One of the Festival’s most loved components is the Spanish Peaks Piping Retreat (Sept. 19-21) . Celebrating its 19th anniversary this year, the retreat features small class sizes and a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The Scottish smallpipes stream will be taught by Michael Roddy from Nova Scotia and folks in the Uilleann pipes class will learn with Will Woodson from Maine. Both gents are highly regarded and experienced musicians who perform and teach across North America. (Will is also a master maker of Uilleann pipes and as part of his course he will lead a workshop focused on making chanter reeds.)
This year, we’re thrilled to offer for loan during the retreat a beautiful set of Fred Morrison’s mouth-blown Scottish smallpipes. So, if you’ve ever dreamed of giving this melodic and versatile instrument a go, now’s your chance (first come, first served)! Reach out to spanishpeakspipingretreat@gmail.com for more info.
Registering for the piping retreat is easy via the Festival’s ticket page.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you to lovely La Veta a few weeks from now!
