About the Montreal Pipes & Drums

The Montreal Pipes and Drums (MPD) were created in July 2000 and, under the command of Pipe Major Jordon Anderson, have become Montreal’s most active and highest quality bagpipe band.  The Montreal Pipes and Drums consist of 16 pipers, 4 snare drummers, 4 tenor drummers and a bass drummer. The band wears Black Stewart Tartan kilts, white wool knit hose, glengarries, silver studded sporrans, and uses distinctive Royal Blue drums.

Since inception, the MPD have represented Montreal’s St Patrick’s Society each year in North America’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious Saint Patrick’s Day parade.  In 2001, The Montreal Pipes and Drums were selected as the band of choice for the North American Highland Dance Championships and performed as the feature band at the Grey Cup Pre-Game show.   In 2002, the MPD performed at the opening of Montreal’s prestigious International Film Festival and were the featured pipe band at the Montreal International Celtic Festival as well as being the only pipe band in Montreal’s famous Saint Jean Batiste parade which draws half a million people each year.   The Montreal Pipes and Drums were featured performers in the Victoria Cross Tattoo and the Quebec Maritime Festival in 2003 and are proud to have already been contracted for a second engagements with both of them as well as several smaller parades and performances in 2004 and 2005.  This year’s Quebec Maritime Festival included a tour of six cities on both eastern and western shores of the northern Saint Lawrence.

The Montreal Pipes and Drums placed in the top ten (of thirty bands) and won the award for best drum corps in their first Highland Games competition, which also happened to be the North American Championships (2001).  In 2002 at only the band’s fourth competition, the Montreal Pipes and Drums took first place against 15 other bands from across the eastern seaboard.