College of Piping
The College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland, was founded in 1944 by Seamus MacNeill and Thomas Pearston to pass on Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe playing (Gaelic : A' Phìob Mhòr) traditions of Ceòl Mòr (Piobaireachd) and Ceòl Beag (Light Music) through offering bagpipe lessons, as well as to preserve the heritage of the Great Highland Bagpipe through its museum, piping artifacts, collection of manuscripts and memorabilia.
Seamus MacNeill and Thomas Pearston also published the first of three volumes of the “College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor” in 1960. This Bagpipe Tutor was first translated into Scottish Gaelic in 2008.
The College of Piping also publishes “Piping Times” as well as books about bagpiping. Seamus MacNeill was its editor from 1948 to 1996.
Robert Wallace is the current principal of the College of Piping, as well as the editor of “Piping Times.”
The College of Piping in Glasgow is a registered charity in the United Kingdom.
References
MacNeill, Seamus, and Thomas Pearston, (Robert Wallace, ed.). 2008. The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor, Pt. 1. (New Revised Edition, with CD or MP3). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.
MacNeill, Seamus, and Thomas Pearston, (Robert Wallace, ed.). 2008. The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor, Pt. 2. (With DVD). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.
MacNeill, Seamus, and Thomas Pearston, (Robert Wallace, ed.). 2008. The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor, Pt. 3. (with CD ). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.
MacNeill, Seamus, and Thomas Pearston, (Robert Wallace, ed.). 2008. The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor for Piobaireachd. (with CD). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.
Wallace, Robert, ed. 2008. The College of Piping Highland Bagpipe Tutor, Pt. 1. (In Scottish Gaelic, with CD). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.
Wallace, Robert, ed. Piping Times. (Periodical). Glasgow, Scotland: College of Piping.