The Balmoral School
of Piping and Drumming 

  WORLD-CLASS INSTRUCTORS 

  BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, AND ADVANCED LEVELS 

  FIVE SESSIONS ACROSS THE U. S.

Welcome to 2008 Sessions

2008 Sessions

Instructors

General Information

Registration

Rooms, Meals, Travel

Fees, Discounts, Scholarships

Mailing List

History of the School

Massed Band Tunes

Click here for the U.S. Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship and 
St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band Concert at the 2007 Balmoral Classic!

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WELCOME!

Welcome to the website of the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming. We hope that you will find our summer sessions and the other services we provide fulfilling of your piping and/or drumming needs. 

The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming’s Mission is to raise the standard and promote the appreciation of bagpipe music in the USA. We do this by providing world class instruction, cultivating excellence in youth, presenting innovative musical events, and fostering tradition. Our Vision is to be the premier institute in the USA dedicated to raising the standard and appreciation of American piping.

We hope you enjoy the website!

-George Balderose, Executive Director

The central focus of the Balmoral School is to provide high quality musical instruction for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students in small classes of up to six students. Lessons are structured and highly focused, and instructors are selected on the basis of their ability to help students overcome problems. The classes are usually oriented toward the teaching of new tunes and the polishing and refining of existing tunes. Instruction is geared toward individual needs. For example, beginner and intermediate classes will cover music fundamentals such as rhythm, tempo, tuning and tone production, as well as execution and expression. Students usually learn to better control their instrument and put more expression and tone in their music. Advanced students can elect to train for and study their tune sets for major competitions in North America and Scotland. At least one beginner class will be with a principal instructor. Qualified assistant instructors will also teach beginner classes. All students, and in particular those individuals with no prior experience in piping or drumming (i.e. who are "starting from scratch"), should attend at least two weeks if at all possible.

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The BALMORAL SCHOOLS admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of their policies, educational policies, scholarship, loan programs, and other school-administered programs. 

(412) 323-2707         info@bagpiping.org            FAX (412) 323-1817