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HIRE A PIPER	PRICES	ABOUT
FUNERALS	WEDDINGS	TESTIMONIALS
REPERTOIRE	REEDS	SHEET MUSIC

HIRE A PIPER

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• FORMER WORLD & AUSTRALIAN GRADE ONE PIPE BAND CHAMPION

• FROM $220 FOR ALL MELBOURNE SUBURBS

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My name is Ross Bates and I am available to play the bagpipes in Melbourne, Geelong and Country Victoria.

• Mobile: 0411 168 146

• Email: rabates1@live.com

I have been playing the bagpipes as a soloist and in bands for the last 41 years and have a wealth of professional experience, including 15 years with the Victoria Police Pipe Band.

Among my achievements in piping:

• Winning the 1998 Grade 1 World Pipe Band Championship with the Victoria Police Pipe Band in Glasgow, Scotland.


• Receiving the 2012 Sir Rupert Hamer Award for services to Pipe Bands.

• Receiving the Advanced Piping Certificate (Australian Pipe Band Association) and the Adjudicators Certificate (Australian Pipe Band Association).

• Participating in the 2018 Basel Military Tattoo in Switzerland, with the Rats Of Tobruk Memorial Pipes & Drums.

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SAMPLE SOUND FILES

The following sound files are a selection of tunes played on the Blair Chanter.

My broader repertoire can be found here. I am also happy to play special requests that may not be listed.

Please note that any tune can be played to suit any length of time and at a preferred tempo if required.

ABIDE WITH ME

AIDA TRIUMPHAL MARCH

AMAZING GRACE

BASEL TATTOO WALTZ

FLOWER OF SCOTLAND

FLOWERS OF THE FOREST

GLASGOW POLICE PIPERS

GOING HOME

HERE COMES THE BRIDE

HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL

IAIN RUAIDH'S LAMENT

JAMESON'S REEL

MEGALOMANIA

MULL OF KINTYRE

MURRAY'S FANCY WALTZ

MY HEART WILL GO ON

ODE TO JOY

ON THE TURNING AWAY

SCOTLAND THE BRAVE

SKYE BOAT SONG

SMOKIN' IN THE KITCHEN

THE BLACK BEAR

THE BLAIR HIGHLANDERS

THE BROWN HAIRED MAIDEN

THE DAY THOU GAVEST, LORD IS ENDED

THE FOXHUNTER'S JIG & WELCOME THE PIPER

THE HEN'S MARCH

THE MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE & A 100 PIPERS

THE PARTING GLASS

THE ROSE

TRUMPET VOLUNTARY

WHEN THE PIPER PLAYS
 

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Leading the Bridal Party at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne.

Photo courtesy of Leo Farrell.

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UNIFORM

The uniform worn will include the traditional Scottish kilt, in your choice of the following tartans: Royal Stewart, Ramsay Blue, Hamilton Grey, MacKenzie and MacDonald, as illustrated below. Also available is the Murray Of Atholl tartan.
 

With the Rats Of Tobruk Memorial Pipe Band, at the 2018 Basel Military Tattoo,  Switzerland.