale, Burton Leonard, Carlton, Catterick, Cayton, Church Fenton, Clapham, Cloughton, Commondale, Coxwold, Crakehall, Croft-on-Tees, Danby, Drax, Easingwold, East Cowton, Ebberston, Egton Bridge, Embsay, Escrick, Farndale, Filey, Flaxton, Fylingthorpe, Gargrave, Gayle, Giggleswick, Gillamoor, Gilling East, Glaisdale, Goathland, Grantley, Grassington, Great Ayton, Green Hammerton, Grosmont, Harrogate, Harwood Dale, Hawes, Helmsley, Helperby, Hemingbrough, Hillam, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Hunmanby, Husthwaite, Hutton-le-Hole, Ingleby Barwick, Ingleton, Kettlewell, Kildwick, Killerby, Killinghall, Kilnsey, Kirby Hill, Kirk Smeaton, Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Overblow, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough, Lastingham, Leavening, Leeming Bar, Levisham, Leyburn, Low Row, Malham, Malton, Masham, Menwith Hill, Mickleby, Middleham, Monk Fryston, Nawton, North Cowton, Northallerton, Osmotherley, Oswaldkirk, Pannal, Pateley Bridge, Pickering, Ravenscar, Reeth, Riccall, Richmond, Ripley, Ripon, Robin Hoods Bay, Rosedale Abbey, Rylstone, Sandsend, Scarborough, Scorton, Seamer, Sedbusk, Selby, Settle, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Simonstone, Sinnington, Skipton, Skipton-on-Swale, Sleights, Slingsby, South Milford, Staithes, Stape, Starbeck, Staxton, Stillington, Stokesley, Studley Roger, Sutton-in-Craven, Sutton-Whitestonecliffe, Tadcaster, Terrington, Thirsk, Thixendale, Thorganby, Thornton Le Dale, Thwaite, Tockwith, Topcliffe, Ulleskelf, Wass, West Burton, West Scrafton, Whitby, Wistow, Wombleton, York, Bridlington, , Northumberland - Acomb, Allendale, Allenheads, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Amble, Ashington, Bamburgh, Barrasford, Beadnell, Bedlington, Belford, Bellingham, Belsay, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth, Boulmer, Chillingham, Corbridge, Cramlington, Craster, Eglingham, Embleton, Eshott, Greenhead, Haltwhistle, Harbottle, Haydon Bridge, Heddon on the Wall, Hexham, Kielder, Kirkwhelpington, Lindisfarne, Morpeth, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Otterburn, Ponteland, Prudhoe, Rothbury, Seahouses, Seaton Delaval, Slaley, Stocksfield, Swarland, Warkworth, Whittingham, Wooler, Wylam, , Tyne and Wear - Birtley, Blaydon, Boldon, Cleadon, Cullercoats, Gateshead, Hebburn, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton-Le-Spring, Jarrow, Newcastle, North Shields, Penshaw, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, South Shields, Sunderland, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Washington, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay,
