Instrument
Bagpipes, War-Mac
Joined the band:
2004 (instructor)
Influences:
PM Richard Parkes MBE, Jack Lee, PM Gordon Walker
Competition status:
Grade 1.
Profession:
Graphic Design
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Scott began playing
pipes at the age of 16. Initially taught by Frank Riggio,
he joined the Tara Pipes and Drums of Massapequa in 2000.
While at Tara, he received instruction from James Ryan,
former Pipe Major of the American Celtic Pipe Band. Scott
went on to play with the Monaghan
Pipe Band of New York City in 2002.
Scott has won numerous piping awards and scholarships
throughout the United States and Canada. In 2003, Scott
won the overall season standings in Grade 3 and was
declared "Champion Supreme" by the Eastern
United States Pipe Band Association. He now competes
in Grade 1 solos.
Scott is currently a student of Pipe Major George M.
Bell. His favorite competition pipe band is the Field
Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band of Northern Ireland. A
few of his favorite composers include Donald MacLeod,
Mark Saul and Ryan Canning. Scott plays a set of 1980
War-Mac Bagpipes. His most memorable moment with the
band was when he became airborne on the bus ride home
from Montauk. (Shattering Marty's beer cooler with the
landing!)
Email Scott
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