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"The splendid Bagpiper" - The Morning Call
Bagpipe Resume of Pipe Major James B. Ruhf
Best Bagpiper Award - Lehigh Valley Music Awards
Pipe Major & Director - City of Bethlehem Bagpipe Band
Adjunct Professor of Bagpipes - Cedar Crest College, Allentown
PA
Gold medal winner in grades IV, III, II
Member of the Thespian Society
Bagpipe instructor, in-home studio
Official Piper to:
- The Mayor of Bethlehem, PA
- Lehigh County Ancient Order of Hibernians
- Scottish Society of the Lehigh Valley
- Clan MacMillian, Bethlehem, PA and Glasgow, Scotland
- Donegal Square, Bethlehem, PA
- Several clans and civic organizations
Have Performed with:
- Brian Adams (international recording star) LIVE ON-STAGE "Bare Bones" Tour
- Allentown Symphony Orchestra "AN ORKNEY WEDDING"
- St. Thomas Moore summer music theatre production of "BRIGADOON"
- DeSales University Act One production of "ON THE RAZZLE"
- "SCOTLANDS HERO'S" Infinity Dance Theatre, New York and Tramway
Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland
- Charlie Zaum - Guantanamo Bay U.S. Navel Station, Cuba, Windjammer
Cafe
- 20 years in the "12th Night Festival and Boar's Head Pageant" -
Christ Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA
Recordings:
- A Lehigh Valley Christmas CD Various Artists 2002
- A Lehigh Valley Christmas CD Various Artists 2003
- A Lehigh Valley Christmas CD Various Artists 2005
- Schmulerich Carrillons Perkasie PA
Bio
Currently, I am the proud Pipe Major and Director of the City of
Bethlehem Bagpipe Band of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Our band has about
18 bagpipers, 1 bass drummer, 4 snare drummers, and
3 tenor drummers and we perform at various events throughout the
Lehigh Valley and beyond.
I am a resident of the great city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where
I have been playing the Great Highland Bagpipe for about 40 years
(20 years as a professional musician performing for over 1500 weddings,
3000 funerals, and hundreds of memorial services, civic events,
educational lectures, seminars, and radio programs) and am known by
the Morning Call Newspaper as "The Splendid Bagpiper".
In addition to my performance career, I also give private bagpipe
lessons to those that are interested in learning how to play the Great
Highland Bagpipes. If you are interested in learning how to play the
great highland bagpipe or becoming a member of the City of Bethlehem
Bagpipe Band, and are located within or near the Lehigh Valley area,
please contact me.
My education includes a degree in Hospitality Management and I have
extensive experience with banquets and catering. I bring all the skills
together of Business Management, Musicality, and Acting to produce
a Bagpipe program to suit every need.
Phone:
(610) 866-3310
Email:
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