McMichael Piping

Bob McMichael lives in western Idaho and has been a musician for more than 45 years. His primary instruments have been woodwinds, but he also plays keyboards, percussion, and guitar. His love of the bagpipes began as a young child but it was not until 2007 that he began playing them. Bob currently studies with superstar bagpiper Bruce Gandy (via Skype from Nova Scotia), and has studied with piobaireachd authority Andrew Wright, Ann Gray, Glenn Brown, Chris Armstrong (the latter two at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland), as well as the piping instructors at the Celtic Arts Foundation Winter School, which include Murray Henderson, Stuart Liddell, Jack Lee, Willie McCallum, Angus MacColl, Roddy MacLeod, Callum Beaumont, and Brian Donaldson.

As a teacher, Bob draws on his extensive education in musical traditions as well as social and cultural history to provide a broad canvas for students wishing to learn not only the music but also its historical importance and cultural significance. As a music major in college, having earned an Ivy League Ph.D., and teaching music history at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and Boise State, and — since 2012 — middle and high school English, Bob knows how to teach to all levels and abilities.

Weddings and anniversary parties, birthdays, grand openings, funerals, athletic competitions, holiday celebrations, parades: there is no event imaginable that cannot be improved with live bagpipe music. Everyone involved will remember the event for years simply because of the bagpipes. Visit the Bookings page to request a performance.

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