SHASTA PIPING SOCIETY

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 Serving students worldwide, the mission of the Shasta Piping Society is to foster interest and proficiency in the traditional music of Scotland. The main function of the SPS is to provide a program that enables disadvantaged youth to receive learning instruments, so the financial burden of the purchase of learning materials does not prevent them from becoming active musicians. 

The dedication many young students exhibit to learn the Great Highland Bagpipe is often dampened by the cost of learning the instrument.  The goal of the SPS is to provide learning materials to young students under financial hardship, so they can focus unhindered on the goal of becoming proficient players and learning the traditions and musicianship of the Scottish bagpipe culture.

 Another goal of the SPS is to encourage existing players to expand their repertoire to include musical scores and settings no longer widely heard by players or audiences.  Many of the most ancient arrangements have been lost to history, but others merely lie dormant and unheard because they do not fit into the modern musical structures suitable for the competition stage.  It is this loss of musical variety that the SPS hopes to abate by encouraging public recitals presenting Scottish pipe music that may not have been heard for generations.