2024 Recipient
We have received no applicants for our SPS Pipe Scholarship program this year. Since some of our donated bagpipes have shown up on the vintage bagpipe market for sale, we've decided to no longer offer the full set of pipes for scholarship and focus on simply providing chanter learning materials for new applicants.
For our annual acquired funds received from the sale of used bagpipes, we have donated those funds and more to the following entities. Our intention is that these donations assist the support of music we all admire.
KKRN.ORG
This radio station is a community station run and financed by volunteers. It also happens to be the station that airs The Piping Hour on Wednesdays at 10 pm PST at 88.5 FM in Redding, California. All archived shows are available to listen to for free at KKRN.ORG.
https://kkrn.org/shows/the-piping-hour-with-steve-rook
EPIC East Ayrshire Pipe Band Academy
Started by Karen MacCrindle and Paul Warren, this registered charity provides piping and drumming instruction in an underserved area of Scotland. Karen was an award-winning piobaireachd composer and the editor of the Shasta Collection of Modern Piobaireachd. Their work has gone from strength to strength, and culminated in a grand concert event and recording that is available on a CD offered on their website.