The Commonwealth Pipes and Drums

The Commonwealth Pipes and Drums The Commwealth Pipes and Drums is a non-profit organization that seeks to expand knowledge of tradit

The Commonwealth Pipes and Drums (formerly the Kevin Barry Pipes and Drums) is a pipe band based out of Boston, MA, with historic connections with the Malden Irish American Club. The band performs at many local events, including parades and fundraisers for local charities. Currently in the Grade IV competition level in the EUSPBA, the band is continually striving to improve its standing in the pip

ing community. The band seeks to educate the local community in traditional Irish and Scottish music through performance and instruction. If you are interested in becoming a member of the band, send a private message to this page expressing your interest and a band member will get back to you.

We're thrilled to announce we'll be playing again with The Pipes of Christmas this holiday season. This year the perform...
11/06/2025

We're thrilled to announce we'll be playing again with The Pipes of Christmas this holiday season. This year the performances will be at the stunning Church of the Covenant on Newbury Street in Boston. Due to last year's overwhelming success, we're excited to offer not one, but TWO opportunities to experience the show: December 5th at 7pm & December 6th at 12pm. Secure your spot now: https://pipesofchristmas.com

Here's our MSR qualifier from the 2025 World Pipe Band Championships in grade 3A. While not our best, we hoped it was go...
08/18/2025

Here's our MSR qualifier from the 2025 World Pipe Band Championships in grade 3A. While not our best, we hoped it was good enough to get us through to the final. It was close as we ultimately lost out on ensemble preference (basically tying for the final qualifying spot). But, what a great trip all the same! The momentum for the band right now is fantastic! We just wish next season was starting sooner.

The Commonwealth Pipes & Drums - Worlds 2025 MSR Qualifier

The Loudest Day of the Year, aka The World Pipe Band Championships, has finally arrived! First task is to get in the top...
08/16/2025

The Loudest Day of the Year, aka The World Pipe Band Championships, has finally arrived!

First task is to get in the top 6 of 15 in our qualifying round at 12:59BST (7:59EST). No easy feat but we’ll give it our best and let you know how we’ve done.

No matter where we land in the results, we’ve had a great week in Scotland, and we’ve had great support along the road and we thank you all!

We are in Glasgow and having a blast. We’ll be practicing Wednesday and Thursday near the Stewart Memorial Fountain in K...
08/12/2025

We are in Glasgow and having a blast. We’ll be practicing Wednesday and Thursday near the Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park around 10-12 if you wanna stop by and say hello. Hope all our friends and pipe band colleagues here are enjoying their week as well!

Here is our performance from Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 which won us the North American Championships for Grade 3 at the...
08/05/2025

Here is our performance from Saturday, August 2nd, 2025 which won us the North American Championships for Grade 3 at the Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario Canada.

This is our winning performance in grade 3 at The North American Championships - Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario Canada.

We won the North American Pipe Band Championships for grade 3! Next up, Scotland, for the World Pipe Band Championships.
08/03/2025

We won the North American Pipe Band Championships for grade 3! Next up, Scotland, for the World Pipe Band Championships.

Here’s our medley performance from Glasgowlands this past Saturday. Always places to improve , but a good start to the s...
07/22/2025

Here’s our medley performance from Glasgowlands this past Saturday. Always places to improve , but a good start to the season.

Our winning medley performance from the Glasgowlands Highland Festival in Northampton Massachusetts on 19 July 2025.

We're happy to report we received all first place marks from our judges at yesterday's Highland Games! It was a beautif...
07/20/2025

We're happy to report we received all first place marks from our judges at yesterday's Highland Games! It was a beautiful day, very well attended, and a great competition. Next up, Highland Games !

We’re looking forward to debuting our Schlebach AG Trommelbau Pipe Band model drumsticks this Saturday at the games! Th...
07/17/2025

We’re looking forward to debuting our Schlebach AG Trommelbau Pipe Band model drumsticks this Saturday at the games! Thanks to everyone at Schlebach for helping us bring these to life!

With our final Sunday rehearsal behind us, game faces ready, and all the bits and pieces in place, we start our compact ...
07/15/2025

With our final Sunday rehearsal behind us, game faces ready, and all the bits and pieces in place, we start our compact competition season this Saturday at the glasgowlandsma games in Northampton MA. Then we’re off to Canada for the Glengarry Highland Games and finally the big trip to Scotland for the World Pipe Band Championships. Finally!

We had a lovely July 4th to debut our new summer polo shirts and wee snare drums at the Chelmsford MA parade. Both were ...
07/08/2025

We had a lovely July 4th to debut our new summer polo shirts and wee snare drums at the Chelmsford MA parade. Both were a big hit... we even let the bass drummer play a wee bass!

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