Chris Armstrong (piper)

Chris Armstrong (born 2 February 1980) is a bagpiper from Scotland and pipe major of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.

Chris Armstrong
Born (1980-02-02) 2 February 1980
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
InstrumentsBagpipes
Associated actsScottishPower Pipe Band
Websitewww.chrisarmstrong.co

Life

Armstrong was born in Bathgate on 2 February 1980.[1] He started learning the bagpipes at the age of 6, and played in the Torphichen and Bathgate juvenile band, where he was taught by Pipe Major John Matheson.[2][3]

After a spell of not competing in a band, and then playing in a number of different groups, he became pipe sergeant of Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band for two years.[4]

He became pipe major of the David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band in 2004,[5] and then in 2006 became leader of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.[6]

He is an instructor at the National Piping Centre,[4] and also teaches at Strathallan School.[7] Armstrong also runs a business producing drone reeds, and has designed a range of bagpipes that are produced by Wallace Bagpipes.[8]

He favours a high-pitched chanter.[9]

Solo results

He has won major prizes for both pibroch and light music.[10]

Discography
  • Notes In Ma Heid (1997)
  • X-Treme
  • Quantum Leap (1999)

Bibliography
  • Notes frae ma Heid Volume 1
  • Notes frae ma Heid Volume 2
  • The Collection
  • RE:Tradition
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References
  1. Muirhead, Fergus; Reader, Eddi; Nunez, Carlos (2013). A Piper's Tale: Stories From The World's Top Pipers. Cargo Publishing. pp. 5–12. ISBN 978-1-908885-85-2.
  2. "The real life of Chris Armstrong". Bagpipe.news. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. Beaumont, Callum. "Chris Armstrong". The National Piping Centre eLearning. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Chris Armstrong". Allcelticmusic.com.
  5. "David Urquhart Travel makes leadership change official". Pipesdrums.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. "'David Urquhart Travel' intact as revitalized Grade 1 band sets '07 plans". Pipesdrums.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. "Strathallan Newsletter Autumn 2017". Issuu. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. "Chris Armstrong Bagpipe Products Ltd". Companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. McKerrell, Simon (2011). "Sound Performing: Sound Aesthetics among Competitive Pipers". International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music. 42 (1): 165–87. JSTOR 41228647.
  10. "Chris Armstrong Bagpipes". Chris Armstrong Bagpipes. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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