Paul Cora – Piper
Serving the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro area, as well as Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey

At age 15 I began my study of the highland bagpipe and since the mid 1980s I’ve played with bands and have won prizes individually at highland games and Celtic festivals throughout the eastern U.S.

No other instrument captures the attention of a crowd quite like the bagpipe. Over the years it has been my pleasure to bring the thrill and mystique of the highland pipe to diverse audiences at a wide range of gatherings that have included weddings, graduation ceremonies, corporate functions, school functions, fundraisers, processions, anniversary parties, birthday parties, military dining-ins, memorials and funerals.

My philosophy has always been to determine exactly what the client has in mind for a performance, and then to deliver it in way that compliments the tone of the gathering. I am always happy to assist with planning and to offer the benefits of my experience to produce complete satisfaction for the client and their guests.

Contact me to find out how I can make your next gathering one to remember!

· Reliable and often available on short notice
· Over 20 years of performance experience
· Complete Professionalism
· Wide musical repertoire
· Fair rates

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The highland pipe is suited to many varieties of musical expression – from traditional Celtic airs, marches, jigs and reels, to hymns, folk songs and even popular tunes – the bagpipe can capture the tone of your gathering like no other instrument.

In addition to my standard repertoire, I have often tailored a performance to suit a client’s special need for tunes not originally composed for the highland bagpipe. These tunes have included The Cornell University Fight Song “High Above Cayuga’s Waters,” “Kannon in D” by Johann Pachelbel, Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus”, “Theme From Star Wars,” and Jimmy Buffet’s “Margaritaville” to name a few.

In my experience some tunes fit certain occasions best – I have suggested below, some tunes for weddings and funerals, for example.

Standard Repertoire:

Scots’ Tunes:

- Marches-
Scotland the Brave
Highland Laddie
Caber Feidh
The Brown Haired Maiden
The Black Bear
The Royal Scots Polka
All the Blue Bonnets
Pibroch O’ Donald Dubh
Leaving Port Askaig
The Atholl Highlanders

-Strathspeys-
The Rose Among the Heather
Devil in the Kitchen
Loudon’s Bonnie Braes and Woods
Orange and Blue

- Reels-
High Road to Linton
The Devil Among the Tailors
The Piper of Drummond

- Jigs-
The Banjo Breakdown
The Glasgow Police Pipers
The Jig of Slurs

- Slow Marches –
The Skye Boat Song
Leaving St. Kilda
The Dark Island

- Miscellaneous-
Auld Lang Syne
Highland Cathedral
The Rose of Kelvingrove

Irish Tunes:
- Marches -
Garry Owen
St. Patrick’s Day
Brian Boru
Rory O’More
McNamara’s Band
The Wearin O’ the Green
The Minstrel Boy
The Star of County Down

- Jigs-
The Foxhunter
Welcome the Piper
Paddy’s Leather Britches
Cork Hill

- Traditional Airs-
For Ireland I Will Not Tell Her Name
Oft in the Stilly Night
God Save Ireland Said They All
Danny Boy

Music Suited For Weddings:

Wedding Chorus (“Here Comes the Bride”)
Highland Cathedral
Pachelbel’s Cannon in D
Haste to the Wedding
Ode to Joy

Just for Fun

Happy Birthday
Theme from Star Wars
I’m A Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Olympic March

Military Tunes:
As the Caissons Go Rolling Along
The Marines’ Hymn

Music for Funerals:

Going Home
When the Battle is O’er
The Flowers of the Forest
Amazing Grace
My Home
The Mist Covered Mountains

Hymns:

Abide With Me
Hyferdol (“Alleluia, Sing to Jesus”)
How Great Thou Art
Nearer My God to Thee

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