Solo Piping is Associated with Church Events

Solo piping is often associated with church related events.  Music arranged for The Church Piper series is designed to serve those pipers.  They must be ready and well prepared.  Familiar band pieces aren’t always appropriate and advance notice isn’t always given.  To learn selections from The Church Piper music books will assure readiness for the occasion.

The majority of a piper’s solo engagements are related to church events such as weddings, memorials, call to worship, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or a graduation banquet.  All are occasions in which God is to be honored.  To play a hymn that expounds upon the love of God, or His Almighty power, the piper must know God the Father and Jesus the Son, in a personal way.  Only when a piper knows God, can he or she play with a feeling that says, “God is a Friend of mine, and I want to tell you about Him.”  To play a hymn such as, “I Sing the Mighty Power of God,” one must know the characteristics that make God mighty, or know why we have reason to sing, “The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.” Consequently, thoughts related to playing before God are provided in addition to musical arrangements.

This is how The Church Piper music books provide pipers with more than the music.  The purpose of its dissertations is to help pipers make God a personal part of their lives and their music both worshipful and meaningful.  A piper will become a vehicle through whom the longings of God’s people will be carried upwards to be heard by Him, while His blessings will flow back to His listeners.  This is The Church Piper’s objective.  There is satisfaction in seeing pipers recognizing that a personal relationship with God makes their music much more meaningful than if they didn’t know Him at all

Pipers can check their favourite bagpipe shops to enquire about the books that will complete their library of The Church Piper.

The Church Piper's Latest Book

Presently, I am distributing my newest “Church Piper” music book.  The fifteenth volume in The Church Piper series was published recently, with the title, “Patriotic Music & Familiar Folk Songs,” and it has been welcomed exceptionally well.  Notes from pipers have encouraged me to continue arranging and publishing music for the pipes, particularly to enable pipers to play the appropriate music in church.  One piper said, “Your admonition to use our God given talents for the work of the Lord is very important to me,” while another wrote, “Thank you for a great ministry and labour of love.”

It’s true, that I love to arrange music for the pipes and be prepared with suitable music, to play on innumerable special occasions, when I’m invited.  I also love to share what I’ve done with other pipers.  Using our God-given talents for the benefit of others is an obligation that any of us should recognize, as we consider what Jesus did for us in giving us newness of life.

My latest book of music arranged for the bagpipes, namely, “Patriotic Music and Familiar Folk Songs,” with its national anthems and nostalgic songs also contains several beautiful hymns.  Other books in this series were based on themes such as Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Heaven, Memorials, Weddings, Scottish Music, Gardening, Sailing, Friends & Neighbors and Sojourning, to name a few; all for the convenience of pipers who need a ready source of music suitable for their engagements.  They are available either from Henderson’s Imports or other Scottish shops in the world.

A subsequent hymnbook will most likely be published.  It will be “Aspiring Hymns,” with the theme of aspiring to develop one’s character to mirror that of Jesus.  After that, it will be, “Worshipful Hymns,” to suit the commencement of worship services by the piper.  Already, there are a sufficient number of hymns to do so.  Along with hymns, in each of these books, there will be a number of short articles written on the privilege of being invited to play for call to worship in a church.

In the meantime, “Patriotic Music and Familiar Folk Songs” is available from the author. Pipers are welcomed to enquire about it.