The “Associazione Piper Italiani – Italian Pipers’ Association" and the "Bagpipe Italian Group" announce the fourth edition of the Italian Spring Piping School that will be held in Isernia in Isernia on April, 7 to 12, 2010

The initiative derives from a five years long project of collaboration between the Italian Piper’s Association and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and it also has the artistic support by the “Bagpipe Italian Group” and by the “National Piping Centre”.

We are very happy to share the beauties and joy of our early Italian spring with pipers from abroad because, as learners, we are keen to widen our circles of friends — and we concede that Highland piping is relatively young here. But you will not be compromising your learning experience by coming all the way to Italy, nor will you experience anything but the highest possible teaching standards. We are very keen. We are very determined, and we have gone to the best.

By working with the National Piping Centre, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music Drama, as well as leading pipe makers and suppliers and many of the finest pipers of Scotland and Canada, we ensure that we bring in the best for ourselves, as well as for our guests. The school’s core programme is a busy schedule of performance, maintenance, music and interpretation workshops in small groups and individual tuition at all levels for the great Highland bagpipe. A gala concert, ceilidhs, CLASP Competition and PDQB exams will also take place. And to make this tuition available as affordably as possible to participants without compromising teacher-student ratios, the Italian Spring Piping School is exceptionally generously sponsored by Local Municipalities, business and social organizations.

When you come to the Italian Spring Piping School you are warmly welcomed and embraced by a community that derives its affinities with piping from its own heritage — as the heartland of the Zampogna Molisana, a tradition that is embarking on an exciting revival of its own. Then there is our food, our wine, our scenery, our wider heritage… we are proud of these things too, and we look forward to sharing the wonderful days of spring with you in Isernia.

BOOKING EXPIRING DATE : 20 March 2010 !