THE WHITE CROW WELCOMES DENNIS LOWE to our STAFF!
Dennis Lowe
brings a lifetime of honoring Scottish musical tradition on the great Highland bagpipes.
He grew up listening to bagpipes and Scottish song in his home
environment. Recruited by his elementary
music teacher to join the school band, he agreed only if he could play the
bagpipes.
Playing pipes since he was fifteen, his leadership and
teaching abilities were recognized almost immediately as he was asked to become
the pipe major of his first pipe band after only three years of playing. He played for the Sons of Scotia pipe band
(no longer in existence) for ten years, serving as pipe major for five of those
years. He played with the Windsor Police
Grade 3 and 4 competitive band for two years before being asked to lead the
Windsor Police Grade 5 band as pipe major for four years. He just recently led the Flint Scottish Pipe
Band as their pipe major for the last eight years. During his time as pipe major, his bands won
the U.S. Open Grade 4 and Grade 5 championships, the North American, the
Canadian Open, the Ontario SE Open, and the Atlantic Open championships. He is presently traveling the state playing
pipes and hand percussion for the Celtic band, EQUINOX.
Dennis has been teaching students to play highland bagpipes for the past
thirty years. Focusing on teaching
students proper technique and good musical expression, he believes it is better to learn to play a
few tunes very well than to play many tunes poorly.
The bagpipes
are not an easy instrument to learn, but are well worth the effort. Dennis has taught students of all ages, from
seven to sixty-seven. Students begin
with instruction on a practice chanter (approx. $50) and the College of Piping
tutor book #1. Students who are diligent
will be ready to move from the chanter to the full bagpipes (chantor and
drones) in a year or less. This year
allows students to determine if aptitude and interest are present before
investing in a full set of pipes (a major investment). After this year, students will be prepared to
continue one-on-one instruction, to enter the world of competitive solo piping
and pipe bands, or to begin learning tunes as a ceilidh piper.
Students
could also choose to move on to playing other types of pipes such as uilleann
(Irish) pipes, border or parlor pipes, etc.
OPEN SCHEDULE $18 Half Hour
WELCOME to The Crow Staff Page! 
Co-Founders of THE WHITE CROW 
CROW MANAGER Oz Oswald
Kay Anderson 
RIGHT HAND MAN John Tulpo
Zig Zeitler is part of our Master Staff.
Performing with students in 2002. Three of his students, Holland O'Rourke Rapier, Kelsey Lutz and Maura Nicholson playing as a trio on fiddles, took 2nd at the All-Ireland in Listowel Co. Kerry in 2002. in the U12 competition.
SIUSAN O'ROURKE, coming to us from Brooklyn NY in the 1970s she has made Michigan her Home. Brought up in a musical Family, and steeped in the tradition of her Immigrant Grandparents, she has been performing
Irish and Roots Music across the World for 35 years.
She is an accomplished Guitarist and Exceptional Vocalist.
Co founding The White Crow with her husband Zig Zeitler
she continues to Tour and Perform at some of the Largest Irish Venues in The US.
She has released 9 Cds among them an Americana Roots CD of Originals, 4 Irish Cds of Traditional Irish Songs and Originals as well those that have been written in the Irish Tradition. Her newest and 5th Irish CD is set for release this Fall.
Pianist in the Making!
DON TAIT is a Familiar Name and Face in this Area.
Having spent a lifetime teaching highschool Band he is also an active member of the very Popular Big Band " THE BAYTONES"
He teaches woodwinds here at the crow as well as most of the Band Instruments.
Currently providing programs and access to Band and Choir opportunities for Children in the Tri City Area that are being Home Schooled.
Don comes to us with YEARS of experience not just as a Musician but as a Teacher!
ONE of our most popular spots here at the Crow
