• Introduction
• Pipe Band Training and Qualifications
• Current Band Appointments - Who's who this year.
• Pipe Majors, Drum Majors and Lead Drummers
• Pipe Band Music - wav, mid and mp3 files of our Band repertoire and other tunes
• Pipes and Pipe Bands - The page is full of historical information about military pipers and pipe bands.
• Musical Links - To Military Music and Pipe & Drum sites, check out the listings on our Links Page.
• Striving for Piping Excellence in Toronto - by Mike Paterson. Reprinted in the Spring 2005 Andrean with permission from Piping Today, published out of The National Piping Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, October 2003

Introduction

The Pipes and Drum are an integral part of the St. Andrew's College Highland Cadet Corps and one of it's best known elements. The primary responsibility of the Pipe Band is to provide music for the Battalion when it is on the march. In this role the Band will be front and centre at the Annual Church Parade, the Headmaster's Parade and the Annual Inspection.

The Band also provides a particularly challenging performance when they play (on ice!) for the opening of the MacPherson Hockey Tournament hosted annually by SAC. They represent the Corps and school at a variety of events such as the Aurora Santa Claus Parade and have competed in the Area and Regional Cadet Band Competitions.  

Individual pipers are called upon for a variety of events during the school year such as Remembrance Day, the St. Andrew's Day Dinner and for the Annual Cadet Officers' and Senior NCOs' Mess Dinner. 

Instruction on the pipes and drums can start as early as Grade 6, 7 or 8 and when musicians have reached a certain level of proficiency, they are invited to join the Senior Band.