KEVIN ANGUS
BAGPIPER & CELTIC INSTRUMENTALIST

Photo:  B. Angus
Hi - I'm Kevin.
I started playing the bagpipes as a wee lad.  The music of the highlands grabbed me when I was just 8 years old - it's been a part of my life ever since.

Over the years I've performed as a soloist, sung in choirs, played in pipe bands & Celtic bands, jazz combos & blues bands, symphonic bands & orchestras.

But it's the pipes that remain at the center of my musical life - playing at family gatherings, playing with friends and great musicians, playing for two presidents and even a prince.

And I would love to play for you !
Photos:  B. Angus & J.G. Angus unless otherwise noted
A few highlights ...
Performing Groups
Christmas Ceilidh Band:   2002 - present
... still having fun playing together!
  • Co-founder 
  • Scottish Smallpipes
  • Whistles
  • Saxophones
  • Clarinet
  • Percussion
  • Vocals
Bagad NY:   2012 - 2013, 2025 - present
  • Bombarde
Feadán Òr Pipe Band:   1995 - 2015
  • Pipe Major, Music Director, Co-founder
  • Great Highland Bagpipes
Mitzie Collins Ensembles:   1992 - 2001
  • ​Great Highland Bagpipes
  • Whistles
  • French Shuttlepipes
  • Vocals
Bagpiper with Christmas Ceilidh Band
Christmas Ceilidh Band (l to r - Kevin, Pat Carey, Cathy McGrath, Ben Ford, & Paul Gluchowski)
Performance Honors
As Pipe Major of the award winning Feadán Òr Pipe Band
  • Rochester Fringe Festival featured performer:   2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Northeastern United States Pipe Band Champion:   2004
  • Top-10 Ranking - Eastern United States Pipe Band Association:  1998-99, 2000-01, 2004-06, 2008, 2014
  • ​Top-5 Ranking - Canadian Pipe Band Championship:   2005
  • 31st Ryder Cup Matches, Oak Hill Country Club - Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremonies, Byron Nelson "Lord Byron" Hill-of-Fame Induction Ceremony:   1995
  • Over 100 Competition Prizes at Highland Games across the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada
Artistic Grant Awards
Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (underwriting Christmas Ceilidh Band)
  • "Celtic/Appalachian/Bluegrass Crossover":   2016
  • "Old as New, New as Old":   2015
  • "Celtic Language in Song" - Manx, Irish, Welsh, Breton, Scots English:   2014
  • "All Scottish & Spoken Word":   2013
  • "Pan Celtic Program" - Welsh, Breton, Galician, Manx, Cornish, Irish, Scottish:   2012
  • "Holiday Wassails & Celtic Songs":   2011
  • "Celtic Dance" - Scottish Ceilidh, Scottish Country, Irish Step, Breton Fest Noz:   2010 ​
New York State Council on the Arts (underwriting Feadán Òr Pipe Band)
  • "Concert of Scottish Song" w/Scottish folksinger Jim Malcolm and the Third Church Chancel Choir:   2004
  • "Bagpipes & Latin Sounds" Concert with Bevin Lynn (marimba):   2002
  • "Celtic Sunday Afternoon" concert series:   2001
  • "Concert of Scottish & American Spirit" with Genesee Valley Fife & Drum Corps:   2001
Picture
Jim Malcolm
Other Stuff !
Arts Grant Panelist
  • Genesee Valley Council on the Arts:   2023
Festival Director & Founder
  • High Banks Celtic Gathering  Highland Games:   2000 - 2007
Recordings
  • Celtic Christmas Ceilidh Band  (Blue on Blue Recording Studio):   2007
  • The White Cockade: The Final Cry for Freedom  (film soundtrack):   2003
Photo (snowflake):  K. Wagner
Bagpiper for Hire
Rochester, Canandaigua, Syracuse, Buffalo
​Finger Lakes, Genesee Valley, Western New York & beyond.
Kevin Angus - Bagpiping
 © 2025 Kevin Angus
​[email protected]
315-986-1313
All Photo Credits are K. Angus except where noted.
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