Piping Classes
New Students Welcome!
No previous music training required.
Practice Chanters may be purchased through our friends at Gibson Bagpipes LLC
Teaching materials will be handed out and are also available on our Bagpipe Library page.
Instructors : Campbell Webster and Lezlie Webster
Campbell Webster has been piping for 18 years and is one of the top professionally-ranked bagpipers in North America. At 25 years old, he has enjoyed a large amount of success in his piping career. He has performed across the United States, Canada, and Europe, in military tattoos in Switzerland and at Edinburgh Castle, and tours with the world-renowned Red Hot Chilli Pipers and Dropkick Murphys. He has competed in the World Pipe Band Championships on several occasions with the Stuart Highlanders Grade 1 pipe band, and more recently with the Worcester Kiltie Grade 2 band. Campbell is also the pipe major of the New Hampshire Pipes and Drums Grade 4 band, leading them to become New England Champions in their division in 2018.
Lezlie Webster has been teaching for over 40 years and has produced many top professional pipers over her long career. She has been a professionally-ranked piper since 1973, and has had lots of success in international competitions. She was the first female piping judge in the United States, and she continues to judge at Highland Games and piping competitions around the United States and Canada. Lezlie founded the Boston Police Pipe Band and the Gaelic Fire Brigade Pipe Band in Boston, and currently she instructs the New Hampshire Police Pipe Band and the New Hampshire Pipes and Drums grade 5 band. She also teaches at various private schools in the New Hampshire and surrounding area, including St. Paul’s, Phillips Andover, Phillips Exeter, and Groton. Lezlie is a Graduate of the Institute of Piping and has had proven success with students of all skill levels. To book lessons – see calendar app on www.lezliewebster.com
For beginners information – try our new https://learn2pipe.org/
Students vary in age from 8 to 80 and competitively from grade 5 to professional. Campbell and Lezlie welcome all students seeking to learn or improve.
Contact us at nescarts@gmail.com for more information about lessons.