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Recent Examples of piper
Doors on Tuesday will open at 10 a.m., and include a full day of live music, DJs and a bag piper, according to another post.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 16,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
Helping one family turned into helping hundreds, and along the way Biffle became something of a pied piper to other people who owned helicopters and wanted to help.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Dec. 2025
And, in Edinburgh, the especially brave get the chance to play bagpipes with Scotland’s national piper, Louise Marshall, who has entertained queens, popes, and celebrities.
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Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
6 Nov. 2025
It was preceded on departure from Kensington Palace by a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards, for which Katharine had been the Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992.
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Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 16,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
Helping one family turned into helping hundreds, and along the way Biffle became something of a pied piper to other people who owned helicopters and wanted to help.
—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Dec. 2025
And, in Edinburgh, the especially brave get the chance to play bagpipes with Scotland’s national piper, Louise Marshall, who has entertained queens, popes, and celebrities.
—
Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
6 Nov. 2025
It was preceded on departure from Kensington Palace by a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards, for which Katharine had been the Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992.
—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piper
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Classic Americana events include yearly bathtub racing, a peach festival, and a fiddler's convention.
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The group was founded in 1986 by the now-legendary Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his wife Sally Ashcraft, and now features more than 200 members.
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The director of music and organist says making music in the historic space is a thrill.
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Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
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Bassist Dominic DiGesu and drummer Max Bassin make up a top-notch rhythm section, while guitarist Emily Green constantly solos, sometimes doubling Winter’s playing, other times providing melodic riffs.
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Joined by collaborators old—Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Shahzad Ismaily—and new—Nick Hakim, the Smile drummer Tom Skinner—Orton knits an infinity scarf of wicker-weir folk, jazzy ambiance, and blue-eyed soul.
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
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Ray McMillian is a talented Black classical violinist who defies systemic racism and his family’s discouragement to achieve musical success.
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The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
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Kelly's Quinn is a pianist who returns to Ransom Canyon to run Gracie's.
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The Tony-winning Adams, who after Ernie’s death was married to photographer Martin Mills and trumpeter Pete Candoli, died in October 2008 at age 81.
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Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
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The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
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Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.
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Playing bass in his place is Rob Jost, while harpist Mikaela Davis hops on a few tracks for levity, too.
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Now, local harpist and songwriter Calvin Arsenia is working to ensure that legacy continues.
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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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