Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...

Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii members perform at the Spirit of ’45 Wreath Laying Ceremony at Punchbowl in August 2015. Learning to play a bagpipe, like learning any musical instrument, takes time ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. − If you're looking for a new hobby and you've always wanted to try the bagpipes, you're in luck: A Lafayette-based teacher is a professionally trained bagpiper looking for more ...

Every Tuesday afternoon, an unusual sounds emanates from room 141 of The Woodlands High School. Judging by the school's mascot, however, the sound should be a familiar one, and if Craig Livingston has ...

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A bagpipe sounds so beautiful, firefighter Tony Nickelatti said, it gives him goosebumps. But learning to make those same emotive sounds isn't quite so pretty. "It's been a struggle," said Nickelatti.