Perhaps nowhere are the bagpipes more fitting and stirring than the setting of a memorial service. The bagpipes resonate in a special way that cuts through everything and inspires an atmosphere of finality and introspection.

Celebration of life

The first few notes of "Amazing Grace" drive many to tears, but the sound of the bagpipes can touch off many different emotions. They can affect a sombre and austere mood, or they can be a call to the celebration of life.

Church, cemetery, forest

Often, a piper plays at both the church service and at the gravesite. But each memorial service is different. Whether the setting is a church, a funeral home, a cemetery, or a forest grove, a bagpiper can be worked seamlessly into the ceremony. Often the piper is also invited to the wake after the service.