Chanter Classes

The NCSU Music Department offers chanter classes each semester. A class for NCSU students "Beginning Bagpipes" meets on Wednesdays from 7-9 PM . The course is listed in TRACS as MUS 152 and offers a one hour credit.

Members of the community may register for the class by calling John Sprague at 828-1269. Community people pay $100 per semester for the class.

Each student needs a practice chanter (the instrument on which the music is first learned). Practice chanters are available at the first class meeting at a charge of approximately $60. The class is designed to train pipers for the bagpipe band at NCSU. Students who successfully complete the class will be invited to join the band. For band members, the bagpipes, uniforms, reeds and further instruction are free.

Bagpipe Bands

The NCSU Pipes and Drums currently consists of two distinct groups. The Grade IV Band rehearses at Cardinal Gibbons High School, 1401 Edwards Mill Road in Raleigh. The Grade III Band rehearses in Room 120 of Price Music Center, Cates Avenue, NCSU campus.