GORDON J. MOONEY, Scottish Piper
He has been playing ‘The Devil’s Instrument’ for over 40 years but hasn’t entered into any pacts, as yet! He attributes his
skill on the Highland, Lowland, Border and Northumbrian Bagpipes and the whistle solely to many years of dedication and
practice.
Gordon's knowledge of piping spans many centuries of music and lore and encompasses many styles. He is an erudite scholar of the music and an outstanding player. His books include, A Tutor for Cauld Wind Bagpipes, A Choice Collection of Tunes for the
Lowland and Border Bagpipes, O’er the Border, and A Scottish Wedding.
Awards include Billboard Award 1993, and election as Fellow of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has dual EEC and
Canadian Citizenship.
The revival of interest in the music of the Scottish Borders of the last few decades is due, in no small part, to the pioneering work of Gordon Mooney. Gordon was one of the founding members of the Lowland and Border Pipers' Society , which works hard to promote the playing of "Cauld Wind Pipes." Gordon’s collections of Border music,‘O’ER THE BORDER’ and ‘CHOICEST TUNES,’ described as "seminal works which deserve a place in any bellows piper's library," have been republished this year by the Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society as 
GORDON MOONEY'S COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC FOR LOWLAND AND BORDER BAGPIPES.
This 72-page combined collection, includes settings of 95 tunes and detailed historical notes.
In between photography romps around Odd Scotland, when Gordon is not making Nortumbrian bagpipes in - where else? - but his shed, he's hand crafting gorgeous timber whistles made from blackwood and enlaid with Celtic rings, as you see in the photo below. See and hear Gordon playing one of his own compositions on the pipes Read some of Gordon's own writing mischief...
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