Elise MacGregor Ferrell Bagpiper from Santa Cruz, CA

Dress-up your wedding! Give someone you love a birthday surprise. Or create the right mood for a beautiful sendoff. Clients praise bagpiper Elise MacGregor Ferrell for having a professional attitude, helping clients choose appropriate music, spicing up parties with cheerful dance tunes, and playing expressively for emotional occasions. Elise performs seasonally with Eastern Canada’s 100-year-old Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band, competes year-round with California’s Silicon Valley Pipe Band, as well as performing with the Monterey Bay Pipe Band, and she performs solo each year at Kincardine harbor’s historical lighthouse and Silver Mountain Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The private events Elise plays for typically include funerals, weddings, whiskey tastings, corporate parties, military ceremonies, birthday parties, golf tournaments, and senior homes. Her repertoire includes over an hour and a half's worth of beautiful Funeral Music, Irish "Top 40," Scottish Songs of Glory, Palace Marches, Military Anthems, Old Scottish Ballads, Showy Competition Sets, and some novelty rock n' roll music. You can hear Elise's professional bagpipe recordings on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube (under "Charmas"). Here main bagpipes are currently ornate Broadley bagpipes, handmade in Scotland, as well as MacLellan bagpipes, often tuned in Bb for concert pitch, which she has set up nicely for ash scatterings at sea. In addition to being a bagpiper, Elise also plays fiddle and can give you a full-event quote from her 3-5 piece band, Charmas, for live wedding music, including American or Celtic dance music for the reception, as well as fun and nostalgic music for birthday parties, wakes, and other special events. Bagpipes are a demanding and finicky instrument, requiring constant maintenance, precise tuning, and daily practice, so before you choose a bagpiper, please listen to carefully to demos from everyone you will consider. You should hear a consistently "sweet" tone (good tuning) and steady drone pitches (good blowing technique). Remember to consider how far your piper will travel, as well as all the time they will invest prior to your event, making sure to put on a good show. Nobody wants to cancel a booking, but another reason to be wary of low bids is to avoid the possibility of a higher bidder wooing your piper, and also so that if your piper experiences a true emergency and needs to cancel, they might be able to find a substitute for you at the same price. Some clients "only" want a single song (such as Amazing Grace), but please keep in mind that spending an $50 extra can make the difference between just hearing bagpipes or having a truly memorable experience. Song requests are welcome, and if you have any unusual requests, Elise will be happy to discuss what kind of music adapts well to bagpipes.

• Bathgate Highland Gathering | MARCHES
• Lord Lovat’s Lament | MARCHES
• Inner Guard | MARCHES
• Pikeman’s March | MARCHES
• Andrew Warnock’s March | MARCHES
• Cabar Feidh | MARCHES
• Scotland the Brave | MARCHES
• Rowan Tree | MARCHES
• Wings | MARCHES
• No Awa a Bide Awa | MARCHES
• Green Hills of Tyrol | MARCHES
• When the Battle’s Over | MARCHES
• Teribus | MARCHES
• Corrichollie’s Welcome | MARCHES
• My Land | MARCHES
• Meeting of the Waters | MARCHES
• March of the Champions Supreme | MARCHES
• Magersfontein | MARCHES
• Loch Marie | MARCHES
• Horsbrugh Castle | MARCHES
• High Road to Gairloch | MARCHES
• Heights of Dargai | MARCHES
• Glenfinnan Highland Gathering | MARCHES
• Glendarual Highlanders | MARCHES
• Gardens of Skye | MARCHES
• Flett from Flotta | MARCHES
• Cullen Bay | MARCHES
• Crags of Tumbledown Mountain | MARCHES
• Colin’s Cattle | MARCHES
• Cockney Jocks | MARCHES
• Bonnie Lass of Fyvie | MARCHES
• Castle Dangerous | MARCHES
• The Black Bear | MARCHES
