Tue, Apr 08
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: The Bagpipe of Ireland and Scotland
“The Bagpipe of Ireland and Scotland,” on the intertwined roots of two cultures and an instrument that unites them, a talk and performance by Edward Kitlowski, scholar of Scottish and Irish history and director of the US Naval Academy Pipes and Drums band.
Time & Location
Apr 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Bagpipe of Ireland and Scotland,” on the intertwined roots of two cultures and an instrument that unites them, a talk and performance by Edward Kitlowski, scholar of Scottish and Irish history and director of the US Naval Academy Pipes and Drums band.
Come to Profs and Pints to gain a richer understanding of a stirring sound you hear whenever Saint Patrick’s Day and National Tartan Day—the annual April 6th celebration of Scotland’s 1320 Declaration of Independence—come around.
Learn about the bagpipe as a legacy of the shared history of Ireland and Scotland with Ed Kitlowski, an accomplished bagpiper and pipe major who studied Scottish and Irish history at the University of Edinburgh and has published articles on the bagpipe’s history.
He’ll take you back in time to when the Irish and Scottish people considered themselves to be the same and he’ll look at key…