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Dedication and Links Page

James Coldren

Dedication

This site is dedicated to the memory of James Coldren (1924-2011), founder of the Bagpipe Music Museum, and author of the first Bagpipe Music Index.

For over ten years, James Coldren and the Bagpipe Music Museum generously supported Ceol Sean by providing the original music sources for our collection of CD's.

Read more about James' life, his contributions to bagpiping, and his support of Ceol Sean .

Links "Honor Roll"

We have a short list of links on our "Honor Roll". They represent piping resources that we can recommend with confidence, and who we feel are making some great contributions, especially in using the internet to share resources and information for pipers and drummers.

McGillivray Piping

Jim McGillivray is one of the most brilliant pipers I have ever known. He has an incredible depth of knowledge about all aspects of piping, and is a fantastic teacher. If you don't have his "Rhythmic Fingerwork", order one immediately and get to work. Jim also has over 1,500 recorded tunes (along with accompany settings) available through his Pipetunes.ca website, and free tune samples are available.

pipes|drums

pipes|drums is "the" site to go to for the last news news in the world of piping and drumming. You need to visit this site daily to keep up to date, and there are articles of historical interest, interviews, advice, commentary, product reviews, and a host of other valuable information resources.

Midwest Highland Arts Winter Storm

The Midwest Highlands Art's Winter Storm is one of the most exciting annual events in piping. It offers world-class piping and drumming instruction, and the annual Winter Storm concert is absolutely unbelievable!! If you've never attended, you don't know what you're missing.

Piobaireachd (Piobroch) - The Classic Scores website

For years, Dr. William Donalson has contributed to the "pipes/drums" website with commentary and scores on the set tunes used in nthe major piping competitions. He now has a website that shares his efforts. Dr. Donaldson is also the author of The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950 (Tuckwell Press, 2000; new edn. John Donald, 2008), and Pipers: a Guide to the Players and Music of the Highland Bagpipe (Birlinn, 2004; new.edn. 2022).

Lee and Sons Bagpipes

Jack Lee's site offers recordings (along with accompanying settings) for over a thousand tunes. Jack is an incredible piper, and a great instructor as well. One great feature of this site is that users may listen to a sample of each tune that's available.