• The Barren Rocks of Aden | MARCHES
• 100 Pipers | MARCHES
• Dark Island | MARCHES
• Carradale Bay | MARCHES
• Donald MacLellan of Rothsay | MARCHES
• Hot Punch | MARCHES
• King George V Army | MARCHES
• The Dunkirk Gallant Boatman | MARCHES
• Dream Valley of Glendaruel | MARCHES
• Southall | MARCHES
• MacFail From Bunessan | MARCHES
• Auchmountains Bonnie Glen | MARCHES
• The Rose of Allendale | MARCHES
• Piobaireached of Donald Dubh | MARCHES
• Kilworth Hills | MARCHES
• Falkland Palace | MARCHES
• Australian Ladies | MARCHES
• At Long Last | MARCHES
• Walter Douglas M.B.E. | MARCHES
• Sweet Maid of the Glendaruel | MARCHES
• Molly Connell | STRATHSPEYS
• Ewe with a Crookit Horn | STRATHSPEYS
• Craig a Bodich | STRATHSPEYS
• Mac an Irish | STRATHSPEYS
• Seoneidh’s Tune | STRATHSPEYS
• Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes | STRATHSPEYS
• Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch | STRATHSPEYS
• Caledonian Canal | STRATHSPEYS
• Under the Triboro | STRATHSPEYS
• Highland Harry | STRATHSPEYS
• Ghillie Callum | STRATHSPEYS
• Dornie Ferry | STRATHSPEYS
• Susan Salsitz | STRATHSPEYS
• Hey Johnnie | STRATHSPEYS
• Big John MacNeil | REELS
• The Gravel Walk | REELS
• Kelsey’s Wee Reel | REELS
• Jenny Dang the Weaver | REELS
• Rowd’s | REELS
• In and Out The Harbor | REELS
• Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tyree | REELS
• Cabar Feidh | REELS
• MacArthur Road | REELS
• The Blackberry Bush | REELS
• Alex MacDonald | REELS
• Alick C. McGregor | REELS
• Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay | REELS
• Lexi McAskill | REELS
• The Bouncing Czech | REELS
• Spootiskerry | REELS
• Malt on the Optics | REELS
• Molly on the Shore | REELS
• Miss Girdle | REELS
• Paddy Be Easy | JIGS
• Dougald’s Favorite | JIGS
• The Duck | JIGS
• Silly Witches | JIGS
• The Curlew | JIGS
• Kesh | JIGS
• Rocking the Baby | JIGS
• Ward’s | JIGS
• Blarney Pilgrim | JIGS
• The Highland Games Jig | JIGS
• The Soup Dragon | JIGS
• Skyman’s | JIGS
• Bride’s Jig | JIGS
• Hag at the Churn | JIGS
• Minnie Hynd | JIGS
• Archie Beag | JIGS
• Atholl Highlanders | HORNPIPES
• Scrappy’s Challenge | HORNPIPES
• Callum Iain | HORNPIPES
• Ian Green’s | HORNPIPES
• B52 | HORNPIPES
• Walking the Plank | HORNPIPES
• Steam Train to Mallaig | HORNPIPES
• The Dreaming Tree | HORNPIPES
• Highland Laddie | DANCE TUNES
• Brown Haired Maiden | DANCE TUNES
• Dans En Dro | DANCE TUNES
• Mallorca | SLOW AIRS
• Breton Air | SLOW AIRS
• Mist Covered Mountains | SLOW AIRS
• Loch Rannoch | SLOW AIRS
• Hector the Hero | SLOW AIRS
• The Mermaid’s Song | SLOW AIRS
• Beside the River Auro | SLOW AIRS
• Fair Maid of Barra | SLOW AIRS
• Miss Dorothy Miller | SLOW AIRS
• The Maids of Jura | SLOW AIRS
• Gran’s Tune | SLOW AIRS
• Farewell to the Creeks | SLOW AIRS
• Donald Ross of Vancouver | SLOW AIRS
• Flower of Scotland | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Skye Boat Song | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Mingulay Boat Song | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Auld Lang Syne | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Bonnie Dundee | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Scots Wa Hae | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Will Ye No Come Back Again | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Road to the Isles | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• A Man’s A Man | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• 500 Miles | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Killiecrankie | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Caledonia | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Lochanside | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Celtics Celtics That's the Team For Me | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Wee Michael's March | SCOTTISH SONGS/ANTHEMS
• Maigh Seola (Gerard Fahy) | IRISH SLOW BARNDANCE
