I am an award winning solo piper, and currently a nationally ranked member of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Performance rates start at $175.00, which includes up to one hour of performance time and two hours of travel. Please feel free to contact me to discuss your event.

Other Services:

In addition to performances, I can teach lessons for beginning to intermediate level, and provide services such as bag tie-in, reed set-up and tuning, refurbishing, and repairs. Lessons are one hour (location to be determined based on mutual convenience), and the cost is $25.00 for individual instruction. Group rates are also available.

About Me:

In 1998, I saw someone playing a set of bagpipes. I have always loved the sound of the pipes, but had never seen one up close. I was amazed that so much sound could come from an acoustic instrument. Curious, I searched the web to find out how bagpipes work, and found pages on how to learn. I also found plans and blueprints for bagpipes, and having a background in woodworking and as an amateur machinist, I made a few sets. This experience has been invaluable when it comes to pipe set-up and repairs.

Having been trained in music from an early age, I began teaching myself the pipes. Later I joined Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums, Austin’s only competition pipe band. Since then I have continued to study bagpipe music and practice daily. I have won dozens of awards in solo and band competition, playing around the United States and internationally. In 2011 I competed in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.