Educational Resources and Articles

Piping

• Thoughts on solo piping for the new piper (Tad Myers)
• Metronome Use for Beginners (Michael Kotch)
• Making Audio Learning Visual (Ken Eller)
• The Piper's Mind (Vincent Janoski)
• Starting Off - Tips and Advice for the Beginning Piper (Vincent Janoski)

Drumming

• International Pipe Band Drummer (Vol. 1, Issue 1-July August 1993)
• International Pipe Band Drummer (Vol. 1, Issue 2-September October 1993)

• Alex Duthart Biography (from International Pipe Band Drummer Magazine, Apr/May 1994)
• Alex Duthart Close-Up (from International Pipe Band Drummer Magazine, Oct/Nov 1997)
• Jimmy Catherwood Biography (from The Pipe Band, RSPBA, Sep/Oct 1988)
• John Kirkwood Biography (from North American Scotsman, 1971)

MWPBA Video Series

The MWPBA has hosted several interviews with piping, drumming, and pipe band celebrities. These interviews are instructional, educational, and historical.

1. P/M Ken Eller talks about what he, as an Adjudicator, looks for in a pipe band performance from the piping as well as the ensemble perspective (Oct, 2020) (watch video)
2. J. Reid Maxwell, lead drummer of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (Nov., 2020) (watch video)
3. Jack Lee, Gold Medal Winner (Oban, 2001) and Pipe Sergeant of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (Dec., 2020) (watch video)
4. Cliff Davis and Jeff Kruske of the Midwest Highland Arts Fund, talking about the founding and history of the Winter Storm Indoor Contest and Seminars (Feb., 2021) (watch video)