Chris Armstrong | |
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| Born | 2 February 1980 Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Instrument | Bagpipes |
| Website | www |
Chris Armstrong BEM (born 2 February 1980) is a bagpiper from Scotland and pipe major of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.
Armstrong was born in Bathgate on 2 February 1980. [1] He started learning the bagpipes at the age of 6, and played in the Torphichen and Bathgate juvenile band, where he was taught by Pipe Major John Matheson. [2] [3]
After a spell of not competing in a band, and then playing in a number of different groups, he became pipe sergeant of Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band for two years. [4]
He became pipe major of the David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band in 2004, [5] and then in 2006 became leader of the ScottishPower Pipe Band. [6]
He is an instructor at the National Piping Centre, [4] and also teaches at Kilmarnock Schools pipe band. [7] Armstrong also runs a business producing drone reeds, and has designed a range of bagpipes that are produced by Wallace Bagpipes. [8]
He favours a high-pitched chanter. [9]
He has won major prizes for both pibroch and light music. [10]