See the winners of the 2011 Balmoral Classic
Summer 2012, take yourself to the
next level. Learn from the
masters.
Immerse
yourself for a week on one of
six
beautiful campuses with some of the
best
pipers and pipe band drummers in the world.
Receive intensive personal instruction in
multiple
small
classes (5 students or less) at
all
levels, beginning to advanced, for individuals
and pipe bands, on the Great Highland pipes,
smallpipes, Scottish snare, tenor drum, and
bass drum. Plus workshops, music sessions,
presentations on choice piping and drumming
topics, and friendships that can last a
lifetime. Balmoral students have the option of
taking the EUSPBA's PCP (Progressive
Certification Program) course and examination
for certification at various skill levels.
We are pleased to announce 2012 instructors:
Brian Donaldson, Willie McCallum, James MacColl, Scot Walker,
and
John Wilson
(Highland bagpipes),
Gordon Bell
and
Andrew Hoinacki
(snare, bass and tenor drum) to our family of
outstanding
instructors
and our 2012
schedule.
The
Balmoral Schools are run the way piping schools
should be run.
Iain
McLellan, P/M 12-time World Champion
Strathclyde Police Pipe Band
Balmoral
is a registered service mark of
Balmoral School of Piping &
Drumming,
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization
established in 1979 and sponsor of
The Balmoral
Classic
.
Support for Balmoral School and The Balmoral
Classic is made possible, in part, by grants
from
The Heinz
Endowments,
RK
Mellon Family
Foundation,
Sage Foundation,
Clan
Donald Educational and Charitable
Trust,
Pittsburgh
Firefighters Memorial Pipe
Band,
and
St.
Andrew's Society of
Pittsburgh.
Additional support is provided by
Hendersons
Pipe & Drum
Supplies,
Inveran
Bagpipe Makers,
MacLellan
Bagpipes,
McCallum
Bagpipes,
Meade
Custom Drumming
Supplies,
Pipers
Cove,
Pipers'
Choice,
Sandy St.
James,
Scott's
Highland Services,
and many other businesses, organizations,
and individuals.
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