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Laura J. Neville has been playing the Great Highland Bagpipe since 1998, and having studied with some of our nations greatest players and teachers quickly rose through the competitive ranks to compete as a top Grade 1 soloist in events sanctioned by the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Because she began piping at age 29, she has a special affinity for teaching adult beginners and knows first-hand the challenges they face and how to tackle them successfully.

Ms. Neville is the creator of Bagpipe Bootcamp, a three-part bagpipe instruction course that brings a piper from the very beginnings of music reading and fingering technique on the practice chanter through performing Scottish, Irish and other traditional tunes on the full bagpipes. The first part of this course, “A” to “Amazing Grace” in 8 Weeks, enables beginners of all ages to learn the basics of bagpipe music in just fifteen minutes a day.

Ms. Neville graduated from Temple University summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Education and earned a Master of Arts in Instrumental Conducting from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey), graduating with a 4.0 average. She taught instrumental music in New Jersey public schools for many years before being recruited to work as a machinist for MacLellan Bagpipes, formerly of Lakewood, NJ.  In 2006 Ms. Neville earned a Juris Doctorate with honors from Rutgers School of Law – Camden and operated her consumer bankruptcy law practice for many years before retiring to teach and perform full time.

Ms. Neville is also a long-time freelance trumpet player, having worked her way through college playing in the casinos in Atlantic City, NJ and touring with various musical acts. Today she can be heard playing trumpet in community and regional theater pit orchestras as well as in area churches as a soloist and with her brass quartet.

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