Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming

This summer, learn from champions.
Take yourself to the next level.
Immerse yourself for a week on one of five beautiful campuses with some of the best pipers and pipe band drummers in the world. Extremely 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.

Register today for our Summer 2009 sessions.
Download our 2009 Balmoral School brochure (pdf).

“The Balmoral Schools are run the way piping schools should be run.”
Iain McLellan, P/M 12-time World Champion Strathclyde Police Band Pipe Band

“This far exceeded my expectations — this is the kind of school I had always imagined would be really wonderful, but until now I didn’t think possible or realistic.” Sandy Smith, California session student

“Best time I had at a piping school in years.” Paul Hinson, Illinois session student

Presented by Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, celebrating 31 years since 1978.
Support for Balmoral School and The Balmoral Classic is made possible, in part, by a grant from The Heinz Endowments.

Additional support is provided by 84 Lumber, Clan Donald Educational and Charitable Trust, Clan Morrison Society of North America, Gibson Pipes, RG Hardie, Hillman Center for Performing Arts, MacLellan Bagpipes, McCallum Bagpipes, Piper's Pub, Pipers' Choice, Pittsburgh Firefighters Memorial Pipe Band, Pittsburgh Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, St. Andrew's Society of Pittsburgh, Tone Czar, Walkers Shortbread, and individual contributors.

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