Montreal Piping and Drumming School

Are the pipes, the pipes a’callin’ you, o Danny Boy?
I don’t need to sell you on playing the bagpipes (or the drums, if that’s your fancy), because they’re just undeniably awesome. No question. And when you realize that fact and find you can’t live without knowing how to play the bagpipes, MPDS is the place to learn.
When I moved to our fair city, I wasn’t sure that Montréal would be a good city to get back into playing the bagpipes again after a long hiatus, because it didn’t seem like the most bagpiperly place. But that shows how much I knew moving here. I was delighted to find that there’s a whole Montréal Piping and Drumming School, for anyone who wants to learn. They meet at the Shriners Karnak hall in DDO, right off the highway, and they’ve got groups at all levels to teach you how to play the Scottish Highland bagpipes, even if you’re starting from zero musical background.
The school is really tight-​knit and makes a great little community, and the instructors and students at MPDS help you get to know the greater bagpiping world in Montréal (which is surprisingly enormous). Lessons run in the fall and the spring, and there’s a free weekly meetup all through the summer for former students.
But I guess, bottom line, you totally want to learn to play the bagpipes.