Carnegie’s Scottish roots are apparent throughout Carnegie Mellon, from the school’s mascot, the Scottish terrier, to the student newspaper, The Tartan, to the traditional Scottish dress worn by members of the school’s “Kiltie” marching band. In 1990, the school instituted the world’s first bagpipe degree, a major - complete with a designated need-based scholarship - focusing on both studio performance and the history and culture behind bagpiping. Mr. The tradition of bagpipes at Carnegie Mellon dates to founder Andrew Carnegie, who employed his own personal piper, said Alasdair Gillies, director of Carnegie Mellon’s piping program and a world-renowned bagpiper himself. When he started looking at colleges, he didn’t look much further than Carnegie Mellon, which not only has the nation’s only bagpipe major, but was also strong in Web design, another interest of Mr. Hudson enrolled, learning at first on just a “practice chanter” with no bag or pipes attached, and continued his lessons when his family moved from the Cleveland area to Gaithersburg, Md. That changed when he was in eighth grade and a brochure came to the house advertising group bagpipe lessons. Hudson’s parents didn’t know what to make of their young son’s request to learn the bagpipes he’d seen in movies and parades. He will perform his senior recital tonight at 7:30 in Kresge Recital Hall, an event that is free and open to the public. At first, Mr. “Some people say, ’Where’s that going to take you?’ but I’m doing what I love.” Hudson, who hopes to make a career playing the bagpipes. “Some people think it’s cool, some people think it’s crazy, but everyone has a reaction, that’s for sure,” said the 21-year-old Mr. Hudson is a senior at Carnegie Mellon University - and the nation’s only graduating bagpipe major. Rather, he was completely captivated by a bagpipe duel. It’s not unusual for young boys to be spellbound by pirates.īut when Nick Hudson would watch the movie version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Kidnapped” as a child, it wasn’t for the sword play or the adventure on the high seas. JCARNEGIE MELLON IS HOME TO NATION’S ONLY GRADUATING BAGPIPE MAJOR
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