Snohomish Piper: Major Prizes

with NWJPB:

2010 Grade 4 band, BCPA Grand Aggregate Champion, Pipe Major
2010 Grade 3 Washington State Champions, Pipe Major
2009 -2010 Grade 4 Washington State Champions, Pipe Major
2008 Grade 4 Washington State Champions
2008 1st of 24 Grade 4 bands in Perth, Scotland
2008 1st of 11 Grade 4 bands in Crieff, Scotland
2008 5th in World Championships-Novice Juvenile

with NW/WSUPB:

2011 Washington State Grade 3 Pipe Band Champion, Pipe Major
2011 1st in piping, 2nd overall Grade 3 Bridge of Allan Highland Games
2011 5th in Juvenile, World Pipe Band Championships

with DTSPB:

2011: 1st in qualifier, 6th in Medley, 9th overall at World Pipe Band Championships

Solos:
2012

1st MSR, Grand Aggregate Champion, Grade 1 Piping, BCPA 80th Annual Gathering

2011

1st Piobaireachd, 2nd overall; 2011 George Sherriff Memorial, Hamilton, ON, November 19
US Junior Solo Bagpipe Champion, Balmoral Classic, Pittsburgh, PA November 12
3rd place, Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational in Albany, NY, October 8 (2nd in 6/8, 3rd MSR, 4th Piobaireachd)
tied for 2nd overall in the British Columbia Pipers Association Grand Aggregate
Aggregate winner, Skagit Valley Highland Games (1st MSR, 1st H&J, 3rd Piobaireachd)
1st in Hornpipe & Jig, BC Highland Games
1st in Hornpipe & Jig, Victoria Highland Games
Aggregate winner, Bellingham Highland Games
1st in March, Strathspey & Reel, 2nd in Hornpipe & Jig, Bellingham Highland Games

2010

2010 2nd place (tie for first broken on piobaireached placing preference), US Junior Solo Bagpipe Championships, the Balmoral Classic
6th place, 6/8 March, George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational
MacRae Cup for Piobaireachd, Coeur D'Alene Summer School of Piping & Drumming
Grade 1 piping Aggregate, Spokane Highland Games
BCPA Grade 1 piping 2nd in BCPA Grand Aggregate
Grade 1 piping Portland: 1st March, Strathspey & Reel
Grade 1 piping British Columbia Highland Games: Lewis and Luing Trophy for senior amateur Piobaireachd (1st)
Grade 1 piping Comox Valley HG Aggregate
Grade 1 piping Donald and Kathleen MacLeod Memorial Jig trophy, BC Annual Gathering
Grade 1 piping Grand Aggregate: Washington Pipers' Association

2009

Invited to US Juvenile Solo Championships Balmoral Classic, 5th in Piobaireachd
Grade 2 Piping Aggregate - Whidbey Island Highland Games
BC Pipers' Association Grade 2 piping Grand Aggregate winner
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, BCPA Annual Gathering
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, Victoria Highland Games
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, BC Highland Games
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, Skagit Valley Highland Games
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, Portland Highland Games
Grade 2 piping Aggregate, Pacific Northwest Highland Games
Grade 2 piping Grand Aggregate: Washington Pipers' Association

2007-2008

2008 BCPA Grade 3 piping 2nd Grand Aggregate
2007 BCPA Grade 4 piping Grand Aggregate
2007 Washington Pipers' Association Aggregate piping Grade 4

About Alexander

Alexander Schiele began playing bagpipes at age 8 with instructor Kevin Auld. Alexander is a young, top ranked competing and performing bagpiper in the Snohomish County, Washington area and playing with the 9th ranked pipe band in the world, Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band.

The 2011 US Junior Solo Bagpiping Champion, and winner of the 2011 George Sherriff Memorial Piobaireachd contest (2nd overall), Alexander is one of the highest ranked amateur pipers in North America.

In 2010/2011, Alexander tied for 2nd in the BCPA Grand Aggregate championships, played with a Grade 1 pipe band, the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, while also playing as Pipe Major for the new NWJPB/White Spot Pipe Band Grade 3 project. DTSPB won the World Pipe Band Championships qualifier, placing 6th in the Medley and 9th overall. NW/WSUPB won piping at the Bridge of Allan Highland Games, placed 5th in Juvenile at the World Pipe Band Championships.

In the 2009/2010 season, he was promoted to Grade 1 at age 13, the youngest of all grade 1 Amateur pipers at the time. He had a very successful year in 2010, placing 2nd overall for the season in the British Columbia Pipers' Association.

Alexander enjoys instruction from David and Shaunna Hilder, Brian McKenzie, Hal Senyk and Kevin Auld, and regularly attends the Celtic Arts Foundation Winter School for a week with many of the top instructors and soloists in the world.

Photos by Weatherly Schiele

Bagpipes add a unique and memorable flavor to any special event. Alexander has performed for weddings, funerals, birthdays, corporate events, grand openings and dedications throughout the Puget Sound, Washington region. Do you have a special event coming in the Snohomish County area? Use the contact form below to arrange for a bagpiping performance.

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