| Chris Armstrong | |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland |
| Instrument: | Bagpipes |
| Associated Acts: | ScottishPower Pipe Band |
Chris Armstrong (born 2 February 1980) is a bagpiper from Scotland and pipe major of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.
Armstrong was born in Bathgate on 2 February 1980.[1] He started learning the bagpipes at the age of 6, and played in the Torphichen and Bathgate juvenile band, where he was taught by Pipe Major John Matheson.[2] [3]
After a spell of not competing in a band, and then playing in a number of different groups, he became pipe sergeant of Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band for two years.
He became pipe major of the David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band in 2004,[4] and then in 2006 became leader of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.[5]
He is an instructor at the National Piping Centre,[6] and also teaches at Kilmarnock Schools pipe band.[7] Armstrong also runs a business producing drone reeds, and has designed a range of bagpipes that are produced by Wallace Bagpipes.[8]
He favours a high-pitched chanter.[9]
He has won major prizes for both pibroch and light music.[10]