Margaret Dunn

Margaret began piping at the age of 8 and was initially taught by her father Con Houlihan and when she was 10 she began taking lessons from Stephen Power (ex Scots Guards).

  Area: Glasgow, Scotland
  Location: United Kingdom   Scotland
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Margaret moved to Scotland when she was 17 and studies Piobaireachd with Andrew Wright.

In 1998 she was accepted into the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama where she studied for 4 years and graduated with an Honours Degree in Scottish Traditional Music. While Margaret was at the Academy she also joined the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band and, with them, won the World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 1 in 2000.

In 2004, Margaret passed her Institute of Piping Graduate Certificate with distinction.

Prizes won to date include:-

1st MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd (22 and under) Oban 1999
1st B Grade March, Oban 1999
1st Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piobaireachd 2001
1st B Grade Piobaireachd, Inverary 2003
1st Strachan Memorial MSR, London 2000
1st A Grade Strathspey and Reel, Oban 2003
Runner up in Silver Medal, Oban 2003