{"id":4184,"date":"2023-10-25T23:44:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pipesofchristmas.com\/?page_id=4184"},"modified":"2024-11-15T00:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:17:27","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pipesofchristmas.com\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/pipesofchristmas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pipes2024Concert.webp” custom_padding=”100px||100px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|900|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size_tablet=”” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Scholarships<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”75px||75px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”50px||50px||true|false” custom_padding_phone=”||||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”3″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/pipesofchristmas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Michelle-Shelley.jpg” title_text=”Michelle Shelley” src_last_edited=”off|tablet” disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.22.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Proceeds from The Pipes of Christmas support our annual scholarship program for deserving young students. <\/span>We currently offer eight scholarships in partnership with some of the leading educational institutions for Celtic music and Gaelic arts.<\/p>\n

With your ongoing support, we hope to build on our tradition of encouraging and enabling young people who are passionate about keeping our Celtic culture thriving.<\/p>\n

Tax-deductible donations in support of our Scholarship Program may be made via Check & PayPal<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

We appreciate your support!<\/h5>\n

Cheques<\/span>:
<\/em>
The Clan Currie Society Scholarship Fund
<\/em>P.O. Box 541,
Summit, NJ 07902-0541<\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

PayPal<\/span>:
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Donate online with your credit card via PayPal:<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=HU7RQ3LQH68J8″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”Donate Now” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” button_bg_color=”#E8262A” global_colors_info=”{}” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover=”#2F2D2B” button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#F3F3F3″ custom_padding=”75px||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial author=”Alan Cummings OBE” portrait_url=”https:\/\/pipesofchristmas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Alan-Cummings-1.webp” portrait_width=”200px” portrait_height=”200px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_text_color=”#2F2D2B” body_font_size=”22px” author_font=”||on||||||” author_text_color=”#2F2D2B” border_radii_portrait=”on|100px|100px|100px|100px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

“How appropriate that The Learned Kindred of Currie, with a strong and distinguished history of poets and musicians should ensure that the future of Scottish culture is safer with these generous scholarships.”<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”100px||100px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding_tablet=”80px||80px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”80px||80px||false|false”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Alex Currie Memorial Scholarship for Bagpipe<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by the Gaelic College of Nova Scotia, the scholarship is named for the famed Cape Breton piper. Currie was a living representation of one of the many different piping styles that existed in Cape Breton among the highland immigrants and their descendants \u2013 styles that have disappeared from the piping landscape of Cape Breton.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Col. William McMurdo Currie Memorial Scholarship for the Clarsach<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) in Glasgow, Scotland, the scholarship honors the memory of the founder of the original Clan Currie Society in Glasgow, Scotland in 1959.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Pipe Major Kevin Ray Blandford Memorial Scholarship for Bagpipe<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by the National Piping Centre of Glasgow, Scotland, the scholarship pays tribute to the founder of the R.P. Blandford & Son Pipe Band of Redlands, CA and creator of the original \u201cPipes of Christmas\u201d studio recording which became the foundation for the annual Clan Currie Society concerts.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Private Bill Millin Memorial Scholarship for Bagpipe<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered for the Clan Currie Society by Lyon College of Batesville, AR. The scholarship honors the memory of Private Bill Millin, the famed D-Day bagpiper for played for his troops during the British landing at Sword Beach on June 6, 1944. In the year of his death, the Pipes of Christmas performed a solemn and moving tribute to Millin.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Carol Hassert Memorial Scholarship for the Fine Arts<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by the Fine Arts faculty of Summit High School in Summit, NJ (our concert\u2019s home town), the scholarship remembers the late Carol Hassert. Edinburgh born, Hassert was a beloved member of the Summit Parents Music Association. This scholarship honours her years of devotion to celebrating the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Clan Currie Scholarship for Music Composition<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by Edinburgh Napier University, the scholarship has been earmarked for music students studying composition of Traditional Scottish Music. The scholarship celebrates the long-standing tradition for music in the Clan Currie, anciently the MacMhuirich family of bards.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Angus MacMillan Memorial Prize\/Rannsachadh na Gailidh Conference<\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

A prize for the (best) research prize submitted on the topic of the MacMhuirich Learned Kindred presented by the Currie family in memory of the late Angus MacMillan, historian to the Clan Currie Society.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_4_text_color=”#2F2D2B” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

The Duais Clann MhicMhuirich (Clan Currie Bursary)<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Administered by Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, Scotland\u2019s Gaelic College on the Isle of Skye. Awarded to to students of the Gaelic college who undertake research on the literature, poetry and history of Clan Currie.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row disabled_on=”on|on|on” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” disabled=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”2723,2531,1618,1659,1238,1235,2743,1237,1231,1230,1216,1219,1140,1220,1222,1226,1236,1240,1229,1223,1225,1221,1228,1227,1660,1217,2742,3287,3288,3425″ posts_number=”12″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#ffffff” title_font_size=”1px” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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