• Wearing of the Green | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Shoals of Herring | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Minstrel Boy | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Jim Thompson of Flagstaff | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Come By the Hills | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• St. Patrick’s March | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• She Moved Through the Fair | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Wild Mountain Thyme | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• The Bard of Armagh | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Black Velvet Band | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Four Green Fields | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Fields of Athenrye | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• If I Should Fall From Grace With God | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Whiskey in the Jar | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Roddy McCorley | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Leaving of Liverpool | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Thomas Sanders | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Johnny With the Bandy Legs | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Danny Boy | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Little Beggarman | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• The Parting Glass | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Shoals of Herring | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Garyowen | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Johnny Mickey Barry’s | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• Raglan Road (Dawning of the Day) | IRISH SONGS/TUNES
• My Home | ENGLISH SONGS
• The Ash Grove | ENGLISH SONGS
• (Sleep Dearie Sleep) | ENGLISH SONGS
• Calling Me Home | CANADIAN SONGS/TUNES
• The Maple Leaf Forever | CANADIAN SONGS/TUNES
• On the Road to Passchendaele | CANADIAN SONGS/TUNES
• Shenendoah | AMERICAN SONGS
• Swing Low Sweet Chariot | AMERICAN SONGS
• Notre Dame Fight Song | AMERICAN SONGS
• America the Beautiful | AMERICAN SONGS
• The Star Spangled Banner | AMERICAN SONGS
• Flowers of the Forest | FUNERAL/MEMORIAL MUSIC
• MacCrimmon Will Never Return | FUNERAL/MEMORIAL MUSIC
• Going Home | FUNERAL/MEMORIAL MUSIC
• Taps | FUNERAL/MEMORIAL MUSIC
• Highland Cathedral | WEDDING MUSIC
• Mhairi’s Wedding | WEDDING MUSIC
• Murdo’s Wedding | WEDDING MUSIC
• My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose | WEDDING MUSIC
• Lovesong for Deborah Anne | WEDDING MUSIC
• Hearken My Love | WEDDING MUSIC
• Fairytale of New York | WEDDING MUSIC
• Bridal March | WEDDING MUSIC
• Amazing Grace | CHURCH HYMNS
• Abide With Me | CHURCH HYMNS
• How Great Thou Art | CHURCH HYMNS
• I Come to the Garden Alone | CHURCH HYMNS
• In Every Age | CHURCH HYMNS Janet Sullivan Whitaker
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is | CHURCH HYMNS
• Cwm Rhondda Guide Me - O Thou Great Jehovah | CHURCH HYMNS
• Be Thou My Vision | CHURCH HYMNS
• Ode to Joy | CHURCH HYMNS
• On Eagles Wings | CHURCH HYMNS Jan Michael Joncas
• Battle of Waterloo | MILITARY MUSIC
• Battle of the Somme | MILITARY MUSIC
• 10th HLO Crossing the Rhine | MILITARY MUSIC
• Bloody Fields of Flanders | MILITARY MUSIC
• All the Blue Bonnets Over the Border | MILITARY MUSIC
• When the Saints Go Marching In | MILITARY MUSIC
• Anchors Away | MILITARY MUSIC
• Navy Hymn Eternal Father | MILITARY MUSIC
• Happy Birthday | NOVELTY SONGS
• Concerning Hobbits Intro | NOVELTY The Shire
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow | NOVELTY Harold Arlin
• Whiter Shade of Pale | ROCK SONGS Procul Harem
• In the Light | ROCK SONGS Led Zeppelin
• Long Way to the Top | ROCK SONGS AC/DC
• Do Ya Think I’m Sexy | NOVELTY Rod Stewart
• When I’m 64 | NOVELTY The Beatles
• Hot Punch | CALYPSO