NYC Bagpipes

NYC Bagpipes latest news includes a performance at a celebrity event for Stella McCartney, a viral mock protest at Washington Square Park, and a 1st place prize at a highland games competition.

NYC Bagpipes' Cristopher Rodriguez attended the Invermark Summer Piping and Drumming School in person for the first time.

NYC Bagpipes has just concluded its busiest season to date.  Beginning with St. Patrick's season in March and ending with the NYC Tartan Day Parade, Cristopher Rodriguez of NYC Bagpipes was hired for over 30 performances, spanning four states.

NYC Bagpipes publicly announced today that the development of a bagpipe club is in the works and is to be held in New York City.

On September 25th, 2021 NYC Bagpipes' bagpiper Cristopher Rodriguez helped the Sean McGonigal Memorial pipe band receive the 1st place award in the Grade 4 Pipe Band event held at the annual Celtic Classic festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

NYC Bagpipes' Cristopher Rodriguez earned 1st place overall at the 8th Annual Covenanter Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Grade 2 solo bagpiping. The annual competition was held in Quarryville, Pennsylvania on September 11th, 2021.

NYC Bagpipes Bagpiper earns scholarships Cristopher Rodriguez a native New Yorker and competition bagpiper has earned 2 scholarships over the summer of 2021.

Cristopher Rodriguez earned his first Grade 2 Solo Bagpipe AGL (above grade level) on June 27th, 2021 at the Round Hill Highland Games in Lime Rock, CT.  Cristopher Rodriguez earned the AGL competing in the 2/4 March event. Joe Brady Jr.