- Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming
The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming is a
British Army training establishment that provides instructions of Scottishbagpipe music to militarypipers , drummers andpipe 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 inEdinburgh ,Scotland and is administered by theInfantry Training Centre , it is also affiliated with theCorps of Army Music . Generally regarded as the smallest unit in the British Army, the School is now commanded by a Director who is a qualified armyPipe Major and who usually holds the rank ofCaptain orMajor (usually being commissioned fromWarrant Officer 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 throughout the year, and qualified instructors are drawn from thepipes and drums of various units in theBritish Army . The School accepts students from Commonwealth armed forces, but not civilians. It has in the past provided instruction to variouspolice 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 thePiobaireachd Society , theCollege of Piping , and thePiping Centre . Together, the Institute sets a standardised piping certificate program for students from around the world.British Armed Forces Pipe Bands
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Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards
*Pipes and Drums of the1st Royal Tank Regiment
*Pipes and Drums of theQueen's Royal Hussars
*Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion,Scots Guards
*Drums and Pipes of the 1st Battalion,Irish Guards
*Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Scots Borderers , 1st Battalion,Royal Regiment of Scotland
*Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Highland Fusiliers , 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
*Pipes and Drums of theBlack Watch , 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
*Pipes and Drums of the Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland
*Pipes and Drums of theArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders , 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
*Pipes and Drums of the 2nd Battalion,Royal Gurkha Rifles
*Pipes and Drums of 19th Regiment,Royal Artillery
*Pipes and Drums of 40th Regiment,Royal Artillery
*Pipes and Drums of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
*Pipes and Drums of the 52nd Lowland, 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 theLondon Irish Rifles
*Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Corps of Signals
*Pipes and Drums of theRoyal Air Force
*Pipes and Drums of City of Edinburgh UOTC
*Pipes and Drums of Aberdeen UOTC
*Pipes and Drums of Glasgow UOTC
*Pipes and Drums of Tayforth UOTCDirectors
* 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 ), 1990–2003
* Captain Stuart Samson (The Highlanders), 2003–2007
* Captain Steven Small (Black Watch ), 2007–
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