Alasdair teaches the Carnegie-Mellon University Pipe Band in Pittsburgh. He also has 17 years of experience as piper and Pipe Major with the Queen's Own Highlanders, serving for many years as instructor to prepare recruits to be Regimental Pipers. In addition, he has had an astounding number of successes at piping competitions over the years. For example, he won every event he entered at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in 1986. He won the Inverness Former Winners MSR ten times between 1986-2002, more than any other piper in history! In 2002 he won the Glenfiddich Championship MSR for the sixth time. Alasdair is clearly one of the world's very best solo pipers. Glasgow born and son of famous father Norman who competed successfully at all the major games throughout the 60's. The family moved to Ullapool in Scotland's West Highlands in the early 70's when Norman became a piping teacher with the schools in Wester Ross. Alasdair joined the army as a boy soldier and blossomed through the piping ranks including distinguished honours at the Pipe major's course at Edinburgh Castle. | 
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