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International Uilleann Piping Day on 7th November – Online Programme

Online Workshops – Delivered through Zoom

  • 10am – 11.30am – Pipes Maintenance Workshop w/ David Lim
  • 3pm – 4.30pm – Advanced Masterclass w/ Seán Gavin *fully booked*
  • 5pm – 6.30pm – Intermediate Masterclass w/ Debbie Quigley *fully booked*

Times indicated are Irish Standard Times.

Note: Classes for International Uilleann Piping Day are free of charge

Places on this course are limited. To register your interest or for more information please contact info@pipers.ie or call +353 1 8730093.

Recital & Link-Up

8pm – Online Recital and Link-Up with organisers around the world on Facebook Live 

Our guests will be:
Wynton Moore (New Zealand)
Larry Dunne (USA)
Emmett Gill (Ireland)
Pamela Schweblin (Argentina)
Matthew Horsley (Australia)
Eriko Mizukami (Japan)

And we will be sharing highlights from the past 10 years.

Details on Pipes Maintenance Course

Na Píobairí Uilleann are pleased to announce that we will be holding an online pipes maintenance course using Zoom video calling. The course will take place with pipe maker David Lim.

The workshop will comprise of practical demonstrations on how to solve various problems that participants may have encountered with their pipes, and give them the confidence to attempt some of this maintenance work themselves. Topics will include:

  • rehemping loose joints
  • repair and/or replacement of valves in both bag and bellows
  • tying a chanter stock into a bag
  • cutting a bag to tie-in a blow pipe
  • a systematic approach to leak detection and repair
  • replacement of key pads
  • cleaning of uilleann pipes

Participants should send, in advance, any queries, faults, or problems that they might like covered when they make their application for a place on the course. They should have their own pipes to hand when logging in to the workshop.

Places on this course are limited. To register your interest or for more information please contact info@pipers.ie or call +353 1 8730